MAAm & fFinnish Means "country, land, earth, ground, soil, suit" in Finnish.
MAAfJapanese From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 阿 (a) meaning "mountain" or 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MAAAfJapanese From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.
MAACAHm & fBiblical Hebrew, Ancient Hebrew Means "bruised, crushed" in Hebrew, from the verb מָעַך (māʿaḵ or ma'ach, ma'akh) "to press, to squeeze". This name was borne by both men and women in the Bible: one male example is Maacah, the fourth son of Nahor and his concubine Reumah (Genesis 22:24); a female example is Queen Maacah, one of the wives of King David and mother of Avshalom and Tamar (1 Chronicles 3:3).
MAACHIfJapanese From Japanese 舞 (ma) meaning "dance", 彩 (a) meaning "colour" combined with 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom" or 三月 (maachi) meaning "March". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
MAAKOfJapanese From Japanese 愛 (ma) meaning "love, affection", 有 (a) meaning "exist" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
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.
MAASAfJapanese From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" combined with 麻 (asa) meaning "hemp, flax, linen". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
MAASEIAHmBiblical Means "work of Yahweh" in Hebrew. This name appears on many characters in the Old Testament.
MAASIAImBiblical Hebrew for "Worker of Jehovah", one of the priests resident at Jerusalem at the Captivity I Chronicles 9:12
MA'ATfEgyptian Mythology Ma'at was personified as a goddess regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities, who set the order of the universe from chaos at the moment of creation. ... [more]
MAAYAfJapanese Means "curious", "annoying", "stubborn", "lost", "bewildered" and "kind"
MAAYUfJapanese From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 由 (yuu) meaning "cause, reason". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MABfLiterature Anglicized form of Medb used by the English poets of the 15th century. Shakespeare describes Mab, queen of the fairies in his play 'Romeo and Juliet' (1596), and Percy Bysshe Shelley in his poem 'Queen Mab' (1813).
MABASENm & fKhoekhoen Name mainly used by damara speaking people in Namibia.The name means "stand for yourself" used to encourage and teach an individual independance.
MABRYfEnglish From the traditionally English surname, which is a variant of Mayberry, which is possibly a variant of Mowbray, an English and French habitation surname for someone from Montbrai in La Manche, France... [more]
MABUZmArthurian Romance Anglo-Norman form of Mabon. This is a character in 'Lanzelet', an Arthurian romance written by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven after 1194; Mabuz the Enchanter is the cowardly lord of the Schatel le Mort, or "Castle of the Dead".
MACAREUSmGreek Mythology (Latinized) Latinized form of Greek Μακαρεύς (Makareus), which is a variant form of Makarios (see Macario). This is the name of several characters in Greek mythology, one of them being a companion to Odysseus on his voyages.
MACAULAYmEnglish Variant of Macauley. A famous bearer of the name is actor Macaulay Culkin (b. 1980). At the height of his fame, he was considered the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple.
MACEDONIAfSpanish (Rare) Feminine form of Macedonio. It is also part of a name of the country (officially Republic of Macedonia/The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) in south-eastern Europe.
MACEDONIOmSpanish (Rare), Italian (Rare) This name is derived from Latin Macedonius meaning "Macedonian," which is derived from Greek Makedones. That word literally means "highlanders" or "the tall ones," which is related to makednos meaning "long, tall" and makros "long, large."... [more]
MACHAfIrish, Irish Mythology Possibly from Proto-Celtic *makajā "plain (level country)". In Irish legend this was the name of a war goddess, sister of the Morrígan and the Badb. She was the legendary founder of Eṁain Ṁacha, seat of the Ulster king Conchobar mac Nessa, and her name survives in the Irish place name Armagh which was originally Ard Mhacha "Macha's height".
MACHAImVarious The Greek word for "battles, conflicts". In Greek mythology, they were the demons/spirts of battle, sons or daughters of Eris. More likely used as a variant of Micaiah or Mekhi.
