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Leeon m English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Leon.

Leeonzer m American

Lefter m Albanian
Albanian form of Lefteris.

Legarrette m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix Le with the name Garrette.

Legna f & m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Ángel spelled backwards.

Lehel m Hungarian, History
Younger form of Lél. Lehel (died 955) was a Magyar chieftain, one of the military leaders of prince Taksony of Hungary, and a descendant of Árpád.

Leka m Albanian
Variant of Lekë.

Leki m & f Bhutanese
From Tibetan ལས་སྐྱིད (las-skyid) meaning "happy deed", derived from ལས (las) meaning "action, deed, karma" and སྐྱིད (skyid) meaning "delight, comfort, happiness".

Lemme f Estonian
Directly taken from lemme, the genitive singilar/attributive form of lemb "affection".

Lendl m English (African, Rare), Caribbean
Transferred use of the surname Lendl.

Lenko m Bulgarian, Croatian
Male form of Lena or a nickname for names containing the element len (Milenko, Alen, Milenije, etc.)

Leobaldo m Spanish
Variant form of Leudbald.

Leonardu m Maltese (Rare), Corsican, Sardinian
Maltese, Corsican and Sardinian form of Leonard.

Leposava f Serbian, Croatian
Variant form of Leposlava.

Lerenteé m African American (Rare)

Lesean m African American (Rare)
Combination of the popular prefix Le- with the name Sean. Also compare LaShawn.

Leterrius m African American (Rare)

Leuris m & f Spanish (Latin American)

Levison m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Levison.

Lhaden f Bhutanese

Lhendup m Bhutanese

Liberti f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Liberty.

Libertie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Liberty.

Librado m Spanish (Rare)
Means "liberated", thus a masculine form of Librada.

Liia f Estonian, Finnish
Variant of Lia 2. In the case of the Estonian name, it is also considered an elaboration of Lii and an Estonian renderin of Russian Лия (see Liya).

Liivi f Estonian
Short form of Olivia or Livia 1. Or from an Estonian place name Livonia.

Lijia f & m Chinese
Combination of the names Li 1 and Jia

Liliyana f Indonesian, Bulgarian
Variant spelling of Liliana.

Lira f Croatian (Rare)
From the name of the musical instrument lira (from Latin lira, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra)), called "lyre" in English.

Liuyang m & f Chinese
From Chinese 刘 (liú) meaning "kill, destroy" combined with 洋 (yáng) meaning "ocean"... [more]

Ljubdrag m Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements lyuby "love" and dragu meaning "precious".

Ljubenka f Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ljubenko.

Ljubenko m Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
From the Slavic element lyuby "love".

Ljubinko m Croatian, Serbian
Male form of Ljubinka.

Ljubomira f Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of Ljubomir.

Lloy m English (American, Rare)

Lobel m Croatian (Rare), Slavic Mythology
An old Croatian name of unknown meaning.... [more]

Lochie m English
Diminutive of Lachlan.

Lockwood m English, Literature
Transferred use of the surname Lockwood, used for a character in Wuthering Heights.

Lonwabo m South African

Lonzie m English (American, Rare)
Diminutive of Alonzo.

Lordan m Croatian
Either a masculine form of Loredana or derived from the English word lord.

Lossémy m Western African

Lota f Croatian, Slovene, Estonian
Croatian and Slovene form and Estonian variant of Lotta.

Lovorko m Croatian (Rare)
Male form of Lovorka.

Lovrek m Croatian
Nickname for Lovro.

Lovren m Croatian
Croatian form of Lovrenc.

Lovrenac m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Lovrenc.

Lovrenko m Croatian (Rare)
Diminutive form of Lovrenac.

Lučiano m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Luciano.

Lucijano m Croatian
Croatian spelling of Luciano.

Luguelín m Caribbean

Lukša m Croatian
Diminutive of Luka.

Lumme f Estonian
Possibly derived from the illative singular form of lumi "snow".

Lunasol f Spanish (Rare)
A combination of Luna and Sol 1.

