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The Name Begins With The Letter M:
MENASHE  m  Jewish
Hebrew form of MANASSEH

MENDEL  m  Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of MENAHEM

MENELAOS  m  Greek Mythology
Greek form of MENELAUS

MENELAUS  m  Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Μενελαος (Menelaos) which meant "withstanding the people", derived from μενω (meno) "to last, to withstand" and λαος (laos) "the people"...

MENES  m  Ancient Egyptian
Meaning unknown...

MENNO  m  Dutch, German
Pet form of MEINE

MENTOR  m  Greek Mythology
Possibly related to Greek μενος (menos) "spirit"...

MENUHA  f  Jewish
Means "tranquility" in Hebrew.

MERAB  f  Biblical
Means "abundant" in Hebrew...

MERARI  m  Biblical
Means "bitter" in Hebrew...

MERAUD  f 
Meaning unknown, perhaps based on Cornish mor "sea".

MERAV  f  Jewish
Hebrew form of MERAB

MERCÈ  f  Catalan
Catalan form of MERCEDES

MERCEDES  f  Spanish
Means "mercy" in Spanish...

MERCHE  f  Spanish
Pet form of MERCEDES

MERCIA  f  English
Latinate form of MERCY...

MERCURY  m  Roman Mythology
From the Latin Mercurius, probably derived from Latin mercari "to trade" or merces "wages"...

MERCY  f  English
Simply means "mercy" from the English word, ultimately from Latin merces "wages, reward", a derivative of merx "goods, wares"...

MERE  f  Maori
Maori form of MARY

MEREDITH  m & f  English, Welsh
From the Welsh name Maredudd or Meredydd, possibly meaning "great lord" or "sea lord"...

MEREDYDD  m  Welsh
Welsh form of MEREDITH

MERERID  f  Welsh
Welsh form of MARGARET

MERETE  f  Danish
Danish form of MARGARET

MERFYN  m  Welsh
Older Welsh form of MERVYN

MERI  f  Finnish
Means "the sea" in Finnish.

MERIDETH  f  English
Variant of MEREDITH

MERIDITH  f  English
Variant of MEREDITH

MERIEL  f  English
Variant of MURIEL

MERILYN  f  English
Variant of MARILYN

MERIT (1)  m & f  English
Variant of MERRITT...

MERIT (2)  f  Swedish
Variant of MARIT

MERITA  f  Esperanto
Means "meritorious" in Esperanto.

MERITXELL  f  Catalan
From the name of a village in Andorra where there is a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary...

MERIWETHER  m & f  English
From a surname meaning "happy weather" in Middle English, originally belonging to a cheery person...

MERLA  f  English
Feminine form of MERLE

MERLE  f & m  English
Variant of MERRILL or MURIEL...

MERLETTA  f  English
Pet form of MERLE

MERLIN  m  Welsh Mythology, English
Form of the Welsh name Myrddin (meaning "sea fortress") used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century Arthurian tales...

MERLYN  m & f  English
Variant of MERLIN, sometimes used as a feminine form...

MERRICK  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from the first name MAURICE.

MERRILL  m & f  English
From a surname which was derived from the first name MURIEL.

MERRILYN  f  English
Variant of MARILYN

MERRION  m  Welsh
Variant of MEIRION

MERRITT  m & f  English
From a surname meaning "boundary gate" in Old English.

MERRY (1)  f  English
Pet form of MERCY... [more]

MERRY (2)  m  Literature
The name of a hobbit in J... []

MERRYN  f  Cornish
Meaning unknown. This was the name of an early Cornish (male) saint.

MERTEN  m  German
Low German form of MARTIN

MERTON  m  English
From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "town on a lake" in Old English.

MERV  m  English
Short form of MERVYN

MERVIN  m  Welsh
Variant of MERVYN

MERVYN  m  Welsh
From the Welsh name Merfyn, which possibly meant "marrow famous"...

MERYEM  f  Turkish
Turkish form of Miriam (see MARY).

MERYL  f  English
Variant of MURIEL

MESHACH  m  Biblical
Possibly means "who is what Aku is?" in Babylonian, Aku being the name of the Babylonian god of the moon...

MESHULAM  m  Jewish
Variant transcription of MESHULLAM

MESHULLAM  m  Biblical, Jewish
Means either "paid for" or "friend" in Hebrew...

META  f  German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of MARGARET

METHOATASKE  f  Native American
Means "turtle laying its eggs" in Shawnee.

METHODIUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Μεθοδιος (Methodios), derived from Greek μεθοδος (methodos) meaning "pursuit" or "method", ultimately from μετα (meta) "with" and ‘οδος (hodos) "road"...

METHUSELAH  m  Biblical
Means "man of the dart" in Hebrew...

METIN  m  Turkish
Means "strong" in Turkish.

METOD  m  Slovene, Slovak
Slovene and Slovak form of METHODIUS

METODĚJ  m  Czech
Czech form of METHODIUS

METODY  m  Polish
Polish form of METHODIUS

METROPHANES  m  Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek μητηρ (meter) "mother" (genitive μητρος (metros)) and φανης (phanes) "appearing"...

METTE  f  Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian pet form of MARGARET

MEURIC  m  Welsh
Welsh form of MAURICE

MEURIG  m  Welsh
Welsh form of MAURICE

MEYER  m  Yiddish
Yiddish form of MEIR...

MHAIRI  f  Scottish
Vocative form of MÀIRI

MIA  f  Scandinavian
Scandinavian pet form of MARIA

MICA  f  Jewish
Short form of MICHAL

MICAELA  f  Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese feminine form of MICHAEL

MICAH  m  Biblical, English
Contracted form of MICAIAH... []

MICAIAH  m & f  Biblical
Means "who is like YAHWEH?" in Hebrew... 

MICAJAH  m  Biblical (Variant)
Variant of MICAIAH

MICHAËL  m  Dutch
Dutch form of MICHAEL

MICHAEL  m  English, German, Czech, Biblical
From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mika'el) which meant "who is like God?"...

MICHAELA  f  English, German, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHAL (1)  m  Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of MICHAEL

MICHAL (2)  f  Biblical, Jewish
Possibly means "brook" in Hebrew...

MICHAŁ  m  Polish
Polish form of MICHAEL

MICHALINA  f  Polish
Polish feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHAYLA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MÍCHEÁL  m  Irish
Irish form of MICHAEL

MÌCHEAL  m  Scottish
Scottish form of MICHAEL

MICHEAL  m  English
Variant of MICHAEL

MICHEIL  m  Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of MICHAEL

MICHEL  m  French, German
French form and German pet form of MICHAEL...

MICHELA  f  Italian
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHELANGELA  f  Italian
Feminine form of MICHELANGELO

MICHELANGELO  m  Italian
From Italian, meaning "MICHAEL angel"...

MICHÈLE  f  French
French feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHELE  m  Italian
Italian form of MICHAEL

MICHELINA  f  Italian
Italian feminine pet form of MICHAEL

MICHELINE  f  French
French feminine pet form of MICHAEL

MICHELLE  f  French, English
French feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHELYNE  f  English (Modern)
Pet form of MICHELLE

MICHI  m & f  Japanese
Means "path" in Japanese.

MICHIEL  m  Dutch
Dutch form of MICHAEL

MICHIKO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful", 智 (chi) "wisdom, intellect" and 子 (ko) "child".

MICHJO  m  Esperanto
Esperanto pet form of MICHAEL

MICK  m  English
Short form of MICHAEL

MICKEY  m & f  English
Pet form of MICK or MICHAELA...

MICKY  m  English
Pet form of MICK

MICTLANTECUHTLI  m  New World Mythology
Means "lord of Mictlan" in Nahuatl...

MIDAS  m  Greek Mythology
Meaning unknown...

MIDGE  f  English
Variant of MADGE

MIDHA  f  Arabic
Means "praise, eulogy" in Arabic.

MIDHAT  m  Arabic
Means "praise, eulogy" in Arabic.

MIDORI  f  Japanese
Means "green" in Japanese.

MIECZYSŁAW  m  Polish
Means either "man glory" or "sword glory" from the Slavic element miecz "man" or "sword" combined with slav "glory".

MIECZYSŁAWA  f  Polish
Feminine form of MIECZYSŁAW

MIEKE  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of MARIA

MIELA  f  Esperanto
Means "honey-sweet" in Esperanto.

MIELIKKI  f  Finnish Mythology
Derived from Finnish mieli "mind, mood"...

MIEP  f  Dutch
Dutch pet form of MARIA

MIES  f & m  Dutch
Dutch pet form of MARIA or BARTHOLOMEUS

MIESZKO  m  Polish
Short form of MIECZYSŁAW...

