MyrtillefFrench, French (Belgian, Rare) Derived from French myrtille meaning "bilberry", referring to a type of blueberry from the cowberry family. This is taken from the French Republican Calendar (also known as the Revolutionary Calendar).
MyrtilosmAncient Greek, Greek Mythology Ancient Greek name, presumably derived Greek μύρτος (myrtos) "myrtle". In Greek mythology this name belonged to a son of Hermes and charioteer to Oenomaus.
MyrtisfAncient Greek, English Ancient Greek name derived from μύρτος (myrtos) meaning "myrtle". This was borne by Myrtis of Anthedon (fl. 6th century BC), an early lyric poet and teacher, who was celebrated for being 'sweet-sounding' and 'clear-voiced' – but also criticized for being over-competitive with fellow poets... [more]
MyrtoessafGreek Mythology Possibly derived from Greek μύρτος (myrtos) meaning "myrtle". In Greek mythology this was the name of a nymph, according to Pausanias.
MyrzabekmKyrgyz, Kazakh From the given name Myrza combined with the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".
MyrzakanmKyrgyz (Rare) Kyrgyz form of Mirzakhan. A known bearer of this name is Myrzakan Subanov (b. 1944), a Kyrgyz military leader who went on to become Kyrgyzstan's first Minister of Defence.
My-sakem & fEnglish (Puritan) Referring to Matthew 5:11, "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner. of evil against you falsely, for my sake."
MysiafAncient Greek, Greek Mythology Means "woman from Mysia" in Greek. Mysia was a region in Asia Minor mentioned in Acts in the New Testament, said to mean "land of beech trees" (see Mysia)... [more]
MyślibormPolish The first element of this name is derived from Polish myśl "thought", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic mysliti "to think". The second element is derived from Slavic bor "battle" or borit "to fight".
MyślimirmPolish The first element of this name is derived from Polish myśl "thought", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic mysliti "to think". The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace".
MyślisławmPolish The first element of this name is derived from Polish myśl "thought", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic mysliti "to think". The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory".
Mysteryf & mObscure Meaning "Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown", "Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature". From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie, from Old French mistere, from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, "a mystery, a secret, a secret rite"), from μύστης (mústēs, "initiated one"), from μυέω (muéō, "I initiate"), from μύω (múō, "I shut").
Mystiquef & mEnglish, Popular Culture From the adjective in the English language. Means to have a "a special quality or air that makes somebody or something appear mysterious, powerful, or desirable." It is a French loanword deriving from the Middle English mystik, from the Latin mysticus 'of or belonging to secret rites or mysteries; mystic, mystical', from the Ancient Greek mustikos (μυστικός) 'secret, mystic', from mustēs (μύστης) 'one who has been initiated'.... [more]
MytylfTheatre Meaning unknown. This is the name of a character from the 1908 play 'The Blue Bird' (French: 'L'Oiseau bleu') by Belgian playwright and poet Maurice Maeterlinck.
Myūf & mJapanese (Modern, Rare) This name is, essentially a variant of Miyū, shifted to be pronounced as a 2-mora name (Miyū, on the other hand, has 3 morae).... [more]
MyūjimJapanese (Modern, Rare) First given to and made known by musician Myuji (美勇士), born Myūji Kuwana (桑名 美勇士) (1981-).... [more]
Myung-heef & mKorean From Sino-Korean 明 (myeong) meaning "bright, light, brilliant" and 姬 (hui) meaning "beauty, imperial concubine", 熙 (hui) meaning "bright, splendid", or 希 (hui) meaning "rare, hope, expect"... [more]
Myung-sukm & fKorean From Sino-Korean 明 (myeong) meaning "bright, light, clear" combined with 錫 (seok) meaning "tin" or 石 (seok) meaning "stone", as well as other hanja characters with the same pronunciation.
MyusenamNenets Means "nomadic" in Nenets. This name was traditionally given to baby boys born during a migration.