Lungtok m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Means "learning, experience, realisation" in Tibetan. This was one of the given names of the 9th Dalai Lama, Lungtok Gyatso (1805-1815).

Lutalo m Ganda
Famous bearer is Lutalo Muhammad (born 1991) a British taekwondo athlete.

Luzius m German (Swiss), German
Variant spelling of Lucius.

Lynae f English (Rare)
Variant of Linnae.

Lyncoln m & f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant spelling of Lincoln.

Lyndie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lindy.

Lyndsie f English (Rare)
Variant of Lindsay.

Lynleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lynley.

Lynnex f English (Modern, Rare)

Lynnix f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lennox.

Lynnlee f English (Rare)
A combination of Lynn and Lee.

Lynnleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lynley.

Lynnox f & m Obscure (Modern)
Variant of Lennox.

Lynzie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Lynsey.

Lytton m English
From an Old English place name which meant "settlement on the hill". A famous bearer is author Lytton Strachey.

Maatalii f Inuit

Macnelly m South American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Macnelly.

Maddalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madeline.

Maddalynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madalyn.

Maddelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madelyn.

Maddelynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madelyn.

Maddilynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madilyn.

Madeleyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madeleine.

Madelynne f English (Rare)
Variant of Madelyn.

Madilyne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madilyn.

Madilynne f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madilyn.

Madlynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madeline.

Maecie f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Macy.

Maelynn f English (Rare)
Elaboration of Mae using the popular name suffix lyn.

Magdalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Magdalene.

Magdalynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Magdalene.

Mahiedine m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic محيي الدين (see Muhyi ad-Din) chiefly used in Algeria.

Mahmudullah m Bengali (Muslim)
Combination of Mahmud and Allah.

Maicon m Brazilian
Maicon is a variant of Michael originally referring to, and made popular in reference to, American singer Michael Jackson in the 1980s.

Maido m Estonian
Originally a short form of Matteus and Mattias, now used as a given name in its own right.

Mailyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Maelyn.

Maiu f Estonian
Diminutive of Maia 3.

Majkl m Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Czech (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)
Variant spelling of Michael, reflecting the English pronunciation.

Makaelyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of Makaela and Lyn.

Makailyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Makaila using the popular name suffix lyn.

Makalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Makailyn.

Makaylyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Makaylynn.

Makaylynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Makayla and Lynn.

Makenleigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of McKinley.

Makiko f Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "herd" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji.

Maksimiljan m Slovene
Variant form of Maximilian.

Malahija m Croatian
Croatian form of Malachi.... [more]

Maliq m Albanian
Variant of Malik 1.

Mandolina f Croatian (Rare)
From the name of the musical instrument, called mandolin in English.

Mangla f Indian

Manmohan m Indian, Hinduism
Compound of Man 2 and Mohan. This is an epithet of the Hindu god Krishna... [more]

Manos m Greek
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of Emmanouil (see Manolis).

Manteo m African American (Rare), Indigenous American

Manwel m Maltese
Maltese form of Manuel.

Marcelien f Dutch (Rare)
Dutch form of Marceline, with its spelling phonetical in nature. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch sports sailor Marcelien de Koning (b. 1978).

Marelyn f English (Rare)
Variant of Marilyn.

Margerita f Maltese, Polish, Slovene, Romansh
Maltese and Romansh form and Polish and Slovene variant of Margaret.

Margje f Dutch
Dutch diminutive of Marga, Margaretha and Margriet. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch field hockey player Margje Teeuwen (b... [more]

Mariia f Finnish, Ukrainian
Variant spelling of Maria.

Marijela f Croatian, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of Mariella.

Markeis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Markica m Croatian (Rare)
Diminutive form of Marko.

Markis m Indonesian

Marlenis f Spanish (Caribbean)
Perhaps an elaborated form of Marlene. This is the middle name of American rapper and television personality Cardi B (1992-), born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar to Caribbean immigrants (a Dominican father and Trinidadian mother).

Marqise m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marquardt m German
Variant spelling of Marquard.

Marque m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marqueis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Marquis.

Marquess m African American (Modern, Rare)
A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. See Marquis.

