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MirzakhanmPersian (Archaic) Derived from the Persian honorific title Mirza (see Mirza) combined with the Mongolian-Turkic title of imperial rank Khan, which is a contraction of khagan meaning "ruler, sovereign"... [more]
MisanofJapanese From Japanese 実 (mi) meaning "reality, truth, fruit", 佐 (sa) meaning "aid, help" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
MishmannahmBiblical Meaning "fat, sleek," one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag (Ch1 12:10).
MiskweminanocsquafAlgonquian Means "raspberry star woman" in Mohegan-Pequot, an extinct Eastern Algonquian language; derived from the Mohegan-Pequot cognate words of Ojibwe miskomin meaning "raspberry" and anang "star", combined with Mohegan-Pequot sqá "woman"... [more]
MissandeifLiterature, Popular Culture Missandei is the name of a freed slave character from the Song of Ice and Fire books by GRR Martin and the TV show Game of Thrones based upon the former. ... [more]
MithianfPopular Culture Of unknown origin and meaning, this name is likely taken from the town of Mithian (Mydhyan) in Cornwall. This was the name of a princess in the BBC series Merlin.
MithrabarzanamOld Persian Means "exalting Mithra or "high Mithra" in Old Persian, from 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (Miθra), referring to the Zoroastrian deity Mithra, and *br̥zans meaning "high, exalted".
MithrandirmLiterature Used in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, it is Gandalf's Elven name, used most often by Legolas.
MitsanafSlovene Diminutive of a Slovenian name. This is the full name of Mitsy Sanderson a Tiktoker
MiuranosukemJapanese (Rare) This name is used as 三浦之助 with 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three," 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "inlet, seacoast, seashore," 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" and 助 (jo, suke, su.keru, tasu.karu, tasu.keru) meaning "assist, help, save, rescue."... [more]
MixiangfChinese From the Chinese 蜜 (mì) meaning "honey, nectar" and 香 (xiāng) meaning "fragrant, sweet-smelling, incense".
MiyanfChinese From the Chinese 蜜 (mì) meaning "honey, nectar" and 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)".
MiyanafJapanese, English, Hebrew From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 夜 (ya) meaning "night" and 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.. This name can be formed from other combinations of kanji as well.
MiyanofJapanese From Japanese 宮 (miya) meaning "Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess", 京 (miya) meaning "capital", 実 (mi) meaning "to bear fruit", 都 (miya) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything" or 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly", 也 (ya) meaning "also", 夜 (ya) meaning "night", 矢 (ya) meaning "dart, arrow" or 耶 (ya), an interjection combined with 野 (no) meaning "area, field" or 乃 (no), a possessive particle... [more]
MiyatanzipafHittite Mythology Means "growth genius", deriving from the Hittite element mai or miya ("to grow, to be born, to thrive"). Name borne by a minor Hittite goddess of vegetation.
MiyuanfChinese From the Chinese 宓 (mì) meaning "quiet, silent, in good health" or 蜜 (mì) meaning "honey, nectar" and 媛 (yuàn) meaning "beauty, beautiful woman" or 远 (yuǎn) meaning "distant, remote, far".
MoanafJapanese From Japanese 百 (mo) meaning "hundred", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
MoanaitimTahitian Means "small ocean"; a combination of Tahitian moana meaning "ocean" and the suffix -iti implying a small size.
MoanatinimTahitian Means "many oceans"; a combination of Tahitian moana "ocean" and tini "many, multiple".
MoanauramTahitian From the Tahitian moana meaning "ocean" and the archaic 'ura meaning "red".
Mofangf & mChinese From the Chinese 墨 (mò) meaning "ink" and 芳 (fāng) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful".
Mog-lanfKorean From Sino-Korean 木 (mog) meaning "tree, wood" combined with 兰 (lan) meaning "orchid". This name can be formed using other hanja combinations as well.
MohanfChinese From the Chinese 默 (mò) meaning "silent, quiet, still, dark" and 寒 (hán) meaning "cold, wintry" or 焓 (hán) meaning "the sound of a fiercely burning fire".
MokihanafHawaiian From the name of a type of tree that grows on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The mokihana tree's fragrant berries are used in making leis.
