MihafJapanese From Japanese 見 (mi) meaning "to see" combined with 張 (ha) meaning "to stretch; to open up; to spread". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MihanafJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 花 (hana) or 華 (hana) both meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Miharihasinam & fMalagasy From the Malagasy mihary meaning "to get wealth" and hasina meaning "sacred power, sanctity, virtue".
Mihasoam & fMalagasy Means "progress, improve oneself" in Malagasy.
MihayafJapanese From 美 (mi) meaning "beauty" and 早 (haya) meaning "fast, early". Other kanji combinations can be used.
MihneamRomanian This name was borne by several rulers of Romania.
Mihobisoam & fMalagasy From the Malagasy mihoby meaning "proclaim, shout for joy" and soa meaning "good".
MihokafJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 実 (mi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth" combined with 穂 (ho) meaning "ear, head (of grain)", 帆 (ho) meaning "sail", 保 (ho) meaning "protection, guarantee", or 朋 (ho) meaning "friend" and 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance", 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom", 華 (ka) meaning "flower, splendour", or 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase"... [more]
Mihr-un-NissafHistory Original Classical Persian form of Meherunnesa. This name was borne by multiple royal women from the Mughal Empire: Mihr-un-Nissa or Mehr-un-Nissa (1577-1645), better known by her title Nur Jahan, the chief consort of the Mughal emperor Jahangir; her daughter Mihr-un-Nissa Begum (born c. 1605); as well as the Mughal princess Mihr-un-Nissa Begum (1661-1706), a daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb (who also had other daughters named Zeb-un-Nisa, Zinat-un-Nisa, Badr-un-Nisa and Zubdat-un-Nisa).
MihuamNahuatl Means "possessor of arrows" in Nahuatl, from mitl "arrow, dart" and the possessive suffix -hua.
MiinafJapanese From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful", 衣 (i) meaning "clothing, garment" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MikarunafJapanese (Rare, ?) From Japanese 三 (mi) meaning "three", 日 (ka) meaning "day, light, sun" combined with 月 (runa) meaning "moon, month". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible, but the 三日月 spelling means "crescent moon".
MikasafPopular Culture From the name of a Japanese battleship built in 1902, named after Mount Wakakusa, AKA Mount Mikasa in Nara. ... [more]
Mikhatam & fFilipino (Modern) Taken from the Japanese "味方" that means 'ally' or "三方" that means 'three sides'. While 'Mikhata' means 'Silent Voice' from the short story "Untold Feelings" where the character was described as a young boy with three different personalities.
MikinafJapanese From Japanese 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean", 幹 (miki) meaning "tree trunk", 光 (mi) meaning "light", 実 (mi) meaning "seed; fruit; nut", 樹 (miki) meaning "tree; plant", 心 (mi) meaning "heart, mind, soul", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 未 (mi) meaning "the Sheep, the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches" or 巳 (mi) meaning "sign of the snake", 来 (ki) meaning "to come", 岐 (ki) meaning "majestic", 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness", 綺 (ki) meaning "elegant, beautiful", 祈 (ki) meaning "prayer", 希 (ki) meaning "hope, rare", 紀 (ki) meaning "century" or 季 (ki) meaning "youngest brother" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 南 (na) meaning "south"... [more]
MikiwafJapanese From Japanese 幹 (miki) meaning "tree trunk" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 希 (ki) meaning "hope" or 紀 (ki) meaning "chronicle" combined with 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Mikiyam & fJapanese From Japanese 幹 (miki) meaning "tree trunk" combined with 允 (ya) meaning "field". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MikukafJapanese From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 空 (ku) meaning "sky" combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MikunafJapanese From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 玖 (ku) meaning "nine" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Mikuraf & mJapanese From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 蔵 (kura) meaning "storehouse". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MilikafRussian (Archaic), Dutch (Rare) Russian cognate of Milica. The name has also seen some use in Belgium and the Netherlands, where the best known bearer is the Dutch television presenter Milika Peterzon (b... [more]
MilitonafLiterature Feminine form of Meliton. Militona appears in Militona (1847) by French author Théophile Gautier.
MilitzafBulgarian Variant 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.
MillarcafLiterature Invented 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.
MillawafPolynesian The name Millawa come from the name for "peaceful ocean waves"
MillennafEnglish (Modern, Rare) Based on the word millennium meaning "period of one thousand years" (ultimately from Latin mille "thousand" and annus "year"), probably influenced by Milena... [more]
MillenniafGerman The name Millennia is derived from the Latin word millennium. It was given to some German girls around the millennium year 2000.
