Girls' Names


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Maacah	Hebrew	Unknown
Maarit	Finnish	see Margaret
Mabel (also Mabella, Mabelle, Mable, Maible, Maybelle, Maybelline)	Medieval	Worthy of love
Macaria (also Macarena)	Spanish	Blessed
Macayle		see Michaela
Macey		see Macy
Macha (moch-a)	Gaelic	Unknown
Machiko	Japanese	Fortunate child
Macie		see Macy
Mackenzie (also Makenzie, Makenzy, McKenzie)	Gaelic	Child of the handsome one
Macy (also Macey, Macie)	Old French	Weapon
Mada (maud-a)	Gaelic	see Matilda
Madailein (mada-lane)	Gaelic	see Magdalene
Madaleno/Madalyn		see Magdalene
Madchen	Germanic	Girl
Maddalena	Italian	see Magdalene
Maddie		see Magdalene
Maddison		see Madison
Madelaine		see Magdalene
Madeleine	French	see Magdalene
Madelia		see Magdalene
Madelina	Latin	see Magdalene
Madeline	French	see Magdalene
Madelyn		see Magdalene
Madge		see Margaret
Madhavi	Sanskrit	Of the springtime
Madhbh (mayv)	Gaelic	see Maeve
Madhu	Sanskrit	Honey
Madhur	Sanskrit	Sweet
Madison (also Maddison, Madisyn, Madyson)	Old English	Child of a strong warrior
Madlyn/Madoline		see Magdalene
Madonna (also Madra, Madrona)	Italian	My lady
Mady		see Magdalene
Madyson		see Madison
Mae		see May
Maegan		see Megan
Maeja		see Maia
Maeko (also Maemi)	Japanese	Honest child
Maeron/Maeryn		see Mary
Maeve (mayv) (also Madhbh, Mave, Meabh, Mead, Meadhbh, Meave, Meaveen, Medb)	Gaelic	Intoxicating
Mafalda	Italiah	see Matilda
Magan	Germanic	Power
Magdalene (also Madailein, Madaleno, Madalyn, Maddalena, Maddie, Madelaine, Madeleine, Madelia, Madelina, Madeline, Madelyn, Madlyn, Madoline, Mady, Magda, Magdalen, Magdalena, Magdalone, Magdolna)	Aramaic	Of Magdala
Magena	Native American	The coming moon
Magee/Maggie		see Margaret
Magnar	Unknown	Strong warrior
Magnolia	English	Flower
Magua	Unknown	Unknown
Maha	Arabic	Wild cow
Mahala/Mahalah		see Mahlah
Mahalath	Hebrew	Lyre
Mahalia (also Mehalia)	Hebrew	Marrow
Mahari	Unknown	Forgiver
Mahdi	Unknown	The expected one
Mahitable		see Mehitabel
Mahlah (also Mahala, Mahalah)	Hebrew	Tender
Mai	Vietnamese	Flower
Maia (also Maeja, Maja, Mya)	Latin	Great
Maible (maw-bile)	Gaelic	see Mabel
Maida	English	Maiden
Maija	Finnish	see Mary
Maike	Frisian	see Mary
Maille		see Mary
Mair	Welsh	see Mary
Maire (moy-ra)	Gaelic	see Mary
Mairead (mor-ade)	Gaelic	see Margaret
Mairenn		see Mary
Mairghread (mar-ade)	Gaelic	see Margaret
Mairi	Scottish	see Mary
Mairin (mau-reen)	Gaelic	see Mary
Mairsile (mar-sheel)	Gaelic	see Marcia
Mairwen		Combination of Mary and Gwen
Maisie		see Margaret
Maite	Basque	Lovable
Maitilde (mat-ilde)	Gaelic	see Matilda
Maj		see Margaret
Maja	Germanic	see Maia
Majella	Gaelic	Unknown
Majesta	Latin	Majesty
Makaila		see Michaela
Makala (also Makalah)	Hawaiian	Myrtle
Makani	Unknown	The wind
Makayla		see Michaela
Makenna		see McKenna
Makenzie/Makenzy		see Mackenzie
Malak (also Malaika)	Arabic	Angel
Malana	Hawaiian	Light
Malandra	Unknown	Combination of Melanie and Alexandra
Malati	Sanskrit	Jasmine
Malaya	Unknown	Free
Maleah	Hawaiian	see Mary
Malgorzata	Polish	see Margaret
Malia	Hawaiian	see Mary
Malika	African	Princess
Malina	Unknown (from Malcolm)	Disciple of Saint Columba
Malinda		see Meklinda
Malissa		see Melissa
Malka	Hebrew	Queen
