LeómIcelandic, Hungarian Icelandic and Hungarian form of Leo. A bearer is Daníel Leó Grétarsson, who is an Icelandic footballer and Leó Weiner who is a Hungarian composer.
LesmUkrainian Variant of Oles. A notable bearer is Les Poderevianskyi, modern counter-culture writer and painter, who is famous for his absurdist and obscene dramas.
LiemChinese Liè is Chinese for "ardent". Ardent means either enthusiastic or passionate, or burning or glowing.
LíffOld Norse, Norse Mythology, Icelandic Old Norse and Icelandic variant of Hlíf. In Norse mythology, Líf and Lífþrasir are the only people to survive Ragnarǫk and become the ancestors of the post-Ragnarǫk human race.
LinfKorean From 璘(rin) meaning "luster of jade" or 隣(rin) meaning "neighbor" or 潾(rin)/粼(rin) meaning "clear/clear water". Other hanja names are also possible.
Lộcm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 祿 (lộc) meaning "blessing, prosperity, bud".
LocmLiterature Little King Loc was a king of the gnomes in a French tale. Ref. Lang, Andrew. The Olive Fairy Book. 1907. "The Story of Little King Loc." & France, Anatole. "Abeille." 1883.
LoimPunjabi Loi is a Jat surname found amongst Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab region of North India. The Loi clan are only Jat
LojmObscure (Rare, Archaic) Dialectal short form of Elochius found in an inscription on the altar of the St.-Ludwig chapel at Gehweiler (Wadern, Germany).
LommChechen Derived from Nakh luom meaning "lion".
LonmBasque (Rare) Coined by Sabino Arana Goiri and Koldo Elizalde as a Basque equivalent of León and Léon.
LoofLiterature, English (Rare) Variant of Lou. This spelling was used by Charles Dickens for a character in his novel 'Hard Times' (1854), in which case it is a short form of Louisa... [more]
LoymEast Frisian (Archaic) Short version of names with the name element liut recorded in the 16th century in East Frisia.
LụafVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 縷 (lụa) meaning "silk".
LuafRoman Mythology In Roman mythology, Lua was a goddess to whom soldiers sacrificed captured weapons. Her name is thought to be derived from Latin luo "to set free".... [more]
LummEnglish (American, Rare) Transferred use of the surname Lum, that is most likely a variant of Lamb, but can also be a topographical name for someone who lived near a pool.
LuofChinese A Chinese name. A famous bearer is Luo Zilin (commonly known in English as Roseline), is a Chinese fashion model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe China in July 2011... [more]
MaafMongolian Possibly a short form of names ending with the feminine suffix маа (maa).
Maam & fFinnish Means "country, land, earth, ground, soil, suit" in Finnish.
MaafJapanese (Rare) 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.
MaefJapanese From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "true, reality" combined with 慧 (e) meaning "bright; intelligent", 恵 (e) meaning "favour", 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch", 永 (e) meaning "eternity" combined with 依 (e) meaning "rely on"... [more]
Mahm & fChinese Cantonese, meaning "horse" name conferred by Ghengis Kahn on one of his victorious cavalry generals. Mahs in their 50's today represent the 28th generation from this original ancestor.... [more]
MahmPersian Mythology Means "month" or "moon" in Old Persian. This was the name of the Zoroastrian deity of the moon.
Ma-ifKorean From Sino-Korean 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp" combined with 怡 (i) meaning "happiness; delight". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
MaifWelsh (Rare) Welsh form of May as well as a direct adoption of Welsh mai "(month of) May".
MaifKorean From Sino-Korean 麻 (ma) meaning "hemp" combined with 怡 (i) meaning "happiness; delight". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
MalmUkrainian, Medieval Ukrainian Derived from contracted form adjective mal (мал), which means "little, small". It could have been as well used as a diminutive of a dithematic name, such as Małomir... [more]
Ma'nmArabic Means "benefit; obedience; relief" in Arabic.
Manm & fLao Means "steady, firm, long-lasting" in Lao.
Manm & fChinese From Chinese 曼 (màn) meaning "long, handsome, beautiful, refined", 满 (mǎn) meaning "full", 漫 (màn) meaning "overflow, flood, free, unrestrained" or 蛮 (mán) meaning "savage, rough, rash", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
MelmSoviet, Russian Acronym of the surnames of Маркс (Marx), Энгельс (Engels) and Ленин (Lenin), which refer to Karl Marx (1818-1883), Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) and Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924)... [more]
Memf & mEnglish Short form of various names containing the element -mem-.
MiafJapanese Derived from the Japanese Kanji 未 (mi) meaning "the Sheep (the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches)" combined with 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia, sub-". Other kanji combinations are possible.
MiefJapanese Combination of a mi kanji, like 美 meaning "beauty," 三 meaning "three," 実 meaning "seed; fruit" or 未, referring to the sign of the Sheep, and an e kanji, such as 枝 meaning "branch, bough," 江 meaning "inlet, bay," 恵 meaning "wisdom," 栄 meaning "glory, prosperity" or 重, normally used as a counter for layers in the hito-futa-mi counting system as seen in the combination 三重 meaning "triple, threefold, three-ply."... [more]
MiifJapanese From 美 (mi, bi) meaning “beautiful,” and 委 (i, yuda.neru) meaning "committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard". Other kanji combinations can be used.