Marqueston m African American (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name Marques with the popular suffix ton.

Marrit f Dutch, Danish, Frisian, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Marit.

Martavis m African American (Modern, Rare)
Altered form of Martavious.

Martijntje f Dutch
Feminine diminutive of Martijn.

Martrell m African American (Rare)

Marvan m Sinhalese

Masae f Japanese
From 雅 (masa) meaning "graceful, elegant" and 枝 (e) meaning "branch, bough, twig". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Masahito m Japanese
From Masa combined with 人 (hito) meaning "person," also used as 仁 meaning "benevolence, compassion, humanity" or 史 meaning "history."... [more]

Mašenka f Slovene, Croatian
Feminine diminutive form of Maša.

Mashrafe m Bengali
Probably derived from Arabic مُشْرِف‎ (mušrif) meaning "supervisor, overseer".

Masimo m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Massimo.

Matek m Croatian
Diminutive of Mato.

Matilyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Madilyn or a combination of Matilda and Lyn.

Matilynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Matilyn.

Matis m Estonian
Estonian form of Mattis.

Mattalyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Matilyn.

Mattilyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Matilyn.

Mattilynn f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Matilyn.

Mauricij m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Mauritius and Mauricius.

Maximilano m Spanish, Portuguese
Variant spelling of Maximiliano.

Maxxzandra f African American (Modern, Rare)

Maybelis f South American

Mayelis f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Mayeli.

Maylyn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of May and Lyn.

Maylynn f English (Rare)
A combination of May and Lynn.

Maytho f Bhutanese

McLain m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the English surname McLain.

Mechthildis f German (Latinized)
Latinised form of Mechthild.

Mediha f Turkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of Madiha.

Meeta f Estonian
Estonian variant of Meta.

Mefodi m Old Church Slavic, Russian
Variant of Mefodiy.

Megalyn f English (American)
Combination of Megan and lyn.

Mehmedalija m Bosnian
Combination of Mehmed and Alija.

Meita f Indonesian
Possibly derived from Indonesian Mei meaning "May (the month)".

Memet m Turkish, Indonesian, Crimean Tatar, Albanian
Turkish and Albanian variant and Crimean Tatar form of Mehmet and Indonesian form of Muhammad.

Menasze m Yiddish (Polonized)
Variant of Menashe.

Mendharawa f Bhutanese

Mengtao m & f Chinese
From Chinese 梦 (mèng) meaning "dream, to dream" combined with 桃 (táo) meaning "peach, peach tree", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.

Mensura f Bosnian
Feminine form of Mensur.

Merima f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Meryem.

Mersada f Bosnian
Variant of Mirsada.

Mersiha f Bosnian

Merzet m Bosnian (Rare), Turkish (Rare)

Meša m Bosnian
Bosnian short form of Mehmed.

Meseret f & m Eastern African, Amharic
Means "foundation" in Amharic.

Metušael m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methushael.

Metušalah m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methuselah.

Metuzalem m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methuselah.

Mezzi m Romansh
Short form of Murezzan.

Mialynn f English (Rare)
Combination of Mia and Lynn.

Micaella f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino
Variant of Michaela.

Mientje f Dutch
Diminutive of Wilhelmina.

Mihej m Croatian
Croatian form of Micah.

Miiko m Finnish

Mijaín m Spanish (Caribbean)

Mijntje f Dutch
Diminutive of Wilhelmina.

Mikaal m Pakistani (Rare)

Mikhaela f English
Variant of Michaela.

Mikkael m Icelandic
Icelandic variant form of Mikael.

Milanija f Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Milana.

Milhouse m English, Popular Culture
Transferred use of the surname Milhouse.

Miljenka f Croatian, Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Miljenko.

Miljka f Serbian, Croatian
Croatian and Serbian variant of Milka 1. It was at the height of its popularity in the 1950s.

Milli f English (Rare)
Variant spelling of Millie.

Milodar m Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Male form of Milodarka.

Milot m Albanian, Kosovar
Derived from Milot, a town and a former municipality in the Lezhë County of northwestern Albania.