MyyfFinnish A Finnish variant of My. A famous bearer is Pikku Myy (Lilla My in Swedish, Little My in English), a character in the Moomin series of books by Tove Jansson.
MzaghofGeorgian, Literature Meaning uncertain. Georgian sources state that the name is derived from either a Circassian word that means "restless", or a Kabardian word that means "light". Also compare Abkhaz амза (amza) meaning "moon", Georgian მზე (mze) meaning "sun" and Kabardian мазэ (maza) meaning "moon".... [more]
MzechabukmGeorgian (Rare), Literature Derived from the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun" combined with the Georgian noun ჭაბუკი (chabuki) meaning "stripling, youngster" (ultimately of Persian origin).... [more]
MzekalafGeorgian Basically means "woman of the sun", derived from the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun" (see Mzia) combined with the Georgian noun ქალი (kali) meaning "woman".
MzekharfGeorgian (Archaic) Means "you are the sun" in Georgian. It is derived from the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun" (see Mzia) combined with Georgian ხარ (khar) meaning "you are".
MzekhatunfGeorgian (Archaic) Basically means "lady of the sun", derived from the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun" (see Mzia) combined with the Turkic title khatun meaning "lady, woman" (see Khatuna).
MzeonafGeorgian Derived from the Georgian adjective მზიანი (mziani) meaning "sunny", which is ultimately derived from the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun" (see Mzia).
MzetamzefGeorgian (Rare) Literally means "sun of the suns" in Georgian. It is derived from Georgian მზეთა (mzeta), the archaic genitive plural of the noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun", combined with the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun" (see Mzia).
MzetvalafGeorgian (Rare) Basically means "eye of the sun", derived from the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun" (see Mzia) combined with the Georgian noun თვალი (tvali) meaning "eye".
MzevinarfGeorgian Derived from Georgian მზე ვინ არის? (Mze vin aris?) meaning "Who is (like) the sun?"... [more]
MzevinarifGeorgian Form of Mzevinar with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.
MzianafGeorgian (Rare) Derived from the Georgian adjective მზიანი (mziani) meaning "sunny", which is ultimately derived from the Georgian noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun" (see Mzia).
MzikofGeorgian Diminutive of feminine given names that contain the Georgian element მზე (mze) meaning "sun", such as Iamze, Mzekala and Mzevinar.
MzikunafGeorgian Diminutive of Mziko, which essentially means that this name is a double diminutive of feminine given names that contain the Georgian element მზე (mze) meaning "sun".
MzisadarfGeorgian The first element of this name is derived from Georgian მზის (mzis), which is the genitive of the noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun". The second element is derived from the Georgian verb ადარებს (adarebs) meaning "to compare"... [more]
MzistanadarfGeorgian (Archaic) The first element of this name is derived from Georgian მზის (mzis), which is the genitive of the noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun". The second element is derived from the Georgian compound word თანადარი (tanadari), which consists of the preposition თანა (tana) meaning "with, alongside, together" combined with the adjective დარი (dari) meaning "equal, alike".... [more]
MzistvalafGeorgian (Rare) Means "eye of the sun" in Georgian. It is derived from Georgian მზის (mzis), the genitive of the noun მზე (mze) meaning "sun", combined with the Georgian noun თვალი (tvali) meaning "eye".
MzwandilemXhosa, Zulu Means "the house has expanded" in Xhosa, idiomatically referring to a growing family.
NaadammMongolian Means "games, celebration" in Mongolian. This is the name of a traditional festival held throughout Mongolia during midsummer, involving competitions of wrestling, horse racing, and archery. It is also called эрийн гурван наадам (eriin gurvan naadam) meaning "the three games of men".
NagmatifIndian, Nepali, Gujarati In the epic poem Padmavat, Nagmati is the identifed as the first wife and chief queen of King Ratan Sen. This is also the name of a river the state of Gujarat in India.