MIGNON  f  Literature
Means "cute, darling" in French...

MIGUEL  m  Spanish, Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of MICHAEL...

MIGUELA  f  Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of MIGUEL

MIHA  m  Slovene
Short form of MIHAEL

MIHAEL  m  Slovene
Slovene form of MICHAEL

MIHAELA  f  Romanian, Slovene
Romanian and Slovene feminine form of MICHAEL

MIHAI  m  Romanian
Romanian form of MICHAEL...

MIHAIL  m  Romanian, Bulgarian
Romanian and Bulgarian form of MICHAEL

MIHAILO  m  Serbian
Serbian form of MICHAEL

MIHAILS  m  Latvian
Latvian form of MICHAEL

MIHAITA  m  Romanian
Romanian pet form of MICHAEL

MIHAJLO  m  Serbian
Serbian form of MICHAEL

MIHÁLY  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of MICHAEL

MIHAMMAD  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of MUHAMMAD

MIHANGEL  m  Welsh
Contraction of MICHAEL and "archangel", representative of the archangel Michael.

MIHHAELO  m  Esperanto
Original Esperanto form of MICHAEL

MIHKEL  m  Estonian
Estonian form of MICHAEL

MIHO  m  Croatian
Short form of MIHOVIL

MIHOVIL  m  Croatian
Croatian form of MICHAEL

MIIA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of MIA

MIINA  f  Finnish
Short form of VILHELMIINA

MIKA  m  Finnish
Finnish short form of MIKAEL

MIKAEL  m  Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of MICHAEL

MIKAELA  f  Scandinavian
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MIKAERE  m  Maori
Maori form of MICHAEL

MIKALA  m  Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of MICHAEL

MIKAYLA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MIKE  m  English
Short form of MICHAEL

MIKEL  m  Basque
Basque form of MICHAEL

MIKELIS  m  Latvian
Latvian form of MICHAEL

MIKELO  m  Esperanto
Modern Esperanto form of MICHAEL

MIKHAIL  m  Russian, Bulgarian
Russian form of MICHAEL, and a variant Bulgarian transcription of MIHAIL...

MIKHAILA  f  English (Modern)
Variant of MICHAELA

MIKHAILO  m  Ukrainian
Variant transcription of MYKHAILO

MIKI  f  Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" and 紀 (ki) "chronicle".

MIKKEL  m  Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of MICHAEL... 

MIKKI  f  English
Pet form of MICHAELA

MIKKO  m  Finnish
Finnish form of MICHAEL

MIKLAVŽ  m  Slovene
Slovene form of NICHOLAS

MIKLÓS  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of NICHOLAS

MIKOŁAJ  m  Polish
Polish form of NICHOLAS

MIKOLÁŠ  m  Czech
Czech form of NICHOLAS

MIKSA  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of MAXIMUS

MIKU  f  Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" combined with 空 (ku) "sky" or 久 (ku) "long time"... 

MIKULA  m  Czech
Czech form of NICHOLAS

MIKULÁŠ  m  Slovak, Czech
Slovak and Czech form of NICHOLAS

MILA  f  Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Short form of MILOSLAVA, LUDMILA or EMILIA...

MILADA  f  Czech
Pet form of Slavic names beginning with the element mil meaning "gracious".

MILAGROS  f  Spanish
Means "miracles" in Spanish... []

MILAN  m  Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian
From the Slavic element mil meaning "gracious", originally a short form of names that began with that element...

MILANA  f  Czech
Feminine form of MILAN

MILBURGA  f  History
Derived from the Old English elements milde "gentle" and burg "fortress"...

MILBURN  m  English
From a surname which was from a place name meaning "mill stream" in Old English.

MILDA  f  Lithuanian, Mythology
Meaning unknown. This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of love.

MILDRED  f  English
Means "gentle strength" from the Old English elements milde "gentle" and þryð "strength"...

MILEN  m  Bulgarian
Variant of MILAN

MILENA  f  Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Polish, Italian
Feminine form of MILAN

MILES  m  English
The meaning of this name is not known for certain... []

MILFORD  m  English
From a surname which was originally derived from various place names all meaning "ford by a mill" in Old English.

MILICA  f  Serbian
From the Slavic element mil meaning "gracious"... 

MILKA  f  Serbian, Croatian
Variant of MILICA

MILLA  f  English, Finnish
Short form of CAMILLA and other names that end in milla.

MILLARD  m  English
From a surname which meant "guardian of the mill" in Old English.

