LummEnglish (American, Rare) Transferred use of the surname Lum, that is most likely a variant of Lamb, but can also be a topographical name for someone who lived near a pool.
LuofChinese A Chinese name. A famous bearer is Luo Zilin (commonly known in English as Roseline), is a Chinese fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe China in July 2011... [more]
Lurf & mBasque Mythology, Basque (Modern) Means "earth" in Basque. In Basque mythology, Lur is one of the personifications of the soil, the cradle of life and the mother of the sun and the moon. She is closely related to the Basque mythological figure Mari... [more]
MaafMongolian Possibly a short form of names ending with the feminine suffix маа (maa).
Maam & fFinnish Means "country, land, earth, ground, soil, suit" in Finnish.
MaafJapanese From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 阿 (a) meaning "mountain" or 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MaefJapanese From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality" combined with 慧 (e) meaning "bright; intelligent", 恵 (e) meaning "favour", 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch", 永 (e) meaning "eternity" combined with 依 (e) meaning "rely on"... [more]
Mahm & fChinese Cantonese, meaning "horse" name conferred by Ghengis Kahn on one of his victorious cavalry generals. Mahs in their 50's today represent the 28th generation from this original ancestor.... [more]
MahmPersian Mythology Means "month" or "moon" in Old Persian. This was the name of the Zoroastrian deity of the moon.
Ma-ifKorean From Sino-Korean 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp" combined with 怡 (i) meaning "happiness; delight". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
MaifWelsh (Rare) Welsh form of May as well as a direct adoption of Welsh mai "(month of) May".
MaifKorean From Sino-Korean 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp" combined with 怡 (i) meaning "happiness; delight". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
MalmUkrainian, Medieval Ukrainian Derived from contracted form adjective mal (мал), which means "little, small". It could have been as well used as a diminutive of a dithematic name, such as Małomir... [more]
Ma'nmArabic Means "benefit; obedience; relief" in Arabic.
Manm & fLao Means "steady, firm, long-lasting" in Lao.
Manm & fChinese From Chinese 曼 (màn) meaning "long, handsome, beautiful, refined", 满 (mǎn) meaning "full", 漫 (màn) meaning "overflow, flood, free, unrestrained" or 蛮 (mán) meaning "savage, rough, rash", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
MelmSoviet, Russian Acronym of the surnames of Маркс (Marx), Энгельс (Engels) and Ленин (Lenin), which refer to Karl Marx (1818-1883), Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) and Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)... [more]
Memf & mEnglish Short form of various names containing the element -mem-.
MiafJapanese Derived from the Japanese Kanji 未 (mi) meaning "the Sheep (the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches)" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "coming after". It can also derives from 見上 (mia) meaning "to see above".... [more]
MiefJapanese Combination of a mi kanji, like 美 meaning "beauty," 三 meaning "three," 実 meaning "seed; fruit" or 未, referring to the sign of the Sheep, and an e kanji, such as 枝 meaning "branch, bough," 江 meaning "inlet, bay," 恵 meaning "wisdom," 栄 meaning "glory, prosperity" or 重, normally used as a counter for layers in the hito-futa-mi counting system as seen in the combination 三重 meaning "triple, threefold, three-ply."... [more]
MiifJapanese Derived from Japanese; combines Mi (美), meaning “beautiful,” and I (頤), meanig “chin, cheek, jaw.” The name equates to “beautiful chin, cheeks, and jaw.”
MinfJapanese From Japanese 敏 (min) meaning "agile, quick, alert; sensitivity", 民 (min) meaning "people, nation, subjects", 明 (min) meaning "bright, light", or 眠 (min) meaning "sleep, die, sleepy". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
MiomSwedish (Modern), Literature From the children's fantasy book 'Mio, min Mio' (1954) by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Mio is the name of the main character, a young boy who finds out that he is a prince in an otherworldly land... [more]
MiufChinese From Chinese 缪 (miu) meaning “wrought, wrapping around” or “clever”. In ancient times this character was an alternate form of 穆 (mu) meaning “silent, solemn, tranquil”.
MiufKorean From Sino-Korean 美 (mi) meaning "beauty" combined with 羽 (u) meaning "feather", 雨 (u) meaning "rain", or 優 (u) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
MiufThai Miu is another spelling of Meaw. It’s meaning is the sound a cat makes.
Moum & fJapanese From Japanese 望 (mou) meaning "hope", 孟 (mou) meaning "eldest brother", 猛 (mou) meaning "ferociousness", 蒙 (mou) meaning "I, me" or 莽 (mou) meaning "thicket, underbrush". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
MoufChinese (Modern, Archaic) From Chinese 眸 (móu) meaning "beautiful eyes", scheme", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
MūlmAnglo-Saxon It's been postulated that it derives from the Latin mulus meaning "mule", a word which is known to have entered the Old English vocabulary; presumably, it was a nickname that became habitual.... [more]
Mu-nfJapanese From Japanese 月 (mu-n) meaning "moon" or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.... [more]
MuufJapanese From Japanese 夢 (mu), meaning “dream, vision” and 羽 (u), meaning “feather”, as well as other character combinations.