NagmeldinmArabic Alternate transcription of Arabic نجم الدين (see Najm ad-Din). This spelling is chiefly used in Sudan.
Nagomif & mJapanese From 和み (nagomi), referring to a feeling of calmness and relaxation (compare Nagomu).... [more]
Nagomum & fJapanese From the verb 和む (nagomu) meaning "to be softened, calm down" (compare Nagomi).... [more]
Nahamm & fBiblical From the Hebrew verb נָחַם (nacham) meaning "to comfort". This name occurs in a biblical passage where it is unclear whether the bearer of the name is male or female, although most scholars agree that this person was likely male.
NahomifJapanese From 菜 (na) meaning "veggies, green", 穂 (ho) meaning "grain", and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful". Other kanji combinations can be used.
NaimanzuunnadintsetsegfMongolian Derived from найм (naim) meaning "eight", зуун (zuun) meaning "hundred", нандин (nandin) meaning "precious, sacred" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower(s)".
NaimanzuunnandintsetsegfMongolian (Rare) Means "eight hundred precious flowers" in Mongolian, from найм (naim) meaning "eight", зуун (zuun) meaning "hundred", нандин (nandin) meaning "precious, rare, sacred" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".
NaiméefLiterature Probably a contraction of non aimé, meaning "unloved" in French. This is the name of a character in the French fairy tale "The Fortunate Punishment" by Henriette-Julie de Murat. Naimée is a princess cursed to be hated by all that see her, while her sister Aimée is blessed to be loved by all... [more]
NajeemuddinmArabic Means "brilliance of the faith, radiance of religion", derived from Arabic نَجْم (najm) "star, luminary" and دين (din) "religion, faith".
NajimafArabic From Arabic نجمة (najima) meaning "star".
Nakhtmutm & fAncient Egyptian Meaning “strength of Mut”, Mut being the mother goddess in Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology. Name of a daughter of Djehutyemheb and Bak-Khonsu, found in the Theban Tomb TT45.
NakisawamefJapanese Mythology The name of the Japanese goddess of spring water. Her name is derived from 泣 (naki) meaning "to weep", 啼 (naki) meaning "to wail, cry" or 哭 (naki) meaning "to cry, wail", 沢 (sawa) meaning "mountain stream, swamp, marsh" and 女 (me) meaning "woman".
Nakomaf & mOjibwe, Popular Culture Allegedly means "I do as I promise" in Chippewa (according to another source, "we will stand together"). It was borne by the wife of 19th-century fur trader Peter Abadie Sarpy (a member of the Iowa tribe of Native Americans)... [more]
NamadiafHistory (Ecclesiastical, Latinized) Name of a Catholic saint from Auvergne, France. According to Catholic tradition, she founded various abbeys along with her husband saint Calminius. After his death, she became a nun.
NamahafIndian Sanskrit word which forms an element of sacred Vedic mantras. It means “to surrender with love”, and literally, “to bow (in a gesture of homage and respect)”.
NāmakafPolynesian Mythology Means "the eyes" in Hawaiian from nā "the (plural)" and maka "eye". In Hawaiian mythology, Nāmaka was a sea goddess, the daughter of Haumea, and the sister of Pele and Hiʻiaka... [more]
NambithafXhosa Means "to savour, to enjoy" in Xhosa, encouraging the child to savour life.
Nam-cheonfKorean (Rare) From Sino-Korean 南天 (nam-cheon) meaning "nandina", which consists of 南 (nam) meaning "south" and 天 (cheon) meaning "heaven, sky".
NamchifGaro From the Garo word নম্ (nam) meaning "good" and চি (chi) meaning "water".
Namgyalm & fTibetan, Bhutanese From Tibetan རྣམ་རྒྱལ (rnam-rgyal) meaning "complete victory", derived from the intensifier རྣམ (rnam) and རྒྱལ (rgyal) meaning "conquest, victory".