Mallory (also Malory)	French	Unfortunate
Mallt		see Matilda
Malory		see Mallory
Malva	Greek	Soft
Malvina	Gaelic	Smooth brown
Malvolia	Italian	It will
Malyn	Unknown	Unknown
Mamie		see Mary
Mana	Hawaiian	Psychic gifts
Manda		see Mandy
Mandara	Hindu	Mythical tree
Mandelina/Mandi		see Mandy
Mandisa	African	Sweet
Mandy (also Manda, Mandelina, Mandi)	Latin (from Amanda)	Worthy of love
Mangena	Hebrew	Melody
Manica	Unknown	From the Nica
Manina	Unknown	Unknown
Manjula	Sanskrit	Sweet
Manjusha	Sanskrit	Box of jewels
Manon	French	see Mary
Mansi	Native American	Plucked flower
Manuela	Unknown (from Emmanuel)	God is with us
Manya	Russian	see Mary
Maoliosa (mwail-ee-sa)	Gaelic	Devotee of Jesus
Maon (mane)	Gaelic	Silent
Mara/Marah	Hebrew	see Mary
Marajha	Esperanto	Made of the sea
Maralyn		see Marilyn
Marash	Unknown	Unknown
Marcia (also Mairsile, Marcela, Marcelina, Marceline, Marcella, Marcelle, Marcellette, Marchelle, Marci, Marcie, Marcy, Marquette, Marsaili, Marsha, Meriona)	Latin	Man
Mardi		see Martha
Mare	Gaelic	The sea
Mared		see Margaret
Maree		see Mary
Maren		see Marilyn
Marenda		see Miranda
Maresol		see Marisol
Marga (mor-ga)	Gaelic	Unknown
Margaret (also Maarit, Madge, Magee, Maggie, Mairead, Mairghread, Maisie, Maj, Malgorzata, Mared, Marganita, Margareta, Margarethe, Margarid, Margarida, Margarita, Margarta, Margaux, Marge, Marged, Margery, Margherita, Margie, Margit, Margo, Margot, Margret, Marguerite, Marit, Marje, Marjean, Marjeta, Marjorie, Marjory, Marketa, Meg, Mererid, Merethe, Meta, Mette, Midge, Mysie)	Greek	Pearl
Mari		see Mary
Maria	Latin	see Mary
Mariabella		Combination of Maria and Bella
Mariah		see Mary
Mariam	Arabic	see Mary
Mariamne/Marian		see Mary
Mariana/Marianna/Marianne		see Maryanne
Mariatu	African	Pure
Maribel		Combination of Mary and Isabel
Maribeth	Unknown	Combination of Mary and Beth
Marie	French	see Mary
Mariel		see Mary
Mariella	Italian	see Mary
Marielle	French	see Mary
Marietta	Italian	see Mary
Mariette	French	see Mary
Marigold	English	Flower
Marija	Croatian	see Mary
Marijke	Dutch	see Mary
Marijona	Lithuanian	see Mary
Marijse	Dutch	see Mary
Manka	Slavic	see Mary
Marko	Japanese	Ball child
Marilena (also Marilene)		Combination of Mary and Lena
Marilla		see Mary
Marilu		see Marylou
Marilyn (also Maralyn, Maren, Marilynn, Marylyn, Merilyn, Merrilyn, Merrilynne)		Combination of Mary and Lyn
Marina (also Marna	Latin	Of the sea
Marion		see Mary
Maris (also Marisa, Marisela, Marissa)	Latin	Star of the sea
Marise		see Mary
Marisela		see Maris
Marisha	Russian	see Mary
Marisol (also Maresol)	Spanish	Combination of Maria and Sol
Marissa		see Maris
Marit	Norwegian	see Margaret
Marita/Maritza	Spanish	see Mary
Marjan	Dutch	see Mary
Marjani	African	Coral
Marje/Marjean		see Margaret
Marjeta	Slavic	see Margaret
Marlolaine	Unknown	Marjoram (herb)
Marjorie/Marjory		see Margaret
Marka	Unknown	Steady rain
Marketa	Czech	see Margaret
Marlene (also Marla, Marlena, Marlin, Marlyn)		Combination of Maria and Magdalene
Marley (also Marli, Marlie, Marlo, Marly)	Old English	Pleasant wood
Marlin		see Marlene
Marlo		see Marley
Marlow	Unknown	Slope by the pond
Marly		see Marley
Marlyn		see Marlene
Marmara	Greek	Radiant
Marna		see Marina