MolanfChinese From the Chinese 墨 (mò) meaning "ink", 默 (mò) meaning "silent, quiet, still, dark" or 茉 (mò) meaning "white jasmine" and 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid", 澜 (lán) meaning "overflowing, waves, ripples", 蓝 (lán) meaning "blue, indigo" or 斓 (lán) meaning "multicoloured".
MolannafArthurian Cycle Molanna is the nymph who helps Faunus spy on Diana in the Cantos of Mutability.
MomilanifHawaiian (Rare) Means "heavenly pearl," "spiritual pearl," "royal pearl" or "noble pearl," from momi meaning "pearl" and lani meaning "sky, heaven, heavenly, spiritual, royal, exalted, noble, aristocratic."
MominjanmUyghur Uyghur elaboration of Mumin using the Persian suffix جان (jân) meaning "dear, darling".
MomohanafJapanese Derived from the Japanese kanji 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" or 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" combined with 花 (hana) or 華 (hana) both meaning "flower". All kanji are read with the Kun Reading... [more]
Mönkhnaranm & fMongolian Derived from Mongolian мөнх (mönkh) meaning "eternal" and наран (naran) meaning "sun, sunny".
Mönkhnasanm & fMongolian Means "immortal" in Mongolian, from мөнх (mönkh) meaning "eternal" and нас (nas) meaning "age, life".
Mönkhsaikhanm & fMongolian Means "eternal beauty" in Mongolian, from мөнх (mönkh) meaning "eternal" and сайхан (saikhan) meaning "nice, beautiful, handsome".
MontañafSpanish Means "mountain" in Spanish (compare English derivation Montana), taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de la Montaña, meaning "The Virgin of the Mountain."... [more]
MontañasfSpanish (Rare) Plural form of Montaña, taken from the Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de las Montañas and Nuestra Señora de las Montañas, meaning "The Virgin of the Mountains" and "Our Lady of the Mountains."... [more]
MontanusmAncient Roman Roman cognomen which was derived from the Latin adjective montanus meaning "of mountains, mountainous". In other words, you could say that this name is the masculine form of Montana.... [more]
MontanzimafObscure Borne by a victim of the 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings; Montanzima Banks was killed at age 6 by her father, George Emil Banks. Her siblings were named Kissmayu, Boende, Mauritania and Foraroude.
MonthianmThai Means "palace, royal house" in Thai.
MorbhanfScottish Gaelic variant of Morven. Occasionally, but rarely, pronounced as written.
MordantmArthurian Cycle, Literature Mordant, whose name alludes to deadly sarcastic wit—the Latin root word mordēre means "to bite"—is a man who dies after a sojourn in the Bower of Bliss in Book 2 of "The Faerie Queene". He represents man's mortality.
MorganettafLiterature Diminutive of Morgan 2 used by the Italian poet Bernardo Tasso for a character in his epic poem L'Amadigi. In the poem Morganetta is a daughter of Fata Morgana (Morgan le Fay), along with Nivetta and Carvilia.
MorgantemCarolingian Cycle, Literature, Medieval Italian From the name of the eponymous character of the epic poem Morgante (1478) written by the Italian poet Luigi Pulci (1432-1484). In the poem, Morgante is a giant who is converted to Christianity by the knight Orlando and subsequently becomes his loyal follower.... [more]
MorggánmMedieval Scottish, Scots (Archaic) The name seemed to be a distant branch from the old Welsh name Morcant, first record of this name being used was by the first Mormaer or Earl of Mar known as Morggán of Mar.
MorghanafArthurian Cycle A variation of Morgan, an enchantress or fairy, probably derived from the Welsh Modron and, ultimately, from the Celtic goddess Matrona, and she may have been influenced by an enchantress in Irish mythology called Morrigan, an Irish crow-goddess of war (Morgan, like Arthur, occasionally took the shape of a raven or a crow).
