Names starting with M
2,483 Names found
From Hebrew מָעַך (maʿaḵ) meaning "to press, to crush" [1]. Both male and female characters in the Old Testament bear this name.
A form of Maacah found in some versions of the Old Testament.
A Dutch diminutive of Maria.
The Hebrew variant of Maacah.
The form of Mahlah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.
A Limburgish shortened form of Herman.
From the Hebrew name מַעֲשֵׂיָה (Maʿaseya) meaning "work of Yahweh", from מַעֲשֶׂה (maʿase) "deed, work" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God....
The Hebrew variant of Maaseiah.
From Egyptian mꜣꜥt meaning "truth, virtue, justice". Maat (or Ma'at) was the Egyptian goddess personifying truth and balance. She was the consort of T...
Used by William Shakespeare for the queen of the fairies in his play Romeo and Juliet (1596). Of uncertain origin, it may derive from Mabel or the...
A medieval feminine form of Amabilis. This spelling and Amabel were common during the Middle Ages but became rare after the 15th century. It was...
A variation of Mabel. It also coincides with the French phrase ma belle meaning "my beautiful".
A later Welsh form of Maponos [1][2][3]. In the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen, he is a prisoner freed by Arthur's warriors to help hunt the great boar...
Signifies "blessed, happy" or "congratulations" in Arabic, from the root برك (baraka) meaning "to kneel down, to be blessed".
Possibly from Old Cornish mab meaning "son". A 6th-century Cornish saint bore this name, said to be one of the children of Brychan Brycheiniog. She...
From the name of a barrio (district) in Seville, which took its name from a temple possibly named after a person called Macarius (see Macario). The...
The Spanish form of the Latin name Macarius, from the Greek name Μακάριος (Makarios), itself from Greek μάκαρ (makar) meaning "blessed, happy". Severa...
From a Scottish surname, an anglicized form of the Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh, itself derived from Amhalghadh, a given name of unknown meaning. A notable...
The Scottish Gaelic variant of Macbeth.
An anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic given name Mac Beatha signifying "son of life", implying holiness. This was the name of an 11th-century...
Signifies "son of oak" in Irish. A 6th-century saint from Connemara bore this name.
Possibly from a Celtic root meaning "plain, field". This was the name of an Irish war goddess, sister of the Morrígan and Badb. A few other figures...
The Hebrew variant of Mahalath.
The Hebrew variant of Mahlah.
The Hebrew variant of Mahli.
Diminutive of Maciej.
Derived from a surname, originally a shortened form of various Irish and Scottish surnames beginning with Mac or Mc (from the Irish mac signifying...
A shortened form of Magnus that was introduced to Britain by Scandinavian settlers during the medieval period.
Derived from a Scottish surname, which is an Anglicized version of the Gaelic Mac Coinnich, originating from the given name Coinneach. It gained...
The female form of Macrinus. Two early saints from Anatolia bore this name: Macrina the Elder and her granddaughter Macrina the Younger.
A Roman cognomen from a diminutive form of Latin macer "thin, meagre". A 3rd-century Roman emperor bore this name.
The Welsh variant of Maximus. Magnus Maximus (known as Macsen Wledig in Welsh) was a 4th-century co-ruler of the Western Roman Empire. In Wales, he...
The surname originates from several French towns named Massy. These places were initially named after a Gallo-Roman personal name that was Latinized...
Signifies "Medes" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is a son of Japheth said to be the ancestor of the Medes, an ancient people related to the...
The Portuguese variant of Magdalena.