MACHANIDASmAncient Greek, History This name is possibly derived from Doric Greek μαχανά (machana) meaning "machine, device, tool, contrivance", which is of the same etymology as the modern English word machine. Another possibility is that this name is derived from Greek μαχη (mache) meaning "battle"... [more]
MACHBANAImBiblical Hebrew for "Clad with a mantle, or bond of the Lord", one of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the wilderness I Chronicles 12:13
MACHIfJapanese Means "true happiness" in Japanese. The name may be written with the characters for "true;reality"(ma) and "happiness;blessing;fortune"(chi). Other possiblites include "hemp;flax"(ma) and "wisdom"(chi)... [more]
MACHImBiblical Machi of the Tribe of Gad was the father of Geuel, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:15.
MACHIEm & fNigerian Meaning the "replacement of a lost gem"
MACKLINmCeltic * Macklin's language of origin is Celtic. A variant of Mac(Gaelic), the meaning of Macklin is "son of". In Irish, the name Macklin means - son of Flann. The name Macklin is most often used as a boy name or male name.... [more]
MACRINUSmLate Roman, History Roman cognomen, which because of the -inus suffix must be a diminutive, probably of what should be macrus. Macrus is either derived from Latin macer "thin, meagre", or a latinized form of Greek makros "large, long"... [more]
MADALBODmAncient Germanic Derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place" combined with Gothic biutan "to offer" or Old High German boto "bid, offer."
MADALBURGfAncient Germanic The first element of this name is derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place." The second element is derived from Gothic bairgan (bergan in Old High German) "to keep, to save, to preserve", or from Old High German burg "fortress."
MADALFRIDmAncient Germanic Derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place" combined with Old High German fridu "peace."
MADALGARmAncient Germanic The first element of this Germanic name is derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place." The second element is derived from Gothic gairu (gêr in Old High German) "spear", or from garva (garo in Old High German, and gearu in Anglo-Saxon) "ready, prepared."
MADALGARDfAncient Germanic The first element of this name is derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place." The second element is derived from gardan "to hedge in, to enclose, to fence in" or from Gothic gards "house, garden, (court)yard."
MADALGILDfAncient Germanic Derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place" combined with Gothic gild "sacrifice."
MADALGRIMmAncient Germanic Derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place" combined with Old Norse grîma "mask."
MADALRADmAncient Germanic Derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place" combined with Old High German rât "counsel."
MADALRICmAncient Germanic Derived from Gothic mathl "meeting place" combined with rîcja "powerful, strong, mighty." The second element is also closely related to Celtic rîg or rix and Gothic reiks, which all mean "king, ruler."
MADAMAfJapanese From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality" combined with 玉 (dama) meaning "ball". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MADANmIndian It means god of love. Famous names Madan Mohan Maivia (great indian Freedom fighter) Madan Lal Dhingra (the great lndhan revolutionary) Madan LAL (indian cricketer )
MADANImArabic (Maghrebi) Derived from Arabic مَدَنِيّ (madaniyy) meaning "city dweller, civilian, citizen", chiefly found in Algerian and Moroccan Arabic.
MADDALOmLiterature Italian name which is a masculine form of Magdalene. Most famously used in the poem “Julian and Maddalo” (1819) by Percy Bysshe Shelley, in which the philosophical Julian is based on himself, and the cynical Maddalo is based on Lord Byron.
MADEAfAmerican (South, Rare), Filipino (Rare), Popular Culture In the case of the Tyler Perry character, the name was taken from a phrase (madea or madear) used in the American south meaning "mother dear". It may also be a variant spelling of Medea.
MADICKENfSwedish, Literature Madicken (called Maggie in the English translation) is a fictional character created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren for her children's novel of the same name. The titular character was named after Astrid's childhood friend Ann-Marie, whose nickname was Madicken... [more]
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]
MADITAfGerman (Modern), Literature The name Madita was coined by Anna-Liese Kornitzky, the German translator of Astrid Lindgren's book series Madicken. ... [more]