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Ma... - Mar...

Mar... - Mary...

Mary... - Meh...

Meh... - Mir...

Mir... - Mys...

The Name Begins With The Letter M:
MARALYN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of MARILYN

MARAM  f & m  Arabic
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.

MARAMA  f  Pacific/Polynesian Mythology
Means "moon" in Maori...

MARC  m  French, Welsh
French and Welsh form of MARK

MARCAS  m  Irish, Scottish
Irish and Scottish form of MARK

MARCEL  m  French, Romanian, Polish
French, Romanian and Polish form of MARCELLUS

MARCELA  f  Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELI  m  Polish
Polish form of MARCELLUS

MARCELINA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELINE  f  French
French feminine form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELINHO  m  Portuguese
Pet form of MARCELO

MARCELINO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELL  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLA  f  Italian
Italian feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLE  f  French
French feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLETTE  f  French
French feminine pet form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLIN  m  French
From the Roman family name Marcellinus, which was derived from MARCELLUS...

MARCELLINE  f  French
French feminine form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELLINO  m  Italian
Italian form of Marcellinus (see MARCELLIN).

MARCELLO  m  Italian
Italian form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLUS  m  Ancient Roman, German
From the Roman family name Marcellus which was originally a pet form of MARCUS...

MARCELO  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARCELLUS

MARCELYN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of MARCELINE

MARCI  f  English
Pet form of MARCIA

MÁRCIA  f  Portuguese
Portuguese form of MARCIA

MARCIA  f  English, Spanish
Feminine form of the Roman name Marcius, which was derived from MARCUS.

MARCIAL  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Martialis (see MARTIAL).

MARCIE  f  English
Pet form of MARCIA

MARCIN  m  Polish
Polish form of MARTIN

MÁRCIO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of Marcius (see MARCIA).

MARCIO  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Marcius (see MARCIA).

MARCO  m  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK...

MARCOS  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK

MARCUS  m  Ancient Roman, English, Biblical (Variant)
Roman praenomen, or given name, which was probably derived from the name of the Roman god MARS...

MARCY  f  English
Pet form of MARCIA

MARDUK  m  Near Eastern Mythology
Meaning unknown... 

MARE  f  Croatian
Pet form of MARIJA

MARED  f  Welsh
Welsh form of MARGARET

MAREDUDD  m  Welsh
Welsh form of MEREDITH

MAREE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of MARIE... []

MAREIKE  f  Frisian, German
Frisian and German pet form of MARIA

MAREK  m  Polish, Czech
Polish and Czech form of MARK

MAREN  f  Danish
Danish form of MARINA

MARESOL  f  ?
Variant of MARISOL

MARET  f  Estonian
Estonian form of MARGARET

MARFA  f  Russian
Russian form of MARTHA

MARGAID  f  Manx
Manx form of MARGARET

MARGALIT  f  Jewish
Hebrew form of MARGARET

MARGALITA  f  Jewish
Hebrew form of MARGARET

MARGANITA  f  Jewish
Hebrew form of MARGARET

MARGARET  f  English
Derived from Latin Margarita, which was from Greek μαργαριτης (margarites) meaning "pearl", probably a borrowing from Sanskrit...

MARGARÉTA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARGARET

MARGARETA  f  German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch
Cognate of MARGARET

MARGARETE  f  German
German form of MARGARET

MARGARETHA  f  Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of MARGARET

MARGARETHE  f  German, Danish
German and Danish form of MARGARET

MARGARETTA  f  English
Variant of MARGARETA

MARGARID  f  Armenian
Armenian form of MARGARET

MARGARIDA  f  Portuguese, Galician
Portuguese and Galician form of MARGARET...

MARGARITA  f  Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian
Latinate form of MARGARET...

MARGAUX  f  Various
Variant of MARGOT...

MARGE  f  English
Short form of MARGARET

MARGED  f  Welsh
Welsh form of MARGARET

MARGERY  f  English
Medieval form of MARGARET

MARGH  m  Cornish
Cornish form of MARK

MARGHERITA  f  Italian
Italian form of MARGARET...

MARGIE  f  English
Pet form of MARGARET

MARGIT  f  Hungarian, Scandinavian
Hungarian and Scandinavian form of MARGARET

MARGO  f  English
Variant of MARGOT

MARGOT  f  French
French short form of MARGARET

MARGRÉT  f  Icelandic
Icelandic form of MARGARET

MARGRETHE  f  Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of MARGARET

MARGRIET  f  Dutch
Dutch form of MARGARET

MARGRIT  f  German
German variant form of MARGARET

MARGUERITE  f  French
French form of MARGARET

MARI  f  Welsh, Finnish, Breton, Hungarian
Welsh, Finnish and Breton form of MARY, as well as a Hungarian pet form of MARY

MÁRIA  f  Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of MARIA

MARÍA  f  Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of MARIA

MARIA  f  Italian, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican
Latinate form of MARY... []

MARIABELLA  f  English
Combination of MARIA and BELLA

MARIAH  f  English
Variant of MARIA...

