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Muunokhoi m MongolianMeans "bad dog, vicious dog" in Mongolian, from муу
(muu) meaning "bad" and нохой
(nokhoi) meaning "dog".
Muura m & f FinnishShort for "muurain", cloudberry in Finnish.
Muvashshah f UzbekUzbek feminine name taken from the name of a classical Arabic music genre.
Muwaffaq m ArabicMeans "successful, fortunate, proper, fit" in Arabic, from the root وفق
(waffaqa) meaning "to grant success to, to make fit".
Muwatalli m HittiteMeaning unknown. Name borne by two Hittite kings, Mutawalli I (fl. 15th century BCE), and Mutawalli II (fl. 13th century BCE).
Muwatti m & f HittiteMeans "mighty/potent", deriving from the Luwian element
mo:wa ("to be mighty, potent").
Muwei f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and
唯 (wéi) meaning "only; yes".
Muxia f ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire" and
夏 (xià) meaning "summer".
Muxian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and
仙 (xiān) meaning "transcendent, immortal".
Muxin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and
歆 (xīn) meaning "like, admire" or
心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul".
Muyan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and
嫣 (yān) meaning "charming, fascinating".
Muyi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and
旖 (yǐ) meaning "tender, charming".
Muyïlbikä f BashkirFrom Bashkir
муйыл (muyïl) meaning "bird cherry" and feminine name element
бикә (bikä).
Muyta f AymaraMeans "turn, curve, turn around" in Aymara.
Muyuan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and
缘 (yuán) meaning "margin; reason, cause, fate".
Muyue f ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and
月 (yuè) meaning "moon".
Muzaffar m Arabic, Urdu, Uzbek, Tajik, MalayMeans "victorious, triumphant, one who has been aided to victory" in Arabic, from the root ظفر
(ẓaffara) meaning "to make victorious, to grant victory".
Muzaffarbek m UzbekFrom the given name
Muzaffar combined with the Turkish military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master".
Muzakki m IndonesianFrom Arabic مزكي
(muzakkīy) meaning "purifier, refiner, giver of zakat (alms)", derived from the root زكي
(zakīy) meaning "pure".
Muzakkir m Arabic, IndonesianMeans "reminder, one who reminds" in Arabic, from the root ذكر
(dhakkara) meaning "to remind".
Muzammil m Arabic, Urdu, IndonesianMeans "enshrouded, enfolded, bundled" in Arabic, from the root زَمَّلَ
(zammala) meaning "to cover up". Al-Muzammil is the name of the 73rd surah (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Muzan m JapaneseFrom 無 (Mu) meaning “Nothing, Naught” and 惨 (Zan) meaning “Misery”.... [
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Muzayyana f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
muzayyan meaning "adorned, decorated".
Muzdalifa f Arabic (Rare)From the name of an area near the city of Mecca that is visited by pilgrims during the hajj. The name is derived from Arabic مزدلف
(muzdalif) meaning "approaching, nearing, meeting", itself from the root ازدلف
(izdalafa) meaning "to precede, to be near to".
Müzeyyen f TurkishTurkish from Arabic meaning "decorated, adorned, embellished".
Muzhen f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and
真 (zhēn) meaning "real, actual, true, genuine".
Muzio m ItalianDerived from Latin
mutus "silent, mute". A famous bearer was the composer Muzio Clementi.
Múzsa f HungarianDirectly taken from Hungarian
múzsa "muse", as well as a refernce to the muses from Greek Mythology.
Muzzammil m ArabicAfter the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and the 73rd Surah of the Qu'ran. Means "The Enshrouded One."
Mvumo m ShonaMeaning "agreement; harmony, accordance".
Mwari m Shona, African MythologyMeans 'force behind creation' in Shona. Shona traditional religion, Mwari is the supreme creator deity who is believed that he is the author of all things and all life and all is in him.
Mwaura m KikuyuTo kú aúra means to remove or relieve one of a heavy load.Mostly when a visitor came with a kiondo/load and a person took it off his/her back the remover was the mwauri
Mwaziona m & f NsengaThis is a Nsenga name given to both boy and girls. It means "Have you seen" or "Have you seen yourselves".
Mwezi m SwahiliSwahili masculine name meaning "moon" or "month".
Mwiza f RundiIt means someone good heart, appearance, character and personality. Second meaning "Beautiful"
Mwongeli f AfricanAFRICAN NAME FROM KENYA. USED IN KAMBA TRIBE.THE NAME IS MOSTLY USED IF FOR SOME REASON A MOTHER HAS A GIRL AFTER ANOTHER TO MEAN YOU ARE BLESSED WITH ANOTHER GIRL.ITS A FEMALE NAME.MAY ALSO BE USED TO MEAN A BLESSING
Mya m & f BurmeseMeans "emerald" or "keen, sharp" in Burmese.
Myagmardorj m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian мягмар
(myagmar) meaning "Tuesday" and дорж
(dorj) meaning "diamond, vajra".
Myagmarjargal m & f MongolianFrom
мягмар (
myagmar) meaning "Tuesday" or "Mars (planet)" in Mongolian and жаргал (
jargal) meaning "happiness, blessing".
Myagmarjav m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian мягмар
(myagmar) meaning "Tuesday" and жав
(jav) meaning "salvation, deliverance".
Myagmarsüren m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian мягмар
(myagmar) meaning "Tuesday" combined with Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity".
Mycale f Greek MythologyMother o Orius, was famous for her incantations, which she had often used to conjure down the shining twin-horns of the unwilling moon, one of the Lapiths.