Marni (also Marnie, Marnin, Marnina)	Hebrew	Rejoice
Marnia	Latin	Maid of the sea
Marnie/Marnin/Marnina		see Marni
Marquette	Spanish	see Marcia
Marquita	Unknown (from Marquis)	Ruler
Marsaili	Scottish	see Marcia
Marsala	Italian	From Marseilles
Marsha		see Marcia
Marshan		Combination of Marsha and Ann
Martha (also Mardi, Marta, Marthe, Marti, Martita, Martta)	Aramaic	Mistress of the house
Martina (also Martine)	Latin	Warlike
Martirilo	Spanish	Martyrdom
Martita	Spanish	see Martha
Martta	Finnish	see Martha
Marva	Old English	Famous friend
Marvela (also Marvel)	Latin	Marvellous
Marvene	Unknown (from Marvin)	Famous friend
Marwa	Arabic	Fragrant plant
Mary (also Maeron, Maeryn, Maija, Maike, Maille, Mair, Maire, Mairenn, Mairi, Mairin, Maleah, Malia, Mamie, Manon, Manya, Mara, Marah, Maree, Mari, Maria, Mariah, Mariam, Mariamne, Marian, Marie, Mariel, Mariella, Marielle, Marietta,Mariette, Marija, Marijke, Marijona, Marijse, Marika, Marilla, Marion, Marise, Marisha, Marita, Maritza, Marjan, Marya, Maryam, Masha, Maura, Maureen, Maurene, Maurine, Mavreena, Mayme, Meike, Mele, Meli, Melia, Melle, Mimi, Mirele, Miriam, Mirit, Mirja, Mirjam, Mitzi, Mo, Moira, Mollie, Molly, Moreen, Myriam, Myrilla)	Hebrew	Bitter
Maryanne (also Marianne, Marianna, Marianne, Maryann)		Combination of Mary and Anne
Maryjane		Combination of Mary and Jane
Marylou (also Marilu)		Combination of Mary and Lou
Marylyn		see Marilyn
Maryvonne		Combination of Mary and Yvonne
Masada	Hebrew	Foundation
Masha	Russian	see Mary
Matai (also Mateja, Mathea)	Hebrew	Gift of God
Matana	Unknown	Blessing
Mateja/Mathea		see Matai
Matilda (also Mada, Mafalda, Maitilde, Mallt, Mathilda, Mathilde, Matia, Matilde, Mattie, Matty, Matylda, Maud, Maude, Maudie, Mechtilde)	Teutonic	Mighty in battle
Matrika	Hindu	Goddess
Matrona	Latin	Lady
Mattie		see Matilda
Matred	Hebrew	Unknown
Mattox	Unknown	Sweet
Matty/Matylda		see Matilda
Maud/Maude/Maudie		see Matilda
Maura/Maureen	Gaelic	see Mary
Maurene/Maurine		see Mary
Mauve	French	Purple
Mave		see Maeve
Mavis	French	Song Thrush
Mavourneen	Gaelic	My darling
Mavreena		see Mary
Maxine (also Maxene, Maxima, Maxime, Maximilienne)	Latin	Greatest
May (also Mae, Maymay)	Latin	The fifth month
Maya	Arabic	Water
Maybelle/Maybelline		see Mabel
Mayda	English	Maiden
Mayim	Hebrew	Water
Maylin	Unknown	Combination of May and Lin
Maymay	Unknown	see May
Mayme	Unknown	see Mary
Mayra		see Myra
Mazya	Unknown	Unknown
McKalya		see Michaela
McKenna (also Makenna)	Gaelic	Respect for fire
McKenzie		see Mackenzie
Mea	Unknown	Unknown
Meabh	Gaelic	see Maeve
Mead/Meadhbh		see Maeve
Meadow	English	Field
Meagan/Meaghan		see Megan
Mealla (mall-a) (also Meall, Meallan)	Gaelic	Lightning
Meara	Gaelic	Merry
Meave/Meaveen		see Maeve
Mechtilde	Germanic	see Matilda
Meda	Native American	Priestess
Medb		see Maeve
Medea	Greek	To ponder
Medusa	Greek	To contrive
Meena	Sanskrit	Fish
Meg		see Margaret
Megan (also Maegan, Meagan, Meaghan, Meghan)	Welsh	Strong
Megara	Greek	Wife of Hercules
Meghan		see Megan
Mehalia		see Mahalia
Mehitabel (also Mahitable, Mehetabel, Mettabel)	Hebrew	God makes happy
Mei	Chinese	Beautiful
Meike		see Mary
Meinako	Unknown	Unknown
Meinwen	Welsh	Slender and white
Meka	Hawaiian	Eyes
Mekayla/Mekelle		see Michaela
