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30,235Min-ho is a Korean masculine given name composed of two Sino-Korean elements. The first syllable, min, derived from 敏 meaning "quick, clever, sharp." The second syllable, ho, can be written with various hanja characters...
Minik is a Greenlandic given name that holds a specific and practical meaning rooted in Arctic survival and traditional craftsmanship. Derived from the Greenlandic language, it signifies "seal oil", specifically the thic...
Min-jae is a Korean given name, typically masculine, composed of two Sino-Korean syllables. The first syllable, min, can be written with hanja characters such as 珉 or 玟, both meaning "jade" or "stone resembling jade"....
Min-ji is a Korean female given name, popular especially among baby girls born in the late 20th century. It ranked as the fourth-most popular name for girls in South Korea in 1990. The name is composed of two Sino-Korean...
Min-jun, also spelled Min-joon, is a popular Korean masculine given name with a compound Sino-Korean origin. The name is typically formed by combining a syllable min (meaning “quick, clever, sharp” from the hanja 敏 or “...
Minke is a diminutive and feminine form of Meine, originating in the Dutch and Frisian languages. The root name Meine itself is derived from a Frisian short form of names that begin with the Old German element megin mean...
Minko is a Bulgarian diminutive of Mihail, the Bulgarian form of the archangelic name Michael. This affectionate nickname follows a pattern common in Slavic naming traditions, where short forms carry familiar warmth and...
Min-kyu (also spelled Min-gyu) is a Korean male given name that follows the conventions of Korean naming: it consists of two syllables written in Hangul as 민 and 규, and can be written in Hanja (Sino-Korean characters)....
Minna is a feminine given name with roots in Old German, where it means "love" — specifically, the concept of courtly love in medieval chivalric tradition. This semantic origin connects the name to a cultural ideal of no...
Minnie is a feminine given name that originated as a diminutive of several longer names, most notably Wilhelmina. It has been used in English-speaking countries since at least the 19th century. The name gained enormous p...
Minodora is the Romanian form of the ancient Greek name Menodora. To understand Minodora, one must first look to its origin: Menodora derives from the Greek elements mene meaning "moon" and doron meaning "gift," giving t...
Minoo is a Persian feminine given name meaning "heaven, paradise" in the Persian language. The name directly evokes the concept of paradise (behesht in Persian), but specifically references the Zoroastrian celestial real...
Minoru is a Japanese given name primarily used for males. It originates from the Japanese word minoru (実), which means "to bear fruit" or "to ripen," symbolizing productivity, maturity, and the fruition of efforts. The...
Minos is a legendary king of Crete in Greek mythology, possibly derived from a Cretan word or title meaning "king". This etymology underscores his role as the supreme ruler of the Minoan civilization, a name coined by ar...
Minotaur is an anglicized form of the Greek name Μινώταυρος (Minotauros), meaning “bull of Minos,” derived from Minos and the tauros element meaning “bull.” In Greek legend, the Minotaur is a mythical creature with the h...
Minotauros is the Greek form of Minotaur, the name of a monstrous creature from Greek mythology. The name is derived from the Greek words Minos (the king of Crete) and tauros (bull), meaning "bull of Minos." The root of...
Min-seo is a South Korean feminine given name formed from Sino-Korean characters. It is composed of min meaning "people, citizens" (from 民) or min meaning "quick, clever, sharp" (from 敏), combined with seo meaning "slo...
Min-su is a popular Korean male given name that has been consistently common in South Korea since the late 20th century. It ranked as the fifth-most popular name for baby boys in 1990 and is also romanized as Min-soo.Ety...
Minta is a feminine given name that originated as a short form of Araminta. The earliest recorded usage of the name Araminta appears in late 17th century English comedies: it was first used by playwright William Congreve...
Minttu is a Finnish female given name that directly translates to ʺmintʺ in the Finnish language. As a given name, Minttu belongs to the category of Finnish nature names, which draw inspiration from elements of the natur...