MorgianafLiterature Form of Marjanah used in some versions of 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', one of the tales of 'The 1001 Nights', where it is the name of a clever slave girl... [more]
MoroccanmObscure (Modern) From the English word Moroccan denoting a person from the country of Morocco or something pertaining to Morocco. This name was used by American entertainers Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon for their son Moroccan Scott Cannon (2011-)... [more]
MorvanmBreton From an old Breton name of uncertain meaning. According to Albert Deshayes, the first element is equivalent to Modern Breton meur "great" and the second element, an aspirated form of man, is cognate with Latin manus "hand, strength, power over"; alternatively, the first element may be Breton mor "sea", while the second element may mean "wise, sage" from the Indo-European root *men "to think" (or "mind, understanding, reason")... [more]
MoryanafSlavic Mythology Derived from Russian море (more) meaning "sea" and combined with the feminine ending яна (yana). This is the name of a female sea spirit in Slavic folklore, possibly a goddess.
MotshanmRomani Romani name of uncertain origin and meaning, although there have been speculations about a link to Russian and Yiddish Movcha.... [more]
MoxianfChinese From the Chinese 茉 (mò) meaning "white jasmine" and 伭 (xián) meaning "dark, sombre, deep, profound" or 仙 (xiān) meaning "immortal, transcendent".
MoxuanfChinese From the Chinese 默 (mò) meaning "silent, quiet, still, dark" and 璇 (xuán) meaning "beautiful jade, star".
MoyanfChinese From the Chinese 墨 (mò) meaning "ink" or 默 (mò) meaning "silent, quiet, still, dark" and 琰 (yǎn) meaning "jewel, gem, glitter of gems" or 嫣 (yān) meaning "charming, fascinating".
MrikandamSanskrit, Hinduism Mrikanda is a sage in Hindu mythology. Mrikanda is venerated as the founder of weaving, and as a result of the gods' gratitude he was granted two boons--a tiger and a giant. The giant disobeyed Mrikandaʻs orders and was summarily slain, but the tiger was obedient, and thus lived... [more]
MucianmHistory (Ecclesiastical) English form of Mucianus. Saint Mucian is a martyr of the early Christian Church. He was killed with a sword with two other men, named Mark and Paul, as well as a little boy whose name is unknown.
MudanfChinese Means "peony" in Chinese. The name is found in the name of the goddess Bai Mudan ("white peony"), a seductive courtesan who became a goddess.
MujimanmJavanese From Javanese muji meaning "praise, prayer" combined with the masculine suffix -man.
MukdawanfThai From Thai มุกดา (mukda) meaning "pearl" and วรรณ (wan) meaning "colour, tint".
MukhamedzhanmKazakh Combination of the given name Mukhamed and Kazakh жан (zhan) meaning "soul", ultimately of Persian origin.
MukhranmGeorgian From მუხრანი (Mukhrani), the name of a historical lowland district in eastern Georgia. It was originally called მუხნარი (Mukhnari) or მუხნარ (Mukhnar), which literally meant "of an oak" but signified "oak-grove"... [more]
MukhtarkhanmKazakh Combination of the given name Mukhtar and the Turkic title khan meaning "leader, ruler".
Muktasanam & fManipuri Derived from the Meitei mukta meaning "pearl" and sana meaning "gold, precious".
MulanadirifNear Eastern Mythology, Sumerian Mythology Means "the ruling star of heaven", possibly deriving from the Sumerian elements mul ("star, constellation, planet"), and 𒂗 en ("to rule"). This is documented as an epithet of goddess Inanna in the god list An = Anum.
MulianfChinese From the Chinese 穆 (mù) meaning "majestic, solemn, reverent, calm" or 慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and 莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily".
MullayanmBashkir Means "soul of the mullah", derived from Bashkir мулла (mulla) meaning "mullah" (a term for an Islamic cleric), of Arabic origin, combined with the suffix -йән (-yän) meaning "soul" (of Persian origin).
Mullissu-mukannishat-NinuafAncient Assyrian Etymology uncertain. A possible meaning is "Mullissu is the victor in Nineveh" (Ninua being the Akkadian form of Nineveh), deriving from the Akkadian element mukannišum ("subjugator /subduer / conqueror / victor").
Mulyanam & fSundanese Derived from Sundanese mulia or mulya meaning "noble".
MunângurifIndigenous Australian Of uncertain etymology, possibly deriving in part from the Dharug element guri ("ear"). Name borne by a sister of the prominent Eora leader Bennelong.
MunezanemJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 宗/旨 (mune) meaning "principle; aim; purpose; meaning; gist" combined with 実 (zane), the joining form of 実 (sane) meaning "fruit seed" or 志 (zane), the joining form of 志 (sane) meaning "purpose; aspiration; determination; ambition; will".... [more]
MuniandimHinduism, Tamil Possibly from Tamil முனி (muni) meaning "sage" combined with ஆண்டவர் (antavar) meaning "lord". This is the name of a Tamil folk deity who guards plantations and estates.
MurezzanmRomansh 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).
MurlanmAlbanian (Rare) Derived from Albanian murlan, a term denoting a "strong and bitterly cold wind from the north".
MurmanmGeorgian, Literature, Theatre Meaning uncertain, as the available sources each provide a different etymology for this name. According to a Georgian source, Murman is a phonetic variant of Murvan... [more]
MurvanmGeorgian (Rare), Chechen Medieval Georgian form of Marwan, which is still in use today (albeit barely). The name must eventually have spread from Georgia to neighbouring Chechnya.
MurzaqanmGeorgian (Rare) Georgian form of Mirzakhan. This name is extremely rare in Georgia today; actually, one could almost consider it to be archaic. A known bearer of this name was the nobleman Murzaqan Shervashidze (18th century), who named his fiefdom after himself, Samurzaqano ("land of Murzaqan")... [more]
MusajanmUyghur Uyghur elaboration of Musa using the suffix جان (jan) meaning "dear".
MuskkaanfHindi Meaning "Smile". ALWAYS SMILE IF YOU HAVE THIS NAME!
MusonianusmLate Roman Roman cognomen which was derived from Musonius. A notable bearer of this name was the Roman senator Strategius Musonianus (4th century AD), who received the cognomen from the Roman emperor Constantine I because of his learnedness.
MusuksanafManipuri Derived from the Meitei musuk meaning "very dark, very black" and sana meaning "gold, precious".
MuthannamArabic Means "double, dual, two at a time" in Arabic.
Mẫu Thượng NgànfFar Eastern Mythology Another name of the Vietnamese princess of the forest Lâm cung thánh mẫu. It is derived from mẫu meaning "mother", thượng meaning "upmost, higher" and ngàn a poetic term for "forest".
MuxianfChinese From the Chinese 慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and 仙 (xiān) meaning "transcendent, immortal".
MuyanfChinese From the Chinese 慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and 嫣 (yān) meaning "charming, fascinating".
MuyuanfChinese From the Chinese 慕 (mù) meaning "long for, desire, admire" and 缘 (yuán) meaning "margin; reason, cause, fate".
MuzanmJapanese From 無 (Mu) meaning “Nothing, Naught” and 惨 (Zan) meaning “Misery”.... [more]
MyrianthefGreek (Rare), Greek (Cypriot, Rare) The first element of this name is derived from Greek μυριάς (myrias) meaning "ten thousand", which is ultimately derived from Greek μυρίος (myrios) meaning "countless, numberless, infinite"... [more]
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.
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).
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]
MzwandilemXhosa, Zulu Means "the house has expanded" in Xhosa, idiomatically referring to a growing family.
NaamanmBiblical The Hebrew meaning of the boy's name Naaman is "pleasant; pleasantness" or even "beautiful; agreeable; delightful." ... [more]
Naanif & mDagbani Means "trust" or "confidence" in Dagbani.
NaaranmHebrew (Rare) Derived from נַעַר (na’ar) meaning “teen, boy, youth” in Hebrew. Naaran (also Na'aran) (Hebrew: נערן) was an ancient Jewish village dating to the 5th and 6th century CE. Remains of the village have been excavated north-west of Jericho... [more]
NabanafJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 菜花 (nabana) meaning "rape blossom", which combines the kanji 菜 (na, sai) meaning "vegetables, greens" with 花 (hana, bana, ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
NahanafJapanese From Japanese 愛 (na) meaning "love, affection" and 花 (hana) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible. This name can be spelled as Young-Ae in Korean.
Nahannif & mIndigenous American From naha, meaning "river of the land of the Naha people" in Na-Dene (Athabaskan) languages, spoken by indigenous cultures in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory... [more]
NahapānamScythian From Saka *Nahapāna meaning "protector of the clan". Name borne by a Western Satrap who reigned in either the first or second century CE.
NaidanmMongolian Possibly derived from Mongolian найдах (naidakh) meaning "to hope, trust, rely on".
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".