LutiantfOjibwe Lutiant LaVoy was an Ojibwe woman who worked as a nurse in Washington, D.C., during the 1918 pandemic. She was the only person in the United States with this name according to the 1910 census. Perhaps this is an Anglicized or Americanized version of a native Ojibwe name.
MaaxiiriwiafIndigenous American, Hidatsa Means "buffalo bird woman". Name borne by a Hidatsa woman known for maintaining many aspects of the traditional Hidatsa lifestyle, including gardening and cooking.
Magserannguaqm & fGreenlandic Derived from Greenlandic massippoq meaning "rising half up from a horizontal position" and the suffix -nnguaq "sweet, dear", with the implied meaning "flower which is raised up by the heat of the sun, whilst small pieces of ice are still above it" (according to the Greenlandic author Karl Siegstad).... [more]
MaiagizismOjibwe Means "right/correct sun", deriving from the Ojibwe giizis ("sun, moon, a month"). This was the Ojibwe name of Ignace Tonené, a chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai people.
MainfShipibo-Conibo From the Shipibo mai meaning "earth" and the genitive suffix -n.
MaírafTupi, Brazilian Derived from Tupi maíra "French person" and, by extension, "foreigner".
MakafSioux, New World Mythology Means "earth, ground, soil" in Lakota. In Oglala Lakota (Sioux) mythology, Makȟá (less correctly spelled Maka) was created by Íŋyaŋ ("stone"), then given the spirit Makȟá-akáŋl ("earth goddess").
MalilafMiwok Means "salmon going fast up a rippling stream" in the Miwok language
MalînafGreenlandic Means "the one to follow", cognate of malippaa ("to follow someone") and the suffix -na (denotes a personal name). In Greenlandic mythology Malîna is the goddess of the sun and the sister of Anningan, god of the moon... [more]
MalinafInuit Mythology, Greenlandic In Inuit mythology, Malina is the name of a solar goddess. She is constantly fleeing from her brother, the moon god Igaluk (Inuit) or Anningan (Grenlandic), and their eternal chase explains the movement of the sun and moon through the sky.
MalinalxochitlfNahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology Means "grass flower" or "wildflower" in Nahuatl, from Nahuatl malinalli, "tall grass, twisted grass", and xōchitl, "flower". In Aztec mythology, Malinalxochitl was a sorceress and goddess of snakes, scorpions, and desert insects, and the sister of Huitzilopochtli.
MalînánguaĸfGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "sweet little one to follow", combined with Malîna and -nnguaq "sweet, dear".
MángilikfGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "the one with the drum song", from a combination of manngaluartoq "singing (drum-)songs" and -lik, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "equipped with" that denotes that the the root word is a form of amulet or helper spirit.
MañkemMapuche From Mapudungun mañke, referring to the condor vulture.
Marka IllafAymara From the Aymara marka meaning "nation" and illa meaning "amulet" in Aymara, also referring to any object to attract good luck and an Aymara spirit of the products and goods, the family, cattle and money.
MarĸioĸmGreenlandic Means "the one uttering healing formulas" in Greenlandic.
Masikm & fGreenlandic From Greenlandic masik meaning "the curved cross-tree in front of the ring of a kayak" and from Greenlandic masik meaning "gills (of a fish)", depending per dialect.
MaskepetoonmCree Means "broken arm" or "crooked arm" in Cree.
MaskwamCree The name comes from the Cree word for ''bear'' maskwa.
MatlalihuitlmNahuatl Means "blue-green feather", from Nahuatl matlalin "blue-green" and ihuitl "feather(s)".
MatomSioux Means "bear; fiercely angry" in Lakota. From the Lakota matȟó 'bear; to be fiercely angry, to be a shark at'.
MatoakafAlgonquin Of unknown meaning. This was one of Pocahontas's 'secret' names. At the time Pocahontas was born, it was common for Powhatan Native Americans to be given several personal names, to have more than one name at the same time, to have secret names that only a select few knew, and to change their names on important occasions... [more]
Matzayanif & mNahuatl, Mexican Means "for the sky to open up, for a wall to split" in Nahuatl.
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".
MayahuinimNahuatl Means "overthrower" or "fighter, soldier" in Nahuatl, derived from mayahui "to throw, to hurl down".
MayalenfNahuatl, Mexican Mayalen alteration of the name Mayahuel (Nahuatl pronunciation: maˈjawel) is the female divinity associated with the maguey plant among cultures of central Mexico in the Postclassic era of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology, and in particular of the Aztec cultures... [more]
MazaihuitlmNahuatl Derived from Nahuatl mazatl "deer" and ihuitl "feathers, down".
MazatlmNahuatl, Mexican (Rare) From Nahuatl mazatl meaning "deer", the seventh day-sign of the tonalpohualli. This was the name of a cacique or leader of the Nahuas of Papayeca, active during the Spanish conquest of what is now Honduras.
Mecahuaf & mNahuatl Possibly means "keeper of mistresses" or "possessor of rope", derived from Nahuatl mecatl "rope, cord; unit of land; consort, concubine" and the possessive suffix -hua.
MecahuehuemNahuatl Probably from Nahuatl mecahuehuetl, a kind of string instrument.
Meoohtse'efCheyenne Meoohtse'e means "spring grass" in the Cheyenne language. Meoohtse'e, also known as Monâhtseta'e, was a Cheyenne woman who had a child with George Custer.
MeskwaopwaganikwefOjibwe Anishinaabek (Ojibwe) name meaning "red pipe woman." Meskwa means red, opwagan means pipe, and ikwe means woman. inini can replace ikwe to make it a male name.
MetacometmWampanoag A Wampanoag and the second son of the sachem Massasoit.