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Mahdis f Persian (Modern)"Mah" is the moon in Persian and "dis" means alike. So Mahdis basically means moon-like or like the moon.
Mahea f HawaiianHawaiina name, meaning "calling" or "the one who is called".
Māhealani f HawaiianMeans "heavenly haze" from Hawaiian
māhea "haze" and
lani "sky, heaven". This was the name of the night of the full moon in the ancient Hawaiian calendar.
Mahefasoa m & f MalagasyFrom the Malagasy
mahefa meaning "to be able to do" and
soa meaning "good".
Mahek f Gujarati (Rare)Means "fragrance, scent; aroma" in Gujarati, probably from Sanskrit
महक्क (
mahakka) "wide-spreading fragrance".
Maherisoa m & f MalagasyFrom the Malagasy
mahery meaning "strong" and
soa meaning "good".
Maheshi f Sanskrit, Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Indian (Sikh), Marathi, Nepali, SinhaleseMEANING - "wife of great lord Shiva", A name of goddess Durga
Mahfiruz f Ottoman TurkishFrom Ottoman Turkish "favorable moon":
mah,
meh - "the moon" and
fîrûz - "favorable", "lucky, fortunate".
Mahganj f BalochiDerived from
māh meaning "moon" and
ganj meaning "treasure".
Mahi f Sanskrit, Hinduism, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Indian, Gujarati, Hindi, PunjabiMEANING - earth, great, intellect, greatness, exceedingly
Mahibanat f BashkirFrom Persian
ماه (mâh) meaning "moon" and Baskir
банат (banat) meaning "girl".
Mahibanïw f BashkirFrom the Persian ماه (mâh) meaning "moon" and بانو (banu) meaning "lady".
Mahidevran f Ottoman TurkishMeans "one who is always beautiful", "one whose beauty never fades", "beauty of the times" or "Moon of Fortune". A famous bearer was Mahidevran Sultan (1500-1581), a concubine of
Süleyman the Magnificent and the mother of Şehzade Mustafa and Raziye Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Mahie f Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism, Nepali, Marathi, Sinhalese, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, BengaliMEANING - the earth, cow, heaven & earth, soil, streams
Mahienver f Ottoman TurkishMeans "the brightest moon" in Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Persian ماه
(māh) meaning "moon" and Arabic أنور
('anwar) meaning "brighter, brightest".
Mahigöl f BashkirFrom the Persian
ماه (mâh) meaning "moon" and Bashkir
гөл (göl) meaning "flower".
Mahigul f Kazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare)Derived from the Persian adjective ماهی
(mahi) meaning "lunar, moonly" (compare
Mahin) combined with the Middle Persian noun گل
(gul) meaning "flower, rose".
Mahikamal f BashkirFrom Persian
ماه (mâh) meaning "moon" and Arabic
كمال (kamal) meaning "perfection".
Mahime f JapaneseFrom Japanese 愛 (ma) meaning "love, affection", 茉 (ma) meaning "white jasmine", 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 麻 (ma) meaning "flax" combined with 姫 (hime) meaning "princess", 媛 (hime) meaning "beautiful woman, princess" or 妃 (hime) meaning "ruler's wife; queen; empress"... [
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Mahina f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 真 (
ma) meaning "real, genuine", 舞 (
ma) meaning "dance" or 満 (
ma) meaning "full, fullness, enough, satisfy" combined with 妃 (
hi) meaning "princess" and 奈 (
na) meaning "what" or 雛 (
hina) meaning "chick, squab, duckling, doll"... [
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Mahinbanu f Literature, HistoryProbably from Persian مهین
(mehin) meaning "greater, greatest" and بانو
(bānū) meaning "lady". It is also associated with Persian مه
(mah) meaning "moon"... [
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Mahine f MaoriMeans "clean girl" or "white girl" in Maori.
Mahinhin f Tagalog, Cebuano, FilipinoDerived from the Tagalog and Cebuano word
mahinhin meaning "ladylike, modest, demure, gentle, soft, chaste, refined".
Mahini f Sanskrit, Indian (Christian), Indian, Hindi, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, BengaliMEANING - "mighty, strong"... [
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Mahinur m & f Turkish, UyghurFrom Persian ماهی
(mâhi) meaning "lunar, moonly" combined with Arabic نُور
(nūr) or Persian
نور (nur) both meaning "light, brightness, gleam, glow".
Mahiro f & m JapaneseFrom 万 (
ma) meaning "ten thousand, all, many, various, myriad" combined with 優 (
hiro) meaning "kind, superior, excellent". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Mahiru f JapaneseFrom the Japanese word 真昼 (
mahiru) meaning "midday, noon". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Mahišäkär f BashkirFrom the Persian
ماه (mâh) meaning "moon" and Bashkir
шәкәр (šäkär) meaning "sugar".
Mahisärüär f BashkirFrom the Persian
ماه (mâh) meaning "moon" and Arabic
سُرُور (surūr) meaning "joy, pleasure".
Mahmuna f MuslimMeans "wife of the Prophet
Muhammad" or "auspicious, blessed, fortunate". This was the name of Maymunah bint al-Harith (born
Barrah), a wife of Muhammad... [
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Maho f JapaneseFrom Japanese 舞 (
ma) meaning "dance" or 万 (
ma) meaning "ten thousand, various, all, myriad" combined with 歩 (
ho) meaning "step, walk" or 渉 (
ho) meaning "to ford or cross a body of water"... [
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Mahogany f EnglishFrom the English word
mahogany, a tropical tree of the genus Swietenia, valued for their hard, reddish-brown wood; or after the color of the wood. Ultimately from Spanish
mahogani, perhaps of Mayan origin.