NamifGeorgian (Rare) Derived from the Georgian noun ნამი (nami) meaning "dew", which ultimately comes from Persian نم (nam) meaning "dew, moisture".
NamifJapanese From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave". It can also be given as a combination of 奈 (na), a phonetic kanji, 菜 (na) meaning "vegetable, greens" or 成 (na) meaning "to become" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful".
NamidmOjibwe, Cheyenne Derived from the Ojibwe and Cheyenne words niimii meaning "she dances" and anang meaning "star".
NamiefJapanese From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" combined with 絵 (e) meaning "sketch, picture, etch, painting". Other kanji combinations are possible.
NamikofJapanese From 波 (nami) meaning "wave", or 奈/那 (na) meaning "what" or 七 (na) meaning "seven" combined with 実 (mi) meaning "reality, truth, seed, fruit, nut", and 子 (ko) meaning "child"... [more]
Nam-IlmKorean From Sino-Korean 南 (nam) meaning "south" combined with 一 (il) meaning "one". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.
NamimifJapanese From Japanese 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree" combined with 実 (mi) meaning "seed; fruit; nut" duplicated. Other kanji combinations are possible as well.
NaminofJapanese From Japanese 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 波 (nami) meaning "wave", 方 (nami) meaning "direction, way, side" or 凡 (nami) meaning "ordinary, common, mediocre", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 稔 (mino) meaning "ripe grain, harvest", 乃 (no), a possessive particle, 望 (no) meaning "hope" or 野 (no) meaning "area, field"... [more]
NamiomJapanese From Japanese 南 (nami) meaning "south" or 波, 浪 (nami) meaning "wave" combined with 男 (o) meaning "male", 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband" or 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly". Other kanji combinations are possible.
NamiqmAzerbaijani From Persian نامی (nâmi) meaning "famous, illustrious, glorified".
Namitonm & fNahuatl Possibly means "little spouse", from Nahuatl namictli "wife, husband, spouse" and the diminutive suffix -ton, in which case it was likely a nickname for a child.
NamiyofJapanese From Japanese 波 (nami) meaning "wave" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "generation, era" or 世 (yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible.
NamizoumJapanese From Japanese 波, 浪 (name) meaning "wave" combined with 三 (zou) meaning "three" or 蔵 (zou) meaning "store, hide". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nam-jufKorean From Sino-Korean 南 "south" and 珠 "precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl".
Nam-junmKorean From Sino-Korean 南 (nam) meaning "south" and 俊 (jun) meaning "talented, capable; handsome" or 準 (jun) meaning "follow, conform," as well as other hanja combinations.... [more]
Namkham & fTibetan Means "space, opening" in Tibetan.
NamkhangfThai Namkhang is Latinized form of “น้ำค้าง” in Thai. Meaning “Dew”.
NamkholongmIndian This name bases on the North Eastern Indian Tribal name Rongmei and it means a Brave Heart.
NammanmGaro From the Garo word নম্ (nam) meaning "good" and মঁদে (mande) meaning "person".
NammufNear Eastern Mythology In Sumerian mythology, she was a primeval goddess, corresponding to Tiamat in Babylonian mythology. She gave birth to An and Ki and the first gods, and with An she bore Enki... [more]
NamnamafFilipino Meaning "Hope" from Filipino dialect Ilocano.
NamormPopular Culture Originally conceived by the writer-artist Bill Everett in 1939, Namor is the name of Marvel's earliest hero the Sub-Mariner. The name itself means "the Avenging Son" and is also a play on the word "Roman".
Namoram & fMandailing The name literally means "Noble" and can be given to boys and girls who come from one of the Mandailing clans.
NamorimWestern African Used in Ivory Coast. A famous bearer is Namori Meite (born 1988) a French-born Côte d'Ivoirean basketball player currently member of the Côte d'Ivoire national basketball team.