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Migmar m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan མིག་དམར
(mig-dmar) meaning "Mars (the planet)" or "Tuesday", composed of མིག
(mig) meaning "eye" and དམར
(dmar) meaning "red".
Miguelón m SpanishAugmentative hypocorism of
Miguel with the suffix
-ón. It is traditionally used for people who are older or bulkier than other Migueles in their communities.
Mihallaq m AlbanianAlbanian form of
Michalakis. Unlike the original Greek name, the Albanian form is used as an official name on birth certificates.
Mihoko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 美 (
mi) meaning "beautiful", 保 (
ho) meaning "to protect, to safeguard, to defend" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.... [
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Mihoshi f & m JapaneseFrom
Hoshi prefixed with a
mi kanji, like 美 meaning "beauty," 海 meaning "sea, ocean," 三 meaning "three," 実 meaning "seed; fruit," 弥 meaning "increase," 満 meaning "full, whole" or 仁 meaning "benevolence, compassion, humanity."
Mihriban f TurkishDerived from Persian مهربان
(mehrabān) meaning "kind, gracious".
Mihua m NahuatlMeans "possessor of arrows" in Nahuatl, from
mitl "arrow, dart" and the possessive suffix
-hua.
Mi-Hui f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 美
(mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 嬉
(hui) meaning "enjoy, play" or 姬
(hui) meaning "beauty"... [
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Miiko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 美 (
mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful", 依 (
i) meaning "depend on, rely on" and 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Miina f JapaneseFrom Japanese 美 (
mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful", 衣 (
i) meaning "clothing, garment" combined with 菜 (
na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Mijanou f ObscureA French diminutive of
Marie-
Jeanne. The name is borne by the French actress Mijanou Bardot, sister of Brigitte Bardot.
Mikado m & f Japanese (Rare)From 帝
(mikado), originally derived from honorific 御
(mi) combined with 門
(kado) meaning "gate," referring to the gate of the Japanese imperial palace.... [
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Mikako f JapaneseFrom 海 (
mi) meaning "ocean", 日 (
ka) meaning "sunlight, daytime", and 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Mikan f JapaneseFrom Japanese 蜜 (
mitsu) meaning "nectar, honey, sweet" and 柑 (
kan) meaning "citrus fruit". As a vocabulary word, 蜜柑 (
mikan) meaning "Mandarin orange". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Mikao m JapaneseDerived from the Japanese kanji 甕 (
mika) referred to a large earthenware pot for brewing sake and 男 (
o) meaning "male; man".... [
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Mikasa f Popular CultureFrom the name of a Japanese battleship built in 1902, named after Mount Wakakusa, AKA Mount Mikasa in Nara. ... [
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Miki m SpanishDiminutive of
Miguel. It probably originated as a variation of
Mickey, reflecting the English pronunciation.
Miki f & m JapaneseMiki is a Japanese name that can be either feminine or masculine depending on what kanji is used to spell it. Common spellings are 幹 (Masculine spelling) meaning "trunk or sprout", and 美紀 (feminine spelling) meaning "beautiful chronicle".
Mikie f JapaneseFrom Japanese 幹
(miki) meaning "tree trunk" and 枝
(e) meaning "branch" or 恵
(e) meaning "favour, benefit", as well as other kanji combinations that can form this name.
Mikihiko m JapaneseFrom Japanese 幹 (
miki) meaning "tree trunk" combined with 彦 (
hiko) meaning "prince". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Mikihiro m JapaneseFrom 幹 (
miki) means "tree trunk" and 裕 (
hiro) meaning "abundant". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Mikinosuke m Japanese (Rare)From 幹
(miki) meaning "(tree) trunk, base" or 造酒
(Miki), referring to 造酒司
(miki/sake no tsukasa), the office under the Ministry of the Imperial Household in charge of the brewing of sake and vinegar, combined with the genitive particle の
(no), written as 之, 乃 or the katakana equivalent ノ, and
suke, originally denoting a kokushi (provincial governor) with the 2nd-highest level of
suke (介), also written with other kanji like 助.... [
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Mikio m JapaneseFrom Japanese 幹
(miki) meaning "tree trunk" combined with 夫
(o) meaning "husband, man", 雄
(o) meaning "hero, manly", 郎
(o) meaning "son" or 男
(o) meaning "male, man"... [
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Mikk m EstonianOriginally an Estonian short form of
Mihkel, now used as a given name in its own right.
Mikławš m SorbianSorbian form of
Nikolaus. Mikławš Jakubica (16th century) was a Sorbian pastor who in 1548 translated the Bible into the Lower Sorbian language.
Miks m LatvianOriginally a diminutive of
Miķelis, this name has been used in its own right since the late 16th century.
Mikythos m Ancient GreekDerived from the Greek adjective μίκυθος
(mikythos) meaning "very small". That word is a diminutive of μικκός
(mikkos), which is the Doric and Ionic Greek form of the adjective μικρός
(mikros) meaning "small, little".