Mintxo is a Basque masculine given name, functioning as a diminutive of Firmin. The name Firmin itself derives from the Late Latin Firminus, meaning "firm" or "steadfast." In Basque, diminutives often add a familiar or a...
Minty is a diminutive of the female given name Araminta. As a diminutive, Minty is primarily used in English-speaking contexts, where it often appears as a casual or affectionate nickname for individuals named Araminta.E...
Minu is an alternate transcription of the Persian given name Minoo, derived from the Persian word مینو (Minoo). The name carries a deeply spiritual and poetic meaning: it signifies "heaven" or "paradise" in Persian, evok...
Mio is a Japanese given name primarily used for girls. It is composed of various combinations of kanji characters, most commonly incorporating mi (美) meaning "beautiful" combined with o (桜) meaning "cherry blossom" or...
Mio 2 is a literary name invented by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren for her 1954 fantasy novel Mio, min Mio (English: Mio, My Mio). The book tells the story of Bo Vilhelm Olsson, a lonely foster child who is transported...
Mioara is a Romanian female given name that originated as a contracted form of Marioara, itself a diminutive of Maria. The name coincides with the Romanian word mioara, which is the definite form of mioară meaning "lamb....
Miodrag is a South Slavic masculine given name, primarily used in Serbian and Croatian. It is a dithematic name composed of two Slavic elements: mio, a Serbo-Croatian form of the Slavic element milŭ meaning “dear,” and d...
EtymologyMiomir is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name of Slavic origin. Derived from the elements mio, a Serbian form of the Slavic element milŭ meaning “dear,” combined with mirŭ meaning “peace” or “world.” The name...
Miqueias is the Portuguese form of the biblical name Micaiah, derived from the Hebrew question Mi ka-Yah? meaning "Who is like Yahweh?" This name appears in the Old Testament in several variant spellings, reflecting its...
Miquel is the Catalan form of Michael, a name of Hebrew origin meaning "who is like God?". This rhetorical question, from the Hebrew Miḵaʾel, implies that no person is comparable to God, underscoring the name's religious...
Əmir is the Azerbaijani form of Amir 1, a name of Arabic origin meaning "commander, prince." Derived from the Arabic root ʾ-m-r, the word amir originally functioned as a title for military commanders and provincial gover...
Míra is a Hungarian feminine given name, functioning as a short form or variant of Mira (itself a diminutive of names beginning with Mir-). Through this chain, the name ultimately derives from the Slavic name Miroslav, c...
Mira is a feminine name of Indian origin, derived from the Sanskrit element mīra meaning "sea" or "ocean." The name is closely associated with the 16th-century mystic poet and princess Mirabai, a devotee of the Hindu god...
Mira is a short form of Miroslava and other names beginning with Mir, commonly derived from the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world". This feminine diminutive is used across several South and West Slavic languages,...
Mirabel is a female name derived from the Latin mirabilis, meaning "wondrous" or "of wondrous beauty". It is a variant of Mirabelle, which originated from the Old French word mirable ("wonderful"). During the Middle Ages...
Mirabella is a Latinate feminine given name, formed from the French name Mirabelle by adding the Italian feminine suffix -a. The name Mirabelle itself derives from the Old French word mirable, meaning "wonderful," which...
Mirabelle is a feminine given name of English and French origin, derived from the Old French word mirable meaning "wonderful," which in turn comes from Latin mirabilis ("amazing, wondrous"). The name was coined during th...
Miraç is the Turkish form of Miraj, an Arabic name meaning "ascension". The name is deeply rooted in Islamic tradition, where it refers to the Mi'raj, the Prophet Muhammad's night journey and ascension to heaven in which...
Miracle is an English feminine given name derived directly from the English word miracle, meaning an extraordinary event that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws and is thus attributed to a supernatural or...
Miraj is a masculine name of Arabic origin, directly derived from the Arabic word miʿrāj meaning "ascension" or "ladder." In Islamic tradition, it specifically refers to the Night Journey (Al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj) during whi...