Miltos m Greek
Short form of Miltiades.

Miluša f Croatian (Rare), Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Diminutive of Mila and any other Slavic feminine name that contains the element milu meaning "gracious" or "dear", such as Miloslava and Ludmila... [more]

Milyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Milan.

Milynn f English (Modern, Rare)

Mima f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bosnian
Nickname for Marija and other names starting with M (Milica, Mersiha, etc.).

Mimis m Greek
Short form of Dimitris.

Mingjuan f Chinese

Mink m Dutch
Variant of Minke.

Miralda f Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch

Mirando m Various (Rare)
Masculine form of Miranda.

Mirzel m Bosnian
Variant of Mirza.

Mirzela f Bosnian
Feminine form of Mirza.

Mirzet m Bosnian
Variant of Mirza.

Mišel m & f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene (Rare)
Variant of Michel.

Mišela f Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Slovak (Rare)
Feminine form of Mišel.

Mizuho f & m Japanese
From 瑞穂/水穂 (mizuho), referring to fresh, lush ears of rice, used as part of the name 瑞穂国 (Mizuho-no-kuni), one of the classical names for Japan which means something like "the Land of Abundant Rice."... [more]

Moeen m Arabic

Mohammadou m Central African
Variant of Mohammad.

Mojimir m Croatian (Rare)
Variant spelling of Mojmir.

Mojmíra f Czech, Slovak
Variant of Mojmira.

Mojmira f Croatian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Mojmir.

Momčilo m Serbian
Serbian form of Momchil.

Mominul m Bengali

Mon m Bhutanese

Moneeb m Arabic
Variant of Munib.

Möngke m Medieval Mongolian
Means "everlasting, eternal" in Mongolian.... [more]

Mönkh m & f Mongolian
Means "eternal" in Mongolian. It can be used as a short form of names containing the element мөнх (mönkh).

Montell m & f English
Variant of Montel.

Montgomerie m English
Variant spelling of Montgomery.

Morarji m Indian

Mordaunt m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Mordaunt.

Morihei m Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 守 (shu, su, mamo.ru, mamo.ri, mori, -mori, kami) meaning "guard, protect, defend, obey", 森 (shin, mori) meaning "forest, woods" or 盛 (sei, jou, mo.ru, saka.ru, saka.n, mori) meaning "boom, prosper, copulate" with 平 (hyou, byou, hei, tai.ra, -daira, hira, hira-) meaning "even, flat, peace."... [more]

Mouhamadou m Western African
Form of Muhammad used in parts of French-influenced western Africa.

Moyle m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Moyle.

Mualelet f Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Mualeleth.

Mualeleth f Biblical
She was a wife of Kenan in the genealogies in Genesis in the Old Testament.

Mudassar m Urdu
Urdu transcription of Muddathir.

Muharem m Bosnian, Albanian
Variant of Muharrem.

Muhedin m Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian and Albanian variant of Mohy al-din.

Muhedina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Muhedin.

Muhidin m Indonesian, Malay, Bosnian
Indonesian, Malay and Bosnian form of Muhyi ad-Din.

Muhlo m Croatian (Rare), Slavic Mythology
An old Croatian name of unknown meaning.... [more]

Mukades f Turkish, Albanian
Variant of Muqaddas.

Mukadesa f Bosnian
Variant of Muqaddas.

Munib m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "repentant" in Arabic, a derivative of أَنَابَ (ʔanāba) meaning "to turn, to delegate" (implying "to repent and return to Allah").

Murezzan m Romansh
Romansh form of Maurus and Moritz, traditionally found in the Engadine valley. This name was borne by Swiss ice hockey player Murezzan Andreossi (1897 – 1958).

Mushtaq m Arabic, Urdu
Means "desirous, eager, yearning" in Arabic.

Mutaz m Arabic

Muttiah m Sinhalese

Myanna f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly a blend of my and Anna or a combination of the popular phonetic elements my, ya and na.

Mychal m English
Variant of Michael.

Nadalyn f English (Modern, Rare)

Nadan m Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the verb nadati se meaning ''to hope''.

