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MariyofJapanese From Japanese 鞠 (mari) meaning "bow, bend", 満 (mari) meaning "full, fulfill, satisfy" or 毬 (mari) meaning "ball, anything round, sphere" combined with 世 (yo) meaning "world, society, generation, age", 夜 (yo) meaning "night" or 代 (yo) meaning "world, society"... [more]
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.
MarjetfDutch Variant of Mariëtte, though the pronunciation is somewhat different: Marjet has two syllables, whilst Mariëtte can have three or four syllables (depending on where you are in the Netherlands).
Marka IllafAymara From the Aymara marka meaning "nation" and illa meaning "amulet" in Aymara, also referring to any object to attract good luck and an Aymara spirit of the products and goods, the family, cattle and money.
MarkesafMedieval Basque Medieval Basque name of uncertain origin and meaning, although it is generally treated as both a feminine form of Marko (the Basque form of Marcus) and an equivalent of medieval Spanish Marquessa... [more]
MarkozmGeorgian (Rare) Georgian form of Markos, which is the hellenized form of Marcus. This name was borne by a Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia from the 15th century AD.
MarkwaynemAmerican It appears to be a combination of the names Mark and Wayne. A notable bearer is Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin. Markwayne is a combination of his first name, Mark, and his middle name, Wayne.
MarleafEnglish (Rare) Diminutive of Marlene, first appeared in the early 1900s, used most frequently during the 1940s in the U.S. Variants were Marlee, Marley, Marlie, all used in roughly equal numbers, and all of which seem to have faded in the 1950s.
MarleenkenfLiterature, Low German Marleenken is a Low German diminutive of Marlene. It's the name of the girl that collects the bones of her brother and buries them under a juniper tree in the fairy tale Vom Machandelbaum by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
MarleifmNorwegian (Rare) Created in the 20th century by combining the name element mar from names like Martin and Marcus (or from Old Norse marr "sea, ocean") with leifr "descendant, heir".
MarleikmNorwegian (Rare, Archaic) Possibly a combination of the name element mar from names like Martin and Marcus (or from Old Norse marr "sea, ocean") and Old Norse leikr "play, game"... [more]
MarlenisfSpanish (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).
MarlenkafSlovene Diminutive of Marlena, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.
MarlinchenfFolklore (Anglicized) This name is used in the English translation of the Grimm Fairytale "The Juniper Tree". In the Low German original, the girl is named Marleenken. In the fairytale, Marlinchen gathers her brother's bones after he has been eaten by their father, and buries them under the Juniper tree.
MarlittfGerman (Rare) This was assumed as a surname by the 19th-century German writer Eugenie John, who used the pen name E. Marlitt. She may have invented it, perhaps basing it on Marlene or Marlies.... [more]
MarmaladefEnglish (Rare) From the English speaking word marmalade, which is a tangy orange jam. On the American animated series "Strawberry Shortcake", Marmalade is the name of Orange Blossom's pet butterfly, and the name of her puppy on "Berry Bitty City Adventures".
MarmoriemCarolingian Cycle, Pet Means "dappled" or "marbled", from Latin marmor "marble". This is the name of the warhorse of Grandoyne, one of the Saracens in the Old French epic The Song of Roland.
Marneyf & mEnglish (Rare), Brazilian Variant of Marnie, while a Feminine name in English, in Brazil, it's typically masculine. It could also be transferred from the surname Marney.
MaroboduusmGermanic (Latinized) A dithematic name formed from the Germanic name elements mari "famous" and bod "ruler". The name also admits a Celtic etymology but the historical namesake was the leader of a Germanic tribe (Marcomanni).
MarolopmBatak Means "to receive, to approve" in Toba Batak.
MarolusmLate Roman Derived from the Latin “Marolus”, from the Latin “mare”, meaning “who comes from the sea, a resident of the coast”, which in turn derives from the Proto-Italic “*mari”, meaning “sea”... [more]