Luzijanusm & fDutch Origins found in Dutch stem languages, linked to Luzi dervived from Luci - "Light" combined with Janus which is primarily a gender-neutral name of Latin origin that means "God Of Beginnings"... [more]
MahapajapatifSanskrit Means "leader of a great assembly", derived from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large" combined with प्रजा (prajā) meaning "subjects, people" and पति (patī) meaning "husband, lord, master"... [more]
MahbubjahonfUzbek Derived from Uzbek mahbub meaning "beloved, darling" and jahon meaning "the world".
MahibaujanahmOld Persian Means "Mah bestows benefit" or "who serves the moon god", from Old Persian Māhi (see Persian mah) meaning "moon", referring to the Zoroastrian deity of the moon, and baujanah meaning "profit, advantage".
MahijahmMormon In the Book of Moses, this is the name of a man who talks with Enoch.
MajandrafSpanish (Latin American) Contraction of María and Alejandra. A known bearer is Venezuelan-American actress María Alejandra "Majandra" Delfino (1981-), known for starring on the television series 'Roswell' (1999-2002).
MajanifSwahili Swahili feminine name meaning "leaves (of a plant)".
MajayamShona Given to the last male born of the the family born in the same year. If families have male children in a given year the last to be born normally carries the name. The year of boys.
MarjanahfLiterature, Indonesian Feminine form of Marjan. It is notably used within the Arabian Nights as the name of the clever slave of Ali Baba within 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'... [more]
MarjancafSlovene Originally a diminutive of Marjana, used as a given name in its own right.
MarjanefPersian Variant of Marjan notably borne by Marjane Satrapi (1969-), an Iranian-born French illustrator and graphic novelist.
Ma'rufjamolfUzbek Derived from ma'ruf meaning "renowned" and jamol meaning "beauty".
MarujafSpanish, Spanish (Latin American), Filipino, Catalan (Rare) Diminutive of María. The name coincides with the colloquial and derogatory word that is used in Spain to refer to a gossipy housewife, hence mainly why the name has been increasingly concentrated in Latin America since the middle of the 20th century.
MeŋlijanfMari Derived from the Mari meŋ meaning "birthmark".
Menujaf & mSinhalese Means “Descendant of Manu” from "Manu" (मनु) meaning wise man, thinker, or ancestor of mankind and "Ja" (ज) Ja" (ज) = born of, produced from, or descendant of. Menu is also rooted to "Manu", a legendary figure in Hinduism often seen as the progenitor of humanity (like the equivalent of Adam in Abrahamic tradition).
MiamajafDanish Combination of Mia and Maja. It may be partly inspired by the similar name Mia-Maria, which the Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren used for a character (sister of the central character, Lotta) in her books 'Barnen på Bråkmakargatan' (1958) and 'Lotta på Bråkmakargatan' (1961).
Miftahul JannahfIndonesian From the Arabic phrase مفتاح الجنة (miftāḥ al-janna) meaning "key to paradise".
MihajamMalagasy Means "kept carefully, esteemed, valued" in Malagasy.
MijaílmSpanish (Latin American) Spanish form of Mikhail, given in honour of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022), who is known as Mijaíl Gorbachov in Spanish.
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".
MingjahonfUzbek Derived from ming meaning "thousand" or "a lot, very much" and jahon meaning "the world".
MingjamolfUzbek Derived from ming meaning "thousand" or "a lot, very much" and jamol meaning "beauty".
Min-JaemKorean From Sino-Korean 珉 (min) meaning "jade, stone resembling jade", 玟 (min) meaning "streaks in jade, gem", 敏 (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp", 民 (min) meaning "people, citizens" or 旻 (min) meaning "heaven" combined with 哉 (jae) used as an exclamation particle, 宰 (jae) meaning "kill, rule", 在 (jae) meaning "located at, exist" or 載 (jae) meaning "carry, transport"... [more]
MiθrabaujanahmOld Persian Means "to whom Mithra bestows benefit" in Old Persian, from 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (Miθra), referring to the Zoroastrian deity Mithra, and *baujanah meaning "profit, advantage".
MirjanafSouth Slavic Mirjana is a Slavic feminine given name meaning "mir" (Peace, world, Space). The name is used in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
MišnjafMontenegrin Etymology uncertain, perhaps from the Serbo-Croatian mȉš meaning "mouse".
MjalldísfIcelandic (Modern, Rare) Derived from Old Norse mjǫll meaning "fresh snow, powdery snow" (also compare Mjöll) combined with Old Norse dís meaning "goddess".
Myeong-jafKorean From Sino-Korean 名 (myeong) meaning "great, famous, noted" or 明 (meyong) meaning "bright" and 紫 (ja) meaning "purple, violet". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.
NagarajamKannada, Telugu From Sanskrit नागराज (nāgarāja) meaning "king of snakes", derived from नाग (nāga) meaning "snake" and राज (rāja) meaning "king".
NajannguaqfGreenlandic Combination of Naja, meaning "little sister (to a boy)" and nnguaq, a suffix meaning "sweet" or "dear."
NajarrafMedieval Basque Toponym of medieval origin, linked to repopulation of the lands of Segovia in the 11th century, that describes a gentle descent in a sector of the Guadarrama mountains in the area called the “Espaldar of the Najarra" (massif and peak) in Madrid province, Spain.