Nadana f Croatian (Rare)
Female form of Nadan.

Nadelyn f English (Modern, Rare), Filipino (Rare)

Nadi m Indigenous Australian
Meaning unknown.

Nadimir m Croatian (Rare)
Derived from Croatian nada meaning ''hope'' and mir meaning ''peace''.

Nadimirka f Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Nadimir.

Nadislava f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Nadislav.

Nadomir m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Nadimir.

Nadomirka f Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Nadomir.

Nadoslav m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Nadislav.

Nafija f Bosnian

Nahomi f Japanese
From 菜 (na) meaning "veggies, green", 穂 (ho) meaning "grain", and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Nahomy f Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Nohemi.

Najda f Serbian
Feminine form of Najdan.

Najdan m Serbian
Serbian form of Nayden.

Najdana f Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Najdan.

Najdin m Bosnian (Rare)
Variant of Najdan.

Najdina f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Najdin.

Nalbert m Brazilian (Rare)

Namgyal m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan རྣམ་རྒྱལ (rnam-rgyal) meaning "complete victory", derived from the intensifier རྣམ (rnam) and རྒྱལ (rgyal) meaning "conquest, victory".

Namgyel m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
Alternate transcription of Tibetan རྣམ་རྒྱལ (see Namgyal).

Nannan f & m Chinese
From Chinese 囡 (nān) meaning "daughter, child", 楠 (nán) meaning "Chinese cedar, Chinese giant redwood" or 南 (nán) meaning "south" combined with themselves... [more]

Naohiro m Japanese

Narandža f Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the word narandža meaning ''orange'' (fruit, not the colour).

Narcisco m Spanish
Variant of Narciso, probably influenced by Francisco.

Nardin m Bosnian

Narsingh m Indian

Naseeruddin m Indian (Muslim)
Variant spelling of Nasir al-Din. Means "helper of religion", derived from Arabic نصير (naseer) "helper" and دين (din) "religion".

Nasimuddin m Arabic
Variant of Nazimuddin.

Natalynn f English (Modern, Rare)
A combination of Natalia and Lynn.

Nausikaja f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian form of Nausicaa.

Nawang m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese, Ladakhi
Alternate transcription of Tibetan ངག་དབང (see Ngawang).

Nayeer m & f Muslim

Nazimuddin m Arabic
A combination of Nazim and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Nazju m Maltese

Nazmul m Bengali (Muslim)

Nedžad m Bosnian
Derived from Persian نژاد (nežâd) meaning "descent, lineage".

Negovan m Serbian
Variant of Njegovan.

Negovanka f Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Negovan.

Nevo m Hebrew
Mountain Nevo, a mountain mentioned in the Bible. Located in western Jordan, the mountain from which Moses looked upon the earth before his death.

Nevzet m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Nevzat.

Nezir m Turkish, Bosnian, Albanian
Turkish, Bosnian and Albanian form of Nazir 1 or Nazir 2.

Nezira f Bosnian
Feminine form of Nezir.

Nicolaie m Romanian
Variant of Nicolae via the variant Nicolai.

Nicos m Greek
Variant spelling of Nikos.

Nidup m & f Tibetan, Bhutanese
From Tibetan དངོས་གྲུབ (dngos-grub) meaning "realisation, (spiritual) attainment".

Nihaal m Indian

Nikesha f Indian
Nikesha Patel is a British-Indian model and film actress.

Nimani f Sinhalese

Nimrat f & m Indian (Sikh), Punjabi

Ningali f Indigenous Australian

Ninočka f Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Ninochka.

Nion m & f English
Possibly from the Irish name of the fifth letter of the Ogham alphabet, an Early Medieval alphabet used to write the early Irish language and later the Old Irish language.

Nishantha m Sinhalese
Sinhalese form of Nishant.

Nisreen f Arabic
Variant of Nasrin.

Njegomila f Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the verb njegovati, meaning ''to nurture''.

Njegoš m Serbian, Montenegrin
Possibly derived from the verb njegovati, meaning ''to nurture''.

Njegovan m Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the verb njegovati, meaning ''to nurture''.