These
names are used in a modern context.
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Maurane f French (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.
Maven f & m English (Modern)From the English word
maven meaning "expert in a given field, connoisseur", derived from Yiddish מבֿין
(meyvn).
Mavie f German (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.... [
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Mawata f Japanese (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."... [
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May f & m Hebrew (Modern)Popular name in Israel (mostly for girls), it is came from the name of the month of May (the fifth).... [
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Maybeth f English (Modern)Combination of
May and
Beth. A famous bearer of this name is American actress Maybeth Carr (Born: May 4, 1912, Died: December 27, 1996).
Megami f Japanese (Modern, Rare)This name comes from the word referring to a goddess or otherwise a female deity, derived from
女 (me) meaning "female, woman" and
神 (kami) meaning "god, deity, spirit" (kami > gami through rendaku).... [
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Meghann f English (Modern)Variant of
Megan. This name was used by the Australian author Colleen McCullough in her novel
The Thorn Birds (1977), which in 1983 was adapted as a TV mini-series.
Megi f Albanian, Georgian, Slovene (Modern)Albanian, Georgian and Slovene borrowing of the English given name
Maggie. Known bearers of this name include the Albanian soccer player Megi Doci (b. 1996) and the Georgian actress Megi Tsulukidze (1921-1993).
Mei f Chinese (Modern, Archaic)From Chinese 媚 (meì) meaning "especially beautiful", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Meilani f Hawaiian (Modern, Rare)Possibly synthetic Hawaiian name influenced by
Melanie and/or
Leilani using the Hawaiian element
lani "heavenly." Used very rarely in the US, mainly California and Hawaii, since the 1980s or earlier... [
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Meiran m & f Hebrew (Modern)This name has some meanings: the first is "Happiness from God" (written: מירן), and the second is "joyful water" (written: מי-רן), from the Hebrew word
mei (like in
Meital), and the name
Ran.
Menowin m German (Modern, Rare), RomaniThe name is often analysed as a Germanic name made from the element
MEGIN "strength" and
WIN "friend". However, in the case of the most known bearer, the German singer Menowin Fröhlich, there is an account from his father that the name is made up to sound like Menuhin (the surname of the violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin).
Merliah f English (Modern)A combination of the prefix ‘mer’ and the suffix ‘lia’. This name was used in the movie “Barbie in a Mermaid Tale” where Barbie plays Merliah Summers, a surfing teenager who is half mermaid and half human.
Miami f English (Modern)From the name of the city in the American state of Florida. The city got its name from the
Mayaimi, a Native American tribe that lived around Lake Okeechobee until the 17th or 18th century.
Mid-eum m & f Korean (Modern)From the verbal noun of verb 믿다
(mitda) meaning "to believe in something, trust someone."
Midnight f & m Obscure (Modern)From Middle English
midnight (also as
middelniȝte), from Old English
midniht,
middeniht,
middeneaht, (also as
midderneaht and
middelniht), from Proto-Germanic
*midjanahts, equivalent to mid- + night.
Miio m Finnish (Modern)A form of
Mio which is from Astrid Lindgren's children's book Mio, my Mio (also known as Mio, my Son)(Mio, min Mio in Swedish)
Mikhata m & f Filipino (Modern)Taken from the Japanese "味方" that means 'ally' or "三方" that means 'three sides'. While 'Mikhata' means 'Silent Voice' from the short story "Untold Feelings" where the character was described as a young boy with three different personalities.
Mili f Hebrew (Modern)Means "who for me?" (combination of the word
mi which means "who" and the name
Li 2) and came from the phrase "?אם אין אני לי, מי לי" which means "If I'm not for myself, who will be for me?"... [
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Millenna f English (Modern, Rare)Name chosen for several girls in 2000 to signify the turn of the millennium, derived from Latin 'mille' meaning 'thousand' and 'annus' meaning 'year'. It is also used as a variant of
Milena.
Miluna f Italian (Modern), VenetianFrom the Italian words
mia luna literally meaning "my moon". According to a Venetian legend the 1600s nobleman Vittore Calergi proposed to his love interest with these words (meant "my sweetness, my dear") and a beautiful diamond later renamed Miluna... [
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Minamo f Japanese (Modern, Rare)This name means "water's surface," made up of 水 (sui, mizu, mizu-, mi) meaning "water" and 面 (ben, men, omo, omote, tsura, mo) meaning "face, surface." The word originally came about from a combination of 水 (mi), な (na), the Old Japanese equivalent of の (no) meaning "of" and 面 (mo) with the meaning of "surface."... [
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