MILLICENT  f  English
From the Norman French name Melisende, which was itself derived from the Germanic name Amalaswinth, composed of the Germanic elements amal "work, labour" and swinth "strength"...

MILLIE  f  English
Pet form of MILLICENT or CAMILLA

MILLY  f  Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian pet form of EMILIE

MILO  m  English
Latinized form of MILES

MIŁOGOST  m  Polish
From an old Slavic name which meant "grace guest", from mil "grace" and gost "guest".

MILOJE  m  Serbian
From the Slavic element mil meaning "gracious", originally a pet form of names that began with that element.

MILOJICA  m  Serbian
Pet form of MILOJE

MILOŠ  m  Czech, Slovak, Serbian
Pet form of MILOSLAV and other names beginning with the Slavic element mil "favour".

MILOSLAV  m  Russian, Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements mil "favour" and slav "glory".

MILOSLAVA  f  Russian, Czech
Feminine form of MILOSLAV

MIŁOSŁAW  m  Polish
Polish cognate of MILOSLAV

MIŁOSZ  m  Polish
Polish cognate of MILOŠ

MILTIADES  m  Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek μιλτος (miltos) meaning "red earth"...

MILTON  m  English
From a surname which was from an English place name meaning "mill town" in Old English...

MIMI  f  Italian
Italian pet form of MARIA

MIMMI  f  Finnish
Pet form of VILHELMIINA

MINA (1)  f  English, Italian
Short form of names ending in mina...

MINA (2)  f  Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "fish" in Sanskrit... []

MINAKO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful", 奈 (na), a phonetic character, and 子 (ko) "child".

MINALI  f  Indian
Means "fish catcher" in Sanskrit.

MINDY  f  English
Short form of MELINDA

MINERVA  f  Roman Mythology
Perhaps derived from Latin mens meaning "intellect"...

MING  m & f  Chinese
Means "shining, bright, clear" in Chinese.

MINH  m  Vietnamese
Means "bright, intelligent" in Vietnamese.

MINNA  f  German
Short form of WILHELMINA

MINNIE  f  English
Pet form of WILHELMINA

MINOO  f  Iranian
Variant of MINU

MINORU  m  Japanese
Means "truth" in Japanese.

MINTA  f  English
Short form of ARAMINTA

MINTTU  f  Finnish
Means "mint" in Finnish.

MINTY  f  English
Pet form of ARAMINTA

MINU  f  Iranian
Means "heaven, paradise" in Persian.

MIO  f  Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful" combined with 桜 (ou) "cherry blossom" or 緒 (o) "thread".

MIQUEL  m  Catalan
Catalan form of MICHAEL

MIRA (1)  f  Indian
Means "sea, ocean" in Sanskrit... []

MIRA (2)  f  Bulgarian, Macedonian
Short form of names beginning with the Slavic element mir "peace".

MIRABELLA  f  Italian
Latinate form of MIRABELLE

MIRABELLE  f  French, English
Medieval name derived from Latin mirabilis "wonderful".

MIRACLE  f  English
Means simply "miracle" from the English word for an extraordinary event, ultimately deriving from Latin miraculum "wonder, marvel".

MIRAJ  m  Arabic
Means "place of ascent" in Arabic.

MIRANDA  f  English
Derived from Latin mirandus meaning "admirable, wonderful"... 

MIRCEA  m  Romanian
Derived from the Slavic element mir meaning "peace".

MIREIA  f  Catalan, Spanish
Catalan form of Mireio (see MIREILLE).

MIREILLE  f  French
From the Provençal name Mireio, which was first used by the poet Frederic Mistral...

MIREIO  f  Provençal
Original Provençal form of MIREILLE

MIREK  m  Czech, Polish
Short form of MIROSLAV and other names beginning with the Slavic element mir "peace".

MIRELA  f  Romanian
Romanian form of MIREILLE

MIRELE  f  Yiddish
Yiddish form of MIRIAM

MIRELLA  f  Italian
Italian form of MIREILLE

MIREMBE  f  African
Means "peace" in Luganda.

MIREN  f  Basque
Basque form of MARY

MIRIAM  f  Jewish, English, German, Biblical
Original Hebrew form of MARY...

MIRINDA  f  Esperanto
Means "wonderful" in Esperanto.

MIRJA  f  Finnish
Finnish form of MIRIAM

MIRJAM  f  Dutch, German
Dutch and German form of MIRIAM

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