Milausha f Tatar, BashkirMeans "violet (flower)" in Tatar and Bashkir, ultimately derived from Persian بنفشه
(banafsheh).
Milcom m Biblical, Near Eastern Mythology, English (Puritan)In the Old Testament, Milcom was the highest of the Ammonite gods. It is generally accepted that this name is a form of the common Semitic noun meaning "king" (Hebrew
melek), and became an epithet of the head of the Ammonite pantheon... [
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Mildrun f Norwegian (Rare)Combination of the Old Norse name elements
mildr "mild" and
rún "secret lore". The name was first used in the early 20th century.
Miled m ArabicAlternate transcription of ميلاد (see
Milad), chiefly used in Tunisia.
Miles m History (Ecclesiastical)Miles was was the bishop of Susa in Sasanian Persia from before 315 until his martyrdom in 340 or 341. He engaged in efforts to evangelize Susa, traveled widely in the Eastern Roman Empire and led the opposition to Papa bar ʿAggai and the supremacy of the bishops of Seleucia-Ctesiphon in the Persian church... [
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Militza f BulgarianVariant transcription of
Милица (see
Militsa). This was the name Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz took after her marriage to the heir apparent of Montenegro Prince Danilo and her conversion to Orthodoxy.
Millacatl m NahuatlMeans "field worker, farmer" or "rural inhabitant" in Nahuatl, from
milli "cultivated field, cornfield" and either
tlacatl "person, human" or the suffix
-catl "inhabitant".
Millarca f LiteratureInvented by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu in his Gothic novella
Carmilla (1872), in which the title character, a vampire, uses this and other anagrams of her name (including
Mircalla) as aliases when she relocates.
Millennia f GermanThe name Millennia is derived from the Latin word
millennium. It was given to some German girls around the millennium year 2000.
Millennium f & m EnglishFrom the word referring to a period of time spanning a thousand years, from a Latin combination of
mīlle meaning "thousand" and
annus meaning "year" (with a>e vowel change and addition of abstract noun suffix
-ium).
Milli m NahuatlMeans "cultivated field, cornfield" in Nahuatl.
Miłobor m PolishDerived from Slavic
mil "gracious, dear" combined with Slavic
bor "battle" or
borit "to fight".
Milodarka f Serbian (Rare)Derived from the Slavic elements
mil, meaning "dear, precious" and
dar, meaning "gift" or "given".
Milojka f SloveneDiminutive of names containing the Slavic element
milu "gracious, dear", used as a given name in its own right.
Miłość f PolishPolish name derived from the ordinary vocabulary word
miłość "love", first used to translate the Greek name
Agape or the Latin name
Caritas... [
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Milot m Albanian, KosovarDerived from
Milot, a town and a former municipality in the Lezhë County of northwestern Albania.
Milouska f Dutch (Rare)Dutch form of
Miluška. A notable bearer of this name is the Dutch television presenter Milouska Meulens (b. 1973), who is of Curaçaoan descent.
Miłowit m Medieval PolishFrom the elements
miło "nice" and
wit "lord, ruler". This is among the earliest recorded names in Poland.
Mîm m LiteratureMîm is the name of the last petty-dwarf in the
Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien. His story is also told in
The Children of Húrin.
Mima f JapaneseFrom Japanese
美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with
誠 (ma) meaning "sincerity" or
馬 (ma) meaning "horse". It can also be written as
未麻, combining
未 (mi) meaning "eighth sign of the zodiac" with
麻 (ma) meaning "hemp, flax", it was used like this in the very successful anime
Perfect Blue.
Mime f JapaneseDerived from the Japanese kanji 実 (
mi) meaning "fruit" or 美 (
mi) meaning "beauty; beautiful" combined with 夢 (
ime) meaning "dream; vision" or 芽 (
me) meaning "sprout".... [
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Mimi f JapaneseCombination of any
mi kanji, such as 美 meaning "beauty," 海 meaning "sea, ocean," 未, referring to the sign of the Sheep, 実 meaning "seed; fruit," 夢 meaning "dream," 光 meaning "light; ray, beam, glow" or 心 meaning "heart, mind." They can also be duplicated or marked with the repetition marker 々.
Mimica f SloveneDiminutive of
Marija (via the diminutive
Mimi), used as a given name in its own right.
Mimigard f GermanicThe first element of this Germanic name is derived from Old Norse
mímir "memory", which is related to Old English
gemimor "well-known", modern Dutch
mijmeren "to muse, to ponder" and Latin
memor "mindful, remembering." Because of this, the first element may also refer to the Norse god Mímir, who had omniscient wisdom and knowledge... [
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Mimiko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 微 (
mi) meaning "delicate", 美 (
mi) meaning "beautiful" and 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.