Mahoko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 真 (
ma) meaning "true, reality", 歩 (
ho) meaning "walk" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Mahono f JapaneseFrom Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality", 帆 (ho) meaning "sail" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Mahony m & f MalagasyFrom the Malagasy name for the Sesamum indicum tree.
Mahoyo f JapaneseFrom Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality", 帆 (ho) meaning "sail" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Mahpeyker f Ottoman TurkishMeaning "face like the moon", from Ottoman Turkish
mah,
meh - "the moon" and
peyker - "face" (taken form the Persian language).
Mahramoy f UzbekDerived from
mahram, an obsolete word meaning "trusted servant" or "confidant" and
oy meaning "moon".
Mahrang f BalochiDerived from
māh meaning "moon" and
rang meaning "colour".
Mahruk f BalochiDerived from
māh meaning "moon" and
ruk meaning "face".
Mahrukh f Urdu, PersianMeans “moon-like face”. Derives from Persian ماه (
mah) meaning "moon" and رخ (
rukh) meaning "face." Shares the same meaning as Ottoman
Mahpeyker and Persian
Mahchehreh.
Mahsati f PersianAlternate transcription of Persian مهستی (see
Mahasti), interpreted as being derived from Persian ماه
(mah) meaning "moon, month" and Indian loanword
sati meaning "virtuous lady"... [
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Mahsuri f Malay, FolkloreFrom Malay
maha meaning "great" and
suri meaning "queen". This is the name of a legendary woman from the Malaysian island of Langkawi who was executed for adultery.
Mahzad f IranianMeans “child of the moon” in Old Persian from
mah meaning moon and
zad meaning “child” or “descendant”.
Mahzuna f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
mahzun meaning "full of sorrow".
Ma-i f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp" combined with 怡 (i) meaning "happiness; delight". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
Mai f Welsh (Rare)Welsh form of
May as well as a direct adoption of Welsh
mai "(month of) May".
Mai f ThaiMeans "tomorrow" or "future" in Thai.
Mai f & m Hebrew (Modern)Popular name in Israel (mostly for girls), it is came from the name of the month of May (the fifth).
Mai f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp" combined with 怡 (i) meaning "happiness; delight". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
Maia f MaoriMeans "courage, bravery" in Maori.
Maida f English, LiteratureThis name became popular after the Battle of Maida (1806), which took place near the Italian town of Maida and ended in a victory for Britain. In 18th- and 19th-century America it was used as a diminutive of both
Madeline and
Magdalena... [
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Maidie f English (Rare), ScotsVariant of
Maida, used as a British given name 'reasonably frequently until 1930. Resurfaced again briefly in the 1960s, but is a rarely used name', according to Dunkling & Gosling (1983)... [
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Maie f JapaneseFrom Japanese 舞 (
mai) meaning "dance" or 苺 (
mai) meaning "strawberry" combined with 恵 (
e) meaning "favour, benefit" or 映 (
e) meaning "a reflection; to reflect". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Maiga f Latvian, EstonianDerived from Latvian
maigs "affectionate, gentle, tender; soft, mellow, mild".
Maiha f JapaneseFrom Japanese 真
(ma) meaning "real, genuine, true" combined with 依
(i) meaning "rely on" and 羽
(ha) meaning "feather, wing"... [
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Maihime f JapaneseFrom Japanese 舞 (
mai) meaning "dance" combined with 姫 (
hime) meaning "princess". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Maiho f JapaneseFrom Japanese 舞 (mai) meaning "dance" combined with 帆 (ho) meaning "sail". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Maika f JapaneseFrom Japanese 真 (
ma) meaning "true, reality", 衣 (
i) meaning "clothes" combined with 佳 (
ka) meaning "beautiful, good, lovely". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Maika m & f PolynesianPossibly from the name of an orchid native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia.
Maiko f JapaneseMost commonly written as 麻衣子, from Japanese 麻衣
(mai) meaning "linen robe" combined with Japanese 子
(ko) meaning "child". Another popular combination was 舞子, from Japanese 舞
(mai) meaning "dance" and Japanese 子
(ko) meaning "child".
Maiku f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 麻 (mai) meaning "hemp, flax, linen" or 舞 (mai) meaning "dance" combined with 久 (ku) meaning "long time" or 郁 (ku) meaning "fragrance, perfume". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Maimai f JapaneseFrom Japanese 舞 (
mai) meaning "dance" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Maime f JapaneseFrom Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine", 舞 (ma) meaning "dance" or 麻 (ma) meaning "flax", 衣 (i) meaning "clothing" combined with 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Maimiti f TahitianMeans "surfer" or "coming from the sea" in Tahitian; a combination of
may meaning "to come" and
miti "sea".
Maimun m & f Arabic, Malay, IndonesianMeans "auspicious, blessed, favourable" in Arabic. It is used as a masculine name in Arabic-speaking countries and Indonesia while it is feminine in Malaysia.
Maina f Latvian (Rare)Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a borrowing of Swedish
Maina, a Latvianized borrowing of Finnish
Maini, a phonetic coinage based on
Aina 4 and a derivation from Latvian
mainīt "to change; to alter".
Maine f JapaneseFrom Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 舞 (ma/mai) meaning "dance" combined with 稲 (ine) meaning "rice (plant)", 茜 (ne) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant" or 音 (ne) meaning "sound"... [
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Mainie f IrishDiminutive of
Mary, as borne by the Irish painter Mainie Jellett (1897-1944). Possibly based on the Irish version of Mary,
Máirín Maino f JapaneseFrom Japanese 舞 (mai) meaning "dance" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.