LyonorsfArthurian Cycle Appears in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian legends 'Le Morte d'Arthur', belonging to the daughter of Earl Sanam. Lyonors had an affair with Arthur and bore him a son, Borre. Alfred Lord Tennyson used the name in his poem 'Gareth and Lynette' (1872) for the sister of Lynette, a character usually called Lyonesse in medieval versions of the story.
LyricalfEnglish (American, Modern, Rare) From the English word lyrical, a derivative of lyric (see Lyric), which is ultimately from Greek λυρικός (lyrikos) meaning "singing to the lyre".
LyublenmSoviet, Russian Contraction of Russian Люби Ленина! (Lyubi Lenina!) meaning "Love Lenin!", in which Lenin refers to the Russian politician and communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), who founded the former Soviet state... [more]
MaanapemLiterature Maanape is a character in the 1928 novel Macunaíma, o herói sem nenhum caráter (Macunaíma in English) by Brazilian writer Mário de Andrade. The novel is considered one of the founding texts of Brazilian modernism.
MaaouyamWestern African A known bearer is Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (1941-), a Mauritanian military officer who served as the president of Mauritania from 1984-2005.
MaasiaimBiblical Means "worker of Jehovah" in Hebrew. This was one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at the Captivity I Chronicles 9:12
Maat-horfAncient Egyptian From Egyptian mꜣꜣt-ḥr.(w) meaning "she who sees Horus", derived from mꜣꜣ "to see, look at; sight, vision" and the name of the god Horus. This was a royal epithet used for queens in early ancient Egypt.
Mabasenm & fKhoekhoe Name mainly used by damara speaking people in Namibia.The name means "stand for yourself" used to encourage and teach an individual independance.
MachikofJapanese From Japanese 町 (machi) meaning "town" or 海 (machi) meaning "large, wide, vastly gathered, sea, ocean" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be used.
MackayafObscure (Modern) Variant of Makiyah, possibly influenced by the spellings of names like Mackenna. It is also a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae.
MacrianmGermanic Macrian was the king of the Bucinobantes, an Alemannic tribe, in the late fourth century and the brother of Hariobaudes. Macrian tried to confederate all the north Germanic and Alemannic tribes together against Rome... [more]
MadalinmRomanian (Expatriate) Variant of Mădălin used by Romanians abroad or in informal contexts (for example on the internet). Note that this is not the standard spelling of the name.
MadiniafEnglish (Rare, Archaic) Meaning uncertain. Dr John Dee gave it to his daughter in 1590, allegedly naming her for one of the Enochian angels ("the spiritual creature who on 28 May 1583 appeared to Dee and Sir Edward Kelley and entered into a mysterious conversation with them", according to Méric Casaubon in his 'True & Faithful Relation…' (1659)).... [more]
MadolasmArthurian Cycle, Literature This name belongs to a character appearing in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, also known as the Vulgate Cycle or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, an early 13th-century French Arthurian literary cycle.
MadonnafJapanese From Japanese 聖 (mado) meaning "holy, sacred" or 美 (ma) meaning "beautiful", 女 (do) meaning "female, woman, wife" combined with 母 (na) meaning "mother" or 娘 (na) meaning "daughter". Other kanji combinations are possible... [more]
MaeglinmLiterature Means "sharp glance" in Sindarin. In Tolkien's Legendarium Maeglin is the son of Eöl and Aredhel. He is tortured by Morgoth into betraying Gondolin, and dies in the Fall of Gondolin.
MaesiusmLate Roman Roman nomen gentile that was derived from Maesus. This was one of the names of Lollianus Mavortius, a Roman politician from the 4th century AD.
MagandafPhilippine Mythology Means "beautiful" in Tagalog. In Philippine mythology, she and Malakas were the first humans. They were said to have sprung from a large bamboo tree pecked by a sarimanok (mythical bird) known as Magaulancealabarca.
MagentafEnglish, Theatre Named for the mauvish-crimson colour. The dye to make the colour was discovered and named shortly after the Battle of Magenta in 1859 (the town is situated in northern Italy). The colour may have been inspired by the colour of the uniforms worn by the French troops, or by the colour of the land soaked in blood after the battle... [more]
MaginusmHistory (Ecclesiastical) Saint Maginus was a Catalan hermit in the late third and early fourth centuries in Tarragona. Upon the arrival of the Roman prefect Dacian to Tarragona, persecuting Christians under the edict of Emperor Maximian, Maginus tried to convert them to the faith and was imprisoned... [more]
MagnetomPopular Culture, Portuguese (Brazilian) Magneto is the 'mutant' name of an antagonist, and sometimes protagonist, of Marvel's X-Men line of comics. His real name is Max Eisenhardt, and he's used the alias of Erik Lehnsherr many times, though he is more frequently known simply as Magneto... [more]
Magnifym & fEnglish (Puritan) Meaning, "to extol; glorify." Referring to the magnification of the name of God.
MagnulfmNorwegian (Rare) Derived from the Old Norse elements magn "mighty, strong, power" and ulfr "wolf", making it a cognate of the Germanic name Maganulf. Magnulf was first used in 1901.
MagolormPopular Culture Magolor is a major character in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and the host of the New Challenge Stages section of Kirby's Dream Collection. He is also the shopkeeper in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe. Magolor hails from Halcandra and commands the Lor Starcutter.
MahafuzmBengali (Muslim) Meaning of Mahafuz in Arabic is 'protector', one who protects anything or preserve anything for longer period of time without any sort of fault.
MahainafLiterature A woman who claims to suffer from alcoholism but is believed to have a weak temperament in 'Erewhon' by Samuel Butler.
MahantimMormon An inscription on a cliff in Manti was written by someone who called himself Mahanti, the second king of the Lamanites. It was dated about A.D. 600, which would have been centuries after the Lamanites came into being... [more]
MaharetfTurkish From the Ottoman Turkish مهارت, from Arabic مَهَارَة (mahāra) & means, "skill (capacity to do something well)".
MahastifPersian Means "the moon's being", from Persian māh "moon" and hastī "existence".
MahigölfBashkir From the Persian ماه (mâh) meaning "moon" and Bashkir гөл (göl) meaning "flower".
MahigulfKazakh (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".
MahijahmMormon In the Book of Moses, this is the name of a man who talks with Enoch.
MahikanmCree Means "wolf" in Cree, from the Cree mahihkan "wolf; grey wolf; timber wolf".
Mahinurm & fTurkish, Uyghur From Persian ماهی (mâhi) meaning "lunar, moonly" combined with Arabic نُور (nūr) or Persian نور (nur) both meaning "light, brightness, gleam, glow".