Mel		see Melanie/Melinda/Melissa
Mela	Hindu	Religious gathering
Melanie (also Mel, Melania, Mellony, Milena)	Greek	Dark complexion
Melantha	Greek	Dark flower
Melba	English	City of Melbourne
Mele	Hawaiian	see Mary
Melek	Turkish	Angel
Melesina		see Millicent
Melete	Greek	Practice
Meli		see Mary
Melia	Polynesian	see Mary
Melicent		see Millicent
Melina	Greek	Honey
Melinda (also Malinda, Mel, Mindy)		Combination of Mel and Linda
Meliora	Latin	Better
Melisenda (also Melisande)	Spanish	Honest, diligent
Melle	Breton	see Mary
Melissa (also Malissa, Mel, Melisa, Melita, Melitta, Missie, Missy)	Greek	Bee
Mellony		see Melanie
Melody	English	Tune
Melora	Unknown	Improve
Melosa	Spanish	Sweet, gentle
Melpomene	Greek	Choir
Melva	Old English	Counselling friend
Melvina	Celtic	Handmaiden
Menora	Unknown	Candelabra
Menuha	Hebrew	Tranquility
Merab	Hebrew	Unknown
Meraud	Cornish	Sea
Mercedes (also Mercia)	Latin	Mercy
Mercy (also Merci)	English	Compassionate
Meredith	Welsh	Great lord
Mererid	Welsh	see Margaret
Merethe	Norwegian	see Margaret
Meria	Unknown	Rebellious one
Meriel		see Muriel
Merilyn		see Marilyn
Meriona		see Marcia
Meris	Latin	Sea born
Merita	Esperanto	Meritorious
Meriwether (also Merriweather)	Middle English	Happy weather
Merla/Merle/Merletta		see Mureil
Merlyn	Welsh	Sea fortress
Merrilyn/Merrilynne		see Marilyn
Merritt	Old English	Boundary gate
Merriweather		see Meriwether
Merry	English	Happy
Meryl/Meryle		see Muriel
Messina	African	The spoiler
Meta	Germanic	see Margaret
Metea	Unknown	Gentle
Mettabel		see Mehitabel
Mette	Danish	see Margaret
Mia	Italian	Mine
Miach (mee-ach)	Gaelic	Honourable
Mialyn		Combination of Mia and Lyn
Mi-Cha	Korean	Beautiful girl
Michaela (also Macayle, Makaila, Makayla, McKayla, Mekayla, Mekelle, Micaella, Michalina, Michela, Michele, Michelina, Micheline, Michelle, Michelyne, Michila, Michon, Miguela, Mikaela, Mikaili, Mikayla, Mikhaila, Misha)	Hebrew	Who is like God?
Michal	Hebrew	Brook
Michalina		see Michaela
Michela/Michele/Michelina/Micheline		see Michaela
Michelle/Michelyn		see Michaela
Michiko	Japanese	Beautiful child
Michila/Micho		see Michaela
Micol	Unknown	Queen
Midge		see Margaret
Midori	Japanese	Green
Miela	Esperanto	Honey sweet
Miette	Unknown	Small sweet thing
Migdana	Unknown	Gift
Migina	Native American	Returning moon
Mignon	French	Darling
Miguela	Spanish	see Michaela
Mihoshi	Japanese	Beautiful star
Mika	Native American	Racoon
Mikaela		see Michaela
Mikaili	African	see Michaela
Mikayla	Ukrainian	see Michaela
Mikhaila	Russian	see Michaela
Miki	Japanese	Tree trunk
Mikinea	Native American	Princess
Mila	Unknown (from Ludmila)	Favour of the people
Milada		see Milana
Milagros	Spanish	Miracles
Milana (also Milada)	Czech	Gracious
Milburga	Old English	Gentle fortress
Milcah	Hebrew	Unknown
Mildred	Old English	Gentle strength
Milena		see Melanie
Mili/Milia		see Millicent
Miliani	Hawaiian	Gentle caress
Millicent (also Melesina, Melicent, Mili, Milia, Millie, Milly)	Teutonic	Strength of labour
Miloslava	Czech	Glorious favour
Mimi		see Mary
Min	Korean	Cleverness
Mina	Persian Arabic Japanese	Blue sky Harbour South
Minako	Unknown	Beautiful child
Minda	Native American	Knowledge
Mindy		see Melinda
Minerva	Latin	Intellect
