MaudrithfPapiamento (?), Caribbean Found on Curaçao at least twice, this name may be Papiamento in origin - it may also be made up by creative parents, or have been inspired by a word or name from a different language. The exact etymology is difficult to tell with a name that is so obscure, so for the time being, one can only speculate about its origins.
MaugholdmManx Of debated origin and meaning. Some scholars consider this name the Manx form of Irish Mac Cuill whose origin and meaning seem to be equally debated. ... [more]
MauglimLiterature Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian and Bulgarian form of Mowgli.
MaugrimmLiterature Possibly based on Middle English maugre meaning "ill-will". This was used by author C. S. Lewis for a character in his novel 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' (1950). Maugrim is a talking wolf and the captain of the White Witch's Secret Police.
MauhcanemitlmNahuatl Derived from Nahuatl mauhcanemi "fearful, to live in fear" or "to walk with fear, to be on the run", ultimately from mauhca "fearfully; in fear, with respect" and nemi "to dwell, to live (as)" or "to walk, to go about (like)".
Mauhcaxochitlf & mNahuatl Derived from Nahuatl mauhcatl "coward, someone fearful" and xochitl "flower".
Maukem & fDutch (Rare) Meaning uncertain. It is probably of Frisian origin (just compare names like Auke, Bauke, Gauke and Hauke), in which case it might possibly be a diminutive of Maurus or Mauritius (as well as of their feminine forms, in the case of female bearers).
MaulanamIndonesian Derived from the Arabic title مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā) meaning "our lord, our master", ultimately from مَوْلًى (mawlan) "chief, lord, master". It was traditionally used to denote Islamic scholars in Central and South Asia.
MauranefFrench (Modern) Most likely derived from Maurane, the stage name of the francophone Belgian singer Claudine Luypaerts (1960-2018). She was quite popular in the late '80s and early '90s. Luypaerts had based her stage name on the surname of Francis Morane (1940-2002), a French director of film and theatre whom she admired.
MauregatusmGermanic From Latin maurus (meaning dark-skinned or Moorish) and gothus (meaning Goth). Mauregatus the Usurper was the king of Asturias from 783 to 789.
MauriliusmLate Roman Probably diminutive of Maurus, though a Celtic root has been suggested: Mawrwr meaning "magnanimous", which coincides with a Welsh word meaning "great man" from mawr "great" (cognate of Gaelic mór "great") and gwr "man".
MauritzmAfrikaans, Swedish, Finnish Variant of Maurits. The "M" in the clothing company H&M's name stands for Mauritz (the original name is Hennes & Mauritz, H&M is an abbreviation).
Mausm & fDutch (Rare) Contracted form of names that are derived from the Latin adjective maurus meaning "dark-skinned, Moorish", such as Mauritia (feminine), Maurits (masculine) and Maurice (technically unisex in the Netherlands).... [more]
MausifSpanish (Rare, ?) Allegedly a diminutive of María Auxiliadora (compare Mauxi), though perhaps derived from German Maus meaning "mouse" and imported to Argentina by German immigrants.
MauvefEnglish (Rare) From the English word, ultimately derived from Latin malva "mallow", which has a purple color. Its use as a name is probably inspired by the similar name Maeve.
MaviaelmBiblical, Biblical Latin Form of Mehujael used in the Douay-Rheims Bible (1582-1610), the Clementine Vulgate (1592) and the Nova Vulgata ("Neo-Vulgate", 1979). The latter two are respectively the former and current official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church.
MaviefGerman (Modern) Recently coined German name of uncertain origin. Although folk etymology has it that this name is taken directly from the French phrase ma vie "my life", it is more likely a Germanized form of Mavis which might indeed have been inspired by the French phrase.... [more]
MavikafKongo A Bisingombe and Mboma feminine name.
MavilefCrimean Tatar Derived from Ottoman Turkish ماوى (mavi) meaning "blue, azure", ultimately from Arabic مَاوِيّ (māwiyy) meaning "watery".
MavilusmLate Roman Mavilus, distinguished as Mavilus of Hadrumetum, was an early Christian martyr during the persecutions of Caracalla. He suffered martyrdom at Hadrumetum, in 212, by being thrown to wild beasts, by order of Governor Scapula.
MavlanmUyghur, Kazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare) Derived from the Islamic religious title of مولانا (mawlana), which is also known in English as maulana. It literally means "our lord" in Arabic, as it is derived from the Arabic noun مولى (mawla) meaning "lord, master" combined with the Arabic possessive suffix ـنَا (-na).... [more]
MavrikiymBulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Mauritius via Mauricius. A bearer of this name was Mavrikiy Slepnyov (1896-1965), a Soviet polar aviator.
MavrosmGreek Means "black" in Greek, originally used as a descriptive nickname for a person with a dark or swarthy complexion. Mavros is more commonly found as a surname.
MawardimIndonesian From the name of 11th-century Islamic jurist Al-Mawardi, who was the chief judge of the Abbasid dynasty. His name is derived from Arabic ماء ورد (ma' ward) meaning "rosewater", given to him because his father sold rosewater.
MawarnifIndonesian Possibly either from Indonesian mawar meaning "rose" or warna meaning "colour".
MawatafJapanese (Modern, Rare) This name can used as 真綿 meaning "silk floss, silk wadding," combined from 真 (shin, ma(-), makoto) meaning "real, true" and 綿 (men, wata) meaning "cotton."... [more]
MawdryfAmerican (Rare) The origin of the name Mawdry is uncertain. It is most probably a variant of Maudry, also with an uncertain meaning. It may be a combination of the two names Maude and Audrey.
MawukuramIndigenous Australian, Walmajarri This is an Indigenous Australian name used by the Walmajarri people. Famous bearer is Mawukura (born c. 1924) an Australian Aboriginal artist and a Walmajarri man.
MäxmGerman Variant of Max suggesting an English pronunciation.
MaximillafLate Roman, Medieval Italian, Hungarian Latin diminutive of Maxima. Maximilla was a prophetess and an early advocate of Montanism, a heretical Christian sect founded in the third century A.D. by Montanus.
MaximinianmEnglish, Literature English form of Maximinianus. In literature, this is the name of a character from "The Prophetess", a 17th-century play written by John Fletcher (1579-1625) and Philip Massinger (1583-1640).
MaximumfLiterature Title character of James Patterson's Maximum Ride series of young adult fantasy novels (2005-2020), Maximum (more commonly called 'Max') is a girl with wings, genetically enhanced hybrid. She chose this name for herself.
MaxínmGalician Of debated origin and meaning; theories include a Galician form of Maginus and a corruption of Maximus.
MaxinafGalician (Rare), Literature Of uncertain origin and meaning; theories include a feminine form of Maginus and a corruption of Maxima. 'Maxina ou a filla espúrea' (also published under the titles 'Magina ou a filla espúrea' and 'Majina ou a filla espúrea', 1870) by Marcial Valladares is considered the first novel written in the Galician language.
MaxlmGerman Diminutive of Maximilian. It is typically only used informally, meaning: it is hardly ever (if at all) used as an official name on birth certificates.... [more]