Mychin m Arthurian CycleA knight in the service of Lord Golagros, Arthur’s opponent in the Middle Scots tale of Golagros and Gawain.
Myeerah f & m Indigenous AmericanMeans "walk in the water". Name borne by a Wyandot woman who played a prominent diplomatic role between the Wyandot and colonial settlers.
Myeong-bak m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 明 "bright, light, brilliant; clear" and 博 "gamble, play games; wide, broad".
Myeong-bok m Korean, HistoryMeaning unknown. This was the personal name of Gojong/Emperor Gwangmu (1852-1919), twenty-sixth king of Joseon and first emperor of Korea.
Myeong-eun f & m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 明 (
myeong) "bright, light, brilliant; clear" and 恩 (
eun) "kindness, mercy, charity".
Myeong-Hwa f & m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 明
(myeong) meaning "bright, light, clear" combined with 花
(hwa) meaning "flower" or 和
(hwa) meaning "harmony, peace"... [
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Myeong-mi f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 明 (myeong) meaning "bright, light, clear" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other hanja combinations are possible.
Myeong-wol m KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 明 (myeong) "bright, light, brilliant; clear" and 月 (wol) "moon". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
Myia f Ancient GreekDerived from Greek μυῖα
(myia) meaning "fly" (considered a symbol of audacity or excessive boldness). This was borne by a Pythagorean philosopher who was active around the year 500 BC. According to later tradition, she was one of the daughters of Pythagoras and Theano.
Myika f African AmericanMy mother's middle name was supposed to be this but spelt like Michael. So she change the spelling to this and now its mine.
Mykelti f & m American (Modern, Rare)A concatenation of
Michael with the initial
T (the phonetic element /ti/). In the case of American actor Mykelti Williamson (1957-), who is of African American descent and self-identifies as being of partial Blackfoot descent, he has claimed that his name means "spirit" in the Blackfoot language, but this is untrue... [
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Myktybek m KyrgyzFrom Kyrgyz мыкты
(mykty) meaning "strong, firm, durable" combined with the Turkic military title
beg meaning "chieftain, master".
Myllena f VariousPossibly a variant form of either
Milena or
Mylène. This is the name of the newborn daughter of Dutch model and actress Doutzen Krous (b... [
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Mylokoh m AkanThe name mylokoh stands for strength, wisdom and an alpha mentality.
Mylvoirrey m Manx (Archaic)Derived from the Gaelic name element
máel / mal / maol "tonsured, shorn; (and by extension) disciple, devotee" and the given name
Moirrey with the intended meaning of "devotee of the Virgin
Mary" (since the names of saints were considered too holy for everyday use, they were usually prefixed until the 17th century).... [
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Myndill m Old NorseMeaning uncertain. Possibly a diminutive of names ending with
-mundr "protection".
Myo m & f BurmeseMeans "family, kind, lineage" in Burmese.
Myohee f KoreanFrom 묘 meaning ''shrine'' and 熙 (hui) "bright, splendid, glorious".
Myōken m BuddhismMyōken, also known as Sonjō-Ō (尊星王, "Venerable Star King", also Sonsei-Ō or Sonshō-Ō), is a Buddhist deification of the North Star worshiped mainly in the Shingon, Tendai and Nichiren schools of Japanese Buddhism.
Myoki f JapaneseVariant of "Miyoki". From 美 (mi) "beautiful", combined with 世 (yo) "world", and 輝 (ki) "radiance, shine" or 希 (ki) "hope".... [
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Myop f LiteratureThis name is used in the book The Flowers, by Alice Walker. This name could have been a shortened form of the words
myopic or
myopathy, in which both are derived from Latin
myopia meaning "near-sightedness." The Latin word is ultimately derived from
myops meaning "near-sighted" (from
myein meaning "to shut" combined with
ops meaning "eye.")
Myōrin f HistoryDerived from Japanese
妙 (myō) meaning "mysterious, strange" and
林 (rin) meaning "woods". She was the wife of samurai warlord Yoshioka Akioki, and served the Otomo Clan. Myorin-ni was her Dharma name, her birthname is unknown.
Myratgeldi m TurkmenFrom the given name
Myrat combined with the past tense of Turkmen
gelmek meaning "to come".
Myrcella f Literature, Popular Culture, English (Modern, Rare)Created by author George R.R. Martin for a character in his series
A Song of Ice and Fire (1996) and its television adaptation
Game of Thrones (2011-2019). At the beginning of the first novel, Princess Myrcella Baratheon is the daughter of king Robert Baratheon and queen Cersei Lannister... [
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Myriah f & m EnglishVariant of
Myria or
Miriah. Usage of this name began in England in the 18th century, though at that time, it was rarely given to girls... [
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Myrianthe f Greek (Rare), Greek (Cypriot, Rare)The first element of this name is derived from Greek μυριάς
(myrias) meaning "ten thousand", which is ultimately derived from Greek μυρίος
(myrios) meaning "countless, numberless, infinite"... [
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Myriel f GermanForm of
Muriel, derived from the
Keltic words
muir- "the sea" and
gael "shining". Putting the meaning of the name at "Shining Sea".... [
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Myril f & m ObscureMyril Axelrod Bennett was one of the first female executives in the advertising industry.
Myrina f Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek ìõñïí (
myron) meaning "myrrh". In Greek mythology, Myrina was the Queen of the Amazons.
Myrinta f English (American, Rare)Possibly a combination of
Myron or
Myra and the suffix
-inta, or a variant of
Miranda, this uncommon name reached the height of its popularity during the 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States and Canada.