Myam & fBurmese Means "emerald" or "keen, sharp" in Burmese.
MyofJapanese It's meaning is three times as strong.
Myom & fBurmese Means "family, kind, lineage" in Burmese.
Myūf & mJapanese (Modern, Rare) This name is, essentially a variant of Miyū, shifted to be pronounced as a 2-mora name (Miyū, on the other hand, has 3 morae).... [more]
MyyfFinnish A Finnish variant of My. A famous bearer is Pikku Myy (Lilla My in Swedish, Little My in English), a character in the Moomin series of books by Tove Jansson.
NabmMedieval English Medieval diminutive of Abel. It used to be a medieval custom to drop syllables before a first name therefore “mine Abel” led to “Nab”.
NadmSanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism MEANING : a river (if thought of as a male), thunderer (as cloud), roarer, neigher(as a horse), bellower... [more]
NaefJapanese From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other combinations of kanji characters can potentially form this name.
NaifJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 奈 (na) a phonetic character that also has an obsolete meaning of "apple tree", and 那 (na) meaning "many", combined with 衣 (i) meaning "clothing"... [more]
Nanf & mChinese From Chinese 男 (nán) meaning "man, male, son", 南 (nán) meaning "south" or 楠 (nán) meaning "Chinese cedar", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Nanm & fBurmese Means "palace" or "gold thread, metal thread" in Burmese.
NazfKurdish The word Naz in Kurdish language means Auctioneer. This word is a common name used for kurdish girls, and there are many other names derived from it.
Neom & fJapanese From Japanese 愛 (ne) meaning "love, affection", 音 (ne) meaning "sound", 寧 (ne) meaning "rather", 然 (ne), a suffix after nouns to express likeness or 峰 (ne) meaning "peak, ridge" combined with 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom" or 央 (o) meaning "centre, middle"... [more]
NermBiblical Means "lamp" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Ner is the father of Abner and uncle of Saul.
NevmEnglish (British, Rare), Irish (Rare) Short form of Neville (English), Nevan and Nevin (both Irish). Known bearers of this name include the American former sports broadcaster Nev Chandler (1946-1994) and the Australian former politician Nev Warburton (b... [more]
NevmHebrew Short form of Yaniv. A known bearer of this name is Yaniv "Nev" Schulman (b. 1984), an Israeli-American producer, actor and photographer.
Nexm & fEnglish Likely from Latin nex, meaning “murder, slaughter, violent death”
Ngọm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 午 (ngọ) referring to the seventh Earthly Branch (11 AM to 1 PM), which is itself associated with the horse of the Chinese zodiac.
NhifVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 兒 (nhi) meaning "child".
NhịmVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 二 (nhị) meaning "two".
Niaf & mJapanese From Japanese 仁 (ni) meaning "benevolence" combined with 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
NixmGermanic Mythology This is the name of masculine shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology, who apparently derive their name from Proto-Germanic nikwus or nikwis(i) "wash". See also Nixe for the female counterpart(s).
NoefJapanese From Japanese 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 衛 (e) meaning "defense". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name. ... [more]
Noém & fDutch (Rare) Dutch variant of Noa 1 or a feminine form of the masculine French name Noé.
NoffHebrew, Arabic Means "the view" in Hebrew. It may also be a short form of Nofar.
NohmArabic, Malay, Indonesian Arabic alternate transcription of Nuh as well as the Malay and Indonesian form.
NóimIcelandic, Faroese Icelandic and Faroese form of Noah 1 or from Icelandic nói meaning "small vessel".
Noif & mThai, Lao Means "small, little" in Thai, also used as an alternate transcription of Lao Noy. It is unisex in Thailand (more commonly used as a nickname) while it is feminine in Laos.
NoifJapanese From Japanese 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 萎 (i) meaning "wither, wilt", 衣 (i) meaning "clothing", 彩 (i) meaning "colour", 水 (i) meaning "water" or 泉 (i) meaning "fountain, spring"... [more]
NykmWest Frisian (Rare) Modern spelling and form of Nyck, as the -ck- is originally a medieval way of spelling the consonant -k-. Also compare the names Nykele and Nykle, which are very closely related.... [more]
Odum & fYoruba A name from the Yoruba language of Nigeria, possibly meaning "womb" but more likely meaning "mystery", in particular to refer to the sacred mystery of God. ... [more]
ŌgamJapanese (Modern) This name is used as 桜雅 with 桜 (ou, you, sakura) meaning "cherry (blossom) tree" and 雅 (ga, miya.bi) meaning "elegant, gracious, graceful, refined."... [more]