Miran is a male given name primarily used in Slovenia and other Slavic countries. It is derived from the Slavic element mirŭ, meaning "peace" or "world", combined with the suffix '-an', a common component of Slavic names...
Miranda is a feminine given name derived from Latin mirandus, meaning "admirable, worthy of being admired". The name was coined by William Shakespeare for the heroine of his play The Tempest (1611), in which Miranda and...
Miras is a masculine given name used primarily in Kazakhstan. It means "legacy, inheritance" in Kazakh, deriving from Arabic ميراث (mīrāth) [1] via Turkish. The name reflects a cultural emphasis on heritage and the passi...
EtymologyMiray is a Turkish feminine name of uncertain origin. It is likely a compound of two elements: the Arabic word أمير (ʾamīr) meaning "commander" or "prince", and the Turkish word ay meaning "moon" or "month". The...
Mirbek is a masculine given name primarily used in Kyrgyzstan. The name is a compound of two distinct elements, reflecting the cultural and linguistic influences in Central Asia. The first part, Mir, may derive from Arab...
Mirče is a Macedonian masculine given name, a diminutive form of names containing the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace" or "world." This ending is typical for affectionate shortening in South Slavic languages, similar...
Mircea is a Romanian masculine given name, derived as a form of the South Slavic name Mirče, which itself comes from the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace" or "world". The name thus carries connotations of peace and uni...
Mirche is a Macedonian masculine given name, an alternate transcription of Мирче (see Mirče). The name is a diminutive or affectionate form derived from the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world," a common root in ma...
Mirco is the Italian variant of Mirko. Mirko itself derives from the Slavic element mirŭ, meaning "peace, world", and originally functioned as a diminutive of names containing that element, such as Miroslav or Vladimir....
Mirdza is a Latvian feminine given name with roots in the concept of brightness and radiance. The name is derived from the Latvian verb mirdzēt, meaning "to shine" or "to glitter" — a thesaurus of several distinct inflec...
Mireia is the Catalan form of Mirèio (see Mireille). The name originated in the Occitan language through the literary works of Frédéric Mistral. The poet Mistral first used Mirèio in his 1859 poem of the same name, where...
Mireille is a French given name with deep roots in the Occitan language and culture of southern France. It originated from the Occitan name Mirèio, which was first popularized by the poet Frédéric Mistral in his 1859 epi...
Mirèio is an Occitan name popularized by the 19th-century poet Frédéric Mistral, who coined it for the heroine of his epic poem Mirèio (1859). The name is rendered in Mistralian orthography as Mirèio and in classical Occ...
Mirek is a diminutive of Miroslav and other names beginning with the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world". It is used independently in Czech, Polish, and Slovak contexts. The name Mirek carries the warm, familiar t...
Mirel is a Romanian masculine given name, functioning as the masculine form of Mirela. While the name does not have extensive historical documentation in its own right, it belongs to a broader onomastic tradition rooted...
Mirela is a feminine given name used in Albanian, Croatian, and Romanian. It is the form of Mireille adapted into these languages through the intermediate Italian Mirella. Mireille was coined by the Occitan poet Frédéric...
Mirele is a Yiddish diminutive of the given name Miriam. In Yiddish, the suffix "-ele" is commonly used to create affectionate or familiar forms, akin to the English "-ie" or "-y." Thus, Mirele means "little Miriam" or "...
Mirèlha is the Occitan female name written in classical Occitan orthography. It is a variant of Mirèio, which is the Mistralian (Provençal) form of Mireille. The name originated from the 1859 poem Mirèio by French writer...
Mirella is the Italian form of Mireille, a name that originated in Occitan as Mirèio. The name Mireille was created by the 19th-century Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral for the heroine of his epic poem Mirèio (1859), like...
Mirembe is a given name of Ganda origin, meaning "peace" in Luganda, the language of the Baganda people in Uganda. It reflects the widespread African tradition of naming children after virtues or desired states of being,...