MARIAM  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of MARYAM

MARIAMNE  f  History
From Μαριαμη (Mariame), the form of MARY used by the historian Josephus when referring to the wife of King Herod.

MARIAN (1)  f  English
Variant of MARION (1), sometimes considered a combination of MARY and ANN.

MARIAN (2)  m  Polish, Romanian
Polish and Romanian form of MARIANUS

MARIAN (3)  m 
Masculine form of MARY

MARIANA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARIANUS

MARIANELA  f  Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and ESTELA

MARIANGELA  f  Italian
Combination of MARIA and ANGELA

MARIANNA  f  English, Italian, Hungarian, Russian, Polish
Latinate form of MARIAMNE

MARIANNE (1)  f  French
French form of MARIAMNE

MARIANNE (2)  f  English
Variant of MARIAN

MARIANO  m  Italian
Italian form of MARIANUS

MARIANUS  m  Ancient Roman
Roman family name, which was itself derived from the Roman name MARIUS.

MARIBEL  f  Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and ISABEL

MARICA  f  Hungarian, Croatian, Slovene
Pet form of MÁRIA (Hungarian) or MARIJA (Croatian and Slovene).

MARICELA  f  Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and CELIA

MARICRUZ  f  Spanish
Contraction of MARÍA and CRUZ

MARIE  f  French, Czech, German
French, Czech and German form of Maria (see MARY)...

MARIEKE  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of MARIA

MARIEL  f  English
Either a pet form of MARY or a variant of MURIEL.

MARIELE  f  German
German pet form of MARIA

MARIELLA  f  Italian
Italian pet form of MARIA

MARIELLE  f  French
French pet form of MARIE

MARIETTA  f  Italian
Italian pet form of MARIA

MARIETTE  f  French
French pet form of MARIA

MARIGOLD  f  English
From the name of the flower, which comes from a combination of MARY and the English word gold.

MARIJA  f  Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of MARY

MARIJAN  m  Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of MARIANUS

MARIJANA  f  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of MARIANA

MARIJKE  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of MARY

MARIJN  m & f  Dutch
Dutch masculine and feminine form of MARINUS

MARIJONA  f  Lithuanian
Lithuanian feminine form of MARIANUS

MARIJSE  f  Dutch
Dutch form of MARISE

MARIJUS  m  Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of MARIUS

MARIKA  f  Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Finnish
Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Finnish pet form of MARY

MARIKE  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of MARY

MARIKO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) "real, true", 里 (ri) "village" and 子 (ko) "child".

MARILENA  f  English
Combination of MARY and the popular name suffix lena.

MARILENE  f  English
Combination of MARY and the popular name suffix lene.

MARILOU  f  English
Combination of MARY and LOU

MARILYN  f  English
Combination of MARY and lyn...

MARILYNN  f  English (Modern)
Variant of MARILYN

MARIN  m  French, Romanian
French, Romanian and Croatian form of MARINUS

MARINA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARINDA  f  English
Either a pet form of MARY or a variant of MIRANDA

MARINE  f  French
French feminine form of MARINUS

MARINELLA  f  Italian
Pet form of MARINA

MARINO  m  Italian
Italian form of MARINUS

MARINUS  m  Ancient Roman, Dutch
From the Roman family name Marinus, which derives either from the name MARIUS or from the Latin word marinus "of the sea".

MÁRIO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of MARIUS

MARIO  m  Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of MARIUS

MARION (1)  f  English
Medieval French pet form of MARY...

MARION (2)  m  English
Variant of MARIAN (2)

MARIS  f  English
Means "of the sea", taken from the Latin title of the Virgin Mary stella maris, meaning "star of the sea".

MARISA  f  Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Elaborated form of MARIA

MARISE  f  French
French pet form of MARIE

MARISELA  f  Spanish
Elaborated form of MARISA

MARISKA  f  Hungarian
Pet form of MÁRIA

MARISOL  f  Spanish
Combination of MARIA and SOL

MARISSA  f  English
Variant of MARISA

MARIT  f  Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of MARGARET

MARITA (1)  f  German, Spanish, Dutch
Pet form of MARIA

MARITA (2)  f  Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARITTA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARITZA  f  Spanish
Spanish pet form of MARIA

MARIUS  m  Ancient Roman, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French, English, Romanian
Roman family name which was derived either from MARS, the name of the Roman god of War, or else from the Latin root mas, maris meaning "male"...

MARIUSZ  m  Polish
Polish form of MARIUS

MARIYA  f  Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian form of MARIA

MARJA  f  Dutch, Finnish
Dutch and Finnish form of MARIA...

MARJAANA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM

MARJAN (1)  f  Dutch
Dutch form of MARIANNA

MARJAN (2)  m  Slovene
Slovene form of MARIANUS

MARJANA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of MARIANA

MARJANI  f  African
Means "coral" in Swahili.

MARJATTA  f  Finnish
Pet form of MARJA

MARJE  f  English
Short form of MARGERY

MARJETA  f  Slovene
Slovene form of MARGARET

MARJO  f  Finnish
Finnish form of MARIA

MARJOLAINE  f  French
Means "marjoram" in French. Marjoram is a minty herb.