MillvinafEnglish (Rare) Possibly a variant of Melvina. This name was most famously used by Millvina Dean (1912-2009) the last survivor of the Titanic before she died in 2009... [more]
MilodarkafSerbian (Rare) Derived from the Slavic elements mil, meaning "dear, precious" and dar, meaning "gift" or "given".
MilojkafSlovene Diminutive of names containing the Slavic element milu "gracious, dear", used as a given name in its own right.
MilolikafRussian, Literature Artificially created name, used by Russian poets and writers in XVIII and XIX centuries. It derives from Russian words милый (mily) - "loveable","pleasant" and лик (lik) - "face" and means "she who has loveable face".
MilosijafSerbian From Slavic elements mio meaning "charming" or "pleasant" and sija deriving from the verb sijati meaning "to shine". Hence the name means "one that shines charmingly/pleasantly".
MilouskafDutch (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.
MilovanafMedieval Slavic Derived from the elements "mil-" (dear, beloved) and "-ovana" (a suffix implying care or nurturing).
MilunafItalian (Modern), Venetian From the Italian words mia luna literally meaning "my moon". According to a Venetian legend the 1600s nobleman Vittore Calergi proposed to his love interest with these words (meant "my sweetness, my dear") and a beautiful diamond later renamed Miluna... [more]
MilushkafRussian Russian diminutive of any Slavic feminine name that contains the element milu meaning "gracious" or "dear", such as Lyudmila. Also compare Annushka, Milusha and Milusya.
MilusyafRussian Russian diminutive of any Slavic feminine name that contains the element milu meaning "gracious" or "dear", such as Lyudmila. Also compare Milusha and Milushka.
MilvafItalian Feminine form of Milvio, although folk etymology likes to consider it a contraction of Maria and Ilva or Maria and Silvia and other names ending in -ilva/-ilvia.... [more]
MimafJapanese From 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.
MimiafJapanese From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MimikafJapanese From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 実 (mi) meaning "fruit" combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MiminafJapanese From Japanese 夢 (mi) meaning "dream", 望 (mi) meaning "hope" combined with 愛 (na) meaning "love, affection". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MimisafJapanese From Japanese 珠 (mi) meaning "pearl", 心 (mi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" combined with 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MimosafEnglish, Finnish, French, Spanish, Danish, Filipino, Italian From Mimosa, a genus of plants that are sensitive to touch. The best known plant from that genus is the Mimosa pudica, better known in English as the touch-me-not. The plant genus derives its name from Spanish mimosa, which is the feminine form of the Spanish adjective mimoso meaning "cuddly".
Mi-NafKorean From Sino-Korean 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 娜 (na) meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.
Min-AfKorean From Sino-Korean 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp", 珉 (min) meaning "jade, stone resembling jade", 慜 (min) meaning "quick, agile, smart, clever" or 旻 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" combined with 兒 (a) meaning "child", 雅 (a) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" or 娥 (a) meaning "pretty, lovely, good, beautiful"... [more]
MinafJapanese From 水 (mi) meaning "water" and 奈 or 那 (na) meaning "what", or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations can be used.
MinafYiddish Derived from Old High German minne "love".
MindafGeorgian (Rare) Basically means "I want you" in Georgian, derived from Georgian მინდა (minda) meaning "I want". This name literally refers to the fact that the child in question was desired by its parents.
Mindam & fChinese Combination of Min 1 and Da. Alternatively, the first character can be used as 岷 (mín), referring to the Min River in Sichuan Province, and 達 (dá) meaning "reach, arrive at."
MindiamGeorgian, Folklore, Literature Basically means "I wanted you", derived from Georgian მინდია (mindia) or მინდოდა (mindoda) meaning "I wanted". This name literally refers to the fact that the child in question was desired by its parents.... [more]
MindlafYiddish Presumably a Polish Yiddish form of Mindel, found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.
MinekafJapanese From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 音 (ne) meaning "sound" combined with 奏 (ka) meaning "play music, complete". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MinelauvafAstronomy Traditional name in the middle ages for the star Delta Virginis in the constellation Virgo. It derives from the Arabic من العواء or min al-ʽawwāʼ, meaning "in the lunar mansion of ʽawwaʼ" (see Auva).
MinervinafAncient Roman, Portuguese (Brazilian) Minervina was the first wife of Constantine the Great. She was of Syrian origin. Constantine either took her as a concubine or married her in 303, and the couple had one son, Crispus.
MinettafEnglish (Rare) Latinate form of Minette. This is also the name of an underground stream in New York City, which is claimed to derive from Manette meaning "devil's water" in a Native American language; a street and a lane in Greenwich Village are named for the buried Minetta Brook, which flows beneath them.