MinfJapanese From Japanese 敏 (min) meaning "agile, quick, alert; sensitivity", 民 (min) meaning "people, nation, subjects", 明 (min) meaning "bright, light", or 眠 (min) meaning "sleep, die, sleepy". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
MinmEgyptian Mythology From Egpytian mnw literally meaning "established one", from mn "to establish". Min was an ancient Egyptian fertility god, often depicted as a human male with an erect penis and an upheld left arm holding a flail.
MiufChinese From Chinese 缪 (miu) meaning “wrought, wrapping around” or “clever”. In ancient times this character was an alternate form of 穆 (mu) meaning “silent, solemn, tranquil”.
MiufKorean From Sino-Korean 美 (mi) meaning "beauty" combined with 羽 (u) meaning "feather", 雨 (u) meaning "rain", or 優 (u) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
MiufThai Miu is another spelling of Meaw. It’s meaning is the sound a cat makes.
Monm & fDutch, Flemish, Limburgish, Spanish Short form of given names that contain mon. In Dutch, Flemish and Limburgish, where the name is strictly masculine, that will often be Edmond and Simon 1... [more]
Moum & fJapanese From Japanese 望 (mou) meaning "hope", 孟 (mou) meaning "eldest brother", 猛 (mou) meaning "ferociousness", 蒙 (mou) meaning "I, me" or 莽 (mou) meaning "thicket, underbrush". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
MoufChinese (Modern, Archaic) From Chinese 眸 (móu) meaning "beautiful eyes", scheme", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Mùim & fVietnamese From a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 未 (wèi) referring to the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches associated with the goat of the Chinese zodiac.
MūlmAnglo-Saxon It's been postulated that it derives from the Latin mulus meaning "mule", a word which is known to have entered the Old English vocabulary; presumably, it was a nickname that became habitual.... [more]
Mu-nfJapanese From Japanese 月 (mu-n) meaning "moon" or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.... [more]
MuufJapanese From Japanese 夢 (mu) meaning “dream, vision” and 雨 (u) meaning “rain, rainfall”, as well as other character combinations.
Myam & fBurmese Means "emerald" or "keen, sharp" in Burmese.
Myom & fBurmese Means "family, kind, lineage" in Burmese.
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]
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.
NabmMedieval English Medieval diminutive of Abel. It used to be a medieval custom to drop syllables before a first name therefore “mine Abel” led to “Nab”.
NadmSanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism MEANING : a river (if thought of as a male), thunderer (as cloud), roarer, neigher(as a horse), bellower... [more]
NaefJapanese From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other combinations of kanji characters can potentially form this name.
NaifJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 奈 (na) a phonetic character that also has an obsolete meaning of "apple tree", and 那 (na) meaning "many", combined with 衣 (i) meaning "clothing"... [more]
Nanf & mChinese From Chinese 男 (nán) meaning "man, male, son", 南 (nán) meaning "south" or 楠 (nán) meaning "Chinese cedar", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Nanm & fBurmese Means "palace" or "gold thread, metal thread" in Burmese.
NazfKurdish The word Naz in Kurdish language means Auctioneer. This word is a common name used for kurdish girls, and there are many other names derived from it.
NelfWelsh A Welsh language modification of Nell, believed to be a medieval diminutive of names beginning with El, such as Eleanor, Ellen or Helen, meaning "bright, shining one"... [more]
NelfPolish Variant of Nela. Nel Rawlinson is a character from "In Desert and Wilderness", a popular young adult novel by the Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz, written in 1911.
Neom & fJapanese From Japanese 愛 (ne) meaning "love, affection", 音 (ne) meaning "sound", 寧 (ne) meaning "rather", 然 (ne), a suffix after nouns to express likeness or 峰 (ne) meaning "peak, ridge" combined with 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom" or 央 (o) meaning "centre, middle"... [more]
NermBiblical Means "lamp" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Ner is the father of Abner and uncle of Saul.
NevmEnglish (British, Rare), Irish (Rare) Short form of Neville (English), Nevan and Nevin (both Irish). Known bearers of this name include the American former sports broadcaster Nev Chandler (1946-1994) and the Australian former politician Nev Warburton (b... [more]
NevmHebrew Short form of Yaniv. A known bearer of this name is Yaniv "Nev" Schulman (b. 1984), an Israeli-American producer, actor and photographer.
Nexm & fEnglish Likely from Latin nex, meaning “murder, slaughter, violent death”
Ngọm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 午 (ngọ) referring to the seventh Earthly Branch (11 AM to 1 PM), which is itself associated with the horse of the Chinese zodiac.
Nhãm & fVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 雅 (nhã) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined".
NhifVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 兒 (nhi) meaning "child".
NhịmVietnamese From Sino-Vietnamese 二 (nhị) meaning "two".