MARJOLEIN  f  Dutch
Dutch form of MARJOLAINE

MARJOLIJN  f  Dutch
Dutch form of MARJOLAINE

MARJORIE  f  English
Variant of MARGERY influenced by the name of the herb marjoram.

MARJORY  f  English
Variant of MARJORIE

MARJUKKA  f  Finnish
Pet form of MARJA

MARJUT  f  Finnish
Pet form of MARJA

MÁRK  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARK

MARK  m  English, Russian, Biblical
Familiar form of MARCUS...

MARKEL  m  Basque
Basque form of Martialis (see MARTIAL).

MARKÉTA  f  Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of MARGARET

MARKETTA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of MARGARET

MARKKU  m  Finnish
Finnish form of MARK

MARKO  m  Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Finnish, Basque
Cognate of MARK

MARKUS  m  German, Finnish
German and Finnish form of MARK

MARLA  f  English
Shortened variant of MARLENE

MARLEE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of MARLEY

MARLEEN  f  English
Variant of MARLENE

MARLEN  m  Russian
Blend of Marx and Lenin...

MARLENA  f  English, Polish
Latinate form of MARLENE

MARLENE  f  German, English
Blend of MARIA and MAGDALENE...

MARLEY  m & f  English
From a surname which was taken from a place name meaning "pleasant wood" in Old English...

MARLIN  m  English
Variant of MARLON

MARLIS  f  German
Combination of MARIA and LIESE

MARLOES  f  Dutch
Combination of MARIA and LOES

MARLON  m  English
Possibly a pet form of MARC...

MARLOWE  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "drained lake" in Old English.

MARLY  m  English
Variant of MARLEY...

MARLYN  f  English
Variant of MARLENE influenced by MARILYN

MARMADUKE  m  English
Derived from the Old Irish name Mael Maedoc meaning "disciple of Saint Maedoc"...

MARNA  f  Swedish
Swedish form of MARINA

MARNI  f  Jewish
Means "rejoice" in Hebrew.

MARNIE (1)  f  English
Variant of MARNA

MARNIE (2)  f  Jewish
Variant of MARNI

MARQUIS  m  English
From a title which was derived from the Old French word marchis, which referred to someone who ruled on the borderlands of a realm.

MARQUISE  m  English
Variant of MARQUIS

MARQUITA  f  English
Feminine variant of MARQUIS

MARS  m  Roman Mythology
Possibly related to Latin mas "male" (genitive maris)...

MARSAILI  f  Scottish
Scottish form of both MARJORIE and MARCELLA

MARSHA  f  English
Variant of MARCIA

MARSHAL  m  English
Variant of MARSHALL

MARSHALL  m  English
From a surname which originally denoted a person who was a marshal...

MARSHAN  f  English (Modern)
Blend of MARSHA and ANNE

MÁRTA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of MARTHA

MÄRTA  f  Danish
Danish form of MARGARET

MARTA  f  Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian
Cognate of MARTHA

MÅRTEN  m  Swedish
Swedish form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTEN  m  Dutch
Dutch form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTHA  f  English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical
Means "mistress of the house" or "lady" in Aramaic...

MARTHE  f  French, German
French and German form of MARTHA

MARTIAL  m  History
From the Roman cognomen Martialis, which was derived from the name of the Roman god MARS...

MARTIE  m  English
Pet form of MARTIN

MARTIJN  m  Dutch
Dutch form of MARTIN

MARTÍN  m  Spanish
Spanish form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTIN  m  English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS...

MARTINA  f  English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTINE  f  French
French feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTINHO  m  Portuguese
Portuguese form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTINO  m  Italian
Italian form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTIRIO  f  Spanish
Means "martyrdom" in Spanish.

MARTITA  f  Spanish
Spanish pet form of MARTA

MÁRTON  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTTA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of MARTHA

MARTTI  m  Finnish
Finnish form of MARTIN

MÁRTUSKA  f  Hungarian
Pet form of MÁRTA

MARTY  m  English
Pet form of MARTIN

MARTYN  m  Welsh, Ukrainian
Welsh and Ukrainian form of MARTIN

MARTYNA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTZEL  m  Basque
Basque form of MARCELLUS

MARVA  f  English
Feminine form of MARVIN

MARVIN  m  English
Either a variant of MERVYN or else possibly means "famous friend" in Old English.

MARVYN  m  English
Variant of MARVIN

MARWA  f  Arabic
From the Arabic name of a fragrant plant...

MARWIN  m  German
German form of MARVIN

MARY  f  English, Biblical
Usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the New Testament Greek names Μαριαμ (Mariam) or Μαρια (Maria) (the spellings are interchangeable), which were from the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam)...

MARYA  f  Russian
Russian form of MARY

MARYAM  f  Arabic
Arabic form of MARY

MARYANA  f  Russian
Russian form of MARIAMNE

MARYANN  f  English
Combination of MARY and ANNE

Ma... - Mar...

Mar... - Mary...

Mary... - Meh...

Meh... - Mir...

Mir... - Mys...

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