Ming	Chinese	Shining
Miniver	Welsh (from Guinevere)	Fair
Miniya	African	Much expected of her
Minka	Germanic	Strong
Minna	Germanic	Love
Minnie	Unknown (from Willhelmina)	Determind guardian
Minty	Unknown (from Amynta)	Protector
Mio	Spanish	Mine
Mira		see Myra
Mirabai	Unknown	Unknown
Mirabelle (also Mirabel, Mirabella)	Latin	Wonderful
Miracle (also Mireya, Mirielle)	English	Extraordinary event
Miranda (also Marenda, Mircea, Mirra)	Latin	Admirable
Mireille	Provencal	To admire
Mirele	Yiddish	see Mary
Mirella	French	God spoke
Mireya	Spanish	see Miracle
Miriam	Hebrew	see Mary
Mirielle	French	see Miracle
Mirina	Esperanto	Wonderful
Mirit		see Mary
Mirja	Finnish	see Mary
Mirjam	Dutch	see Mary
Miroslava (also Miroslawa)	Russian	Great glory
Mirra		see Miranda
Misae	Unknown	White hot sun
Misha	Russian	see Michaela
Missie/Missy		see Melissa
Misty	Old English	Covered in mist
Mitsu	Japanese	Light
Mitsuko	Japanese	Child of light
Mitzi	Germanic	see Mary
Miya	Japanese	Sacred house
Miyako	Japanese	Beautiful March child
Miyana	Japanese	Temple
Miyanda	Unknown	Roots
Miyoko	Unknown	Beautiful child
Mizpah	Hebrew	Unknown
Mneme	Greek	Memory
Mo		see Mary
Moana (also Moanna)	Maori	Sea
Mocha	Unknown	Chocolate flavoured coffee
Modesta	Latin	Moderate
Modesty	English	Modesty
Mohana	Sanskrit	Bewitching
Mohini	Sanskrit	To bewitch
Moina	Unknown	Gentle
Moingionn (mong-in) (also Moingfhionn)	Gaelic	Fair haired
Moira		see Mary
Mollie/Molly	Gaelic	see Mary
Mona	Gaelic	see Muadhnait
Moncha (mun-cha)	Gaelic	see Monica
Monday	English	First day of the week
Monica (also Moncha, Monika, Moniqua, Monique)	Latin	Advisor
Monifa	African	I am lucky
Monika		see Monica
Moniqua/Monique		see Monica
Monita	Unknown	Single
Monna		see Muadhnait
Monserrat/Monta		see Montserrat
Montana	Latin	Mountainous
Montserrat (also Monserrat, Monta)	Latin	Pointed mountain
Moon	English	Moon
Mor (also Mora, Morag)	Gaelic	Great
Moral	Unknown	Lovely thoughts
Morana	Slavic	Death
Morcant		see Morgan
Moreen		see Mary
Morela	Unknown	Apricot
Morgan (also Morcant, Morgana, Morgane)	Welsh	Sea circle
Moriah	Unknown	God is my teacher
Moriba	Unknown	Curious seeker of knowledge
Moriko	Japanese	Forest child
Morna		see Muirne
Morwenna	Cornish	Maiden
Moya/Moyna/Moyra		see Muadhnait
Mrena	Unknown	White eyes
Mu	Chinese	Wood
Muadhnait (mu-anat) (also Mona, Monna, Moya, Moyna, Moyra)	Gaelic	Noble
Mughain (moon)	Gaelic	A young maiden
Muhsina	Arabic	Beneficient
Muireall	Scottish	see Muriel
Muireann (mwi-rin) (also Muirenn, Muirinn)	Gaelic	Sea white
Muirgein (mwir-gin) (also Muirgen)	Gaelic	Born of the sea
Muirgheal (mwir-ial)	Gaelic	see Muriel
Muirinn		see Muireann
Muirne (mwir-na) (also Morna, Myrna)	Gaelic	High spirited
Mulan	Unknown	Magnolia blossom
Muna	Arabic	Desire
Munira	Arabic	Bright, shining
Mura	Unknown	Village
Murdag	Gaelic	Mariner
Muriel (also Meriel, Merla, Merle, Merletta, Meryl, Meryle, Muireall, Muirgheal)	Gaelic	Bright sea
Murphy	Gaelic	Hound of the sea
Musoke	Unknown	Rainbow
Mwanajuma	African	Born on Friday
Mya		see Maia
Myfanwy (also Myf)	Welsh	Dear woman
Myra (also Mayra, Mira)	Latin	Myrrh
Myriam/Myrilla		see Mary
Myrladis	Unknown	Attractive
Myrna		see Muirne
Myrtle (also Myrtie)	English	Evergreen shurb
Mysie		see Margaret