mee EnglishPhonetic element /mi/ in English names.
méi 梅 ChineseChinese character meaning
"plum, apricot" (referring to the tree known as the Chinese plum, species Prunus mume).
měi 美 ChineseChinese character meaning
"beautiful".
meier Medieval German, Medieval DutchMiddle High German and Middle Dutch word meaning
"bailiff, administrator, steward" (of Latin origin). It also came to mean
"tenant farmer".
meir מֵאִיר HebrewHebrew word meaning
"giving light".
mela NguniNguni word meaning
"to stand for, to represent".
melek TurkishTurkish word meaning
"angel", ultimately from Arabic.
mén 门, 門 ChineseChinese character meaning
"gate, door".
mèng 梦, 夢 ChineseChinese character meaning
"dream, vision".
měng 蒙 ChineseChinese character meaning variously
"cover, suffer, ignorance".
merces Ancient RomanLatin word meaning
"reward, wages", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning
"favour, pity".
mezi IgboIgbo word meaning
"repair, correct".
mi 3 実, 實 JapaneseMeans
"fruit, good result, truth", from a Japanese kun reading of
shí.
miǎn 缅, 緬 ChineseChinese character meaning
"distant, remote".
miào 妙 ChineseChinese character meaning
"mysterious, subtle, exquisite".
mihr 𐭬𐭲𐭥 Middle PersianMiddle Persian word meaning
"friendship, love, kindness" and
"sun".
mín 2 民 ChineseChinese character meaning
"people, citizens".
mín 4 珉 ChineseChinese character meaning
"jade, stone resembling jade".
mǐn 敏 ChineseChinese character meaning
"quick, clever, sharp".
míng 1 明 ChineseChinese character meaning
"bright, light, clear".
míng 2 铭, 銘 ChineseChinese character meaning
"inscribe, engrave".
mishra मिश्र SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"mixed, mingled, honourable".
mithra 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 AvestanAvestan word meaning
"oath, covenant, agreement".
mma IgboIgbo word meaning
"goodness, beauty".
mo YorubaYoruba word meaning
"I" (first-person pronoun).
mohita मोहित SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"infatuated, fascinated, bewildered".
mù 1 慕 ChineseChinese character meaning
"admire, desire".
mù 3 牧 ChineseChinese character meaning
"shepherd, tend cattle".
my EnglishPhonetic element /maɪ/ in English names.
na 2 奈, な JapaneseJapanese goon reading of
nài. It is usually used simply as a phonetic character in Japanese names, since it is the basis of the hiragana character
な (na).
na 4 EnglishPhonetic element /nɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position or, in African-American names, an unstressed initial position, as /nə/).
nà 1 娜 ChineseChinese character meaning
"elegant, graceful, delicate".
nà 2 那 ChineseChinese character meaning
"that, that one".
nā HawaiianHawaiian plural definite article (
"the").
nabat TurkmenTurkmen word referring to a type of crystallized sugar candy.
nabe 辺, 邊 JapaneseMeans
"area, place, vicinity", a Japanese nanori reading of
biān.
nài 奈 ChineseChinese character meaning
"why, how, what, endure".
nǎi 乃 ChineseChinese character meaning
"to be, then, really, indeed".
najib نجيب ArabicArabic word meaning
"noble, distinguished".
náo 挠, 撓 ChineseChinese character meaning
"scratch, bother".
narkissos νάρκισσος Ancient GreekGreek word for the narcissus flower, possibly derived from
νάρκη (narke) meaning "sleep, numbness". The character was probably named after the flower, not vice versa.
nasib نصيب ArabicArabic word meaning
"fate, luck, chance".
nay EnglishPhonetic element /neɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as
nay,
nae,
ne, and so on.
naz ناز PersianPersian word meaning
"delight, comfort, coquetry, affectation".
nee EnglishPhonetic element /ni/ in English names.
neen EnglishPhonetic element /nin/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as
nene,
nine or
neen.
nehad نهاد PersianPersian word meaning
"nature, disposition".
nèi 内, 內 ChineseChinese character meaning
"inside".