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13,457Mutemwiya (also spelled Mutemwia, Mutemuya, or Mutemweya) is an ancient Egyptian female name borne by a historical figure of the 18th Dynasty. The name derives from Egyptian mwt-m-wjꜣ, meaning "Mut is in the sacred barqu...
Muthoni is a Kikuyu given name and surname, primarily used for females, meaning "mother-in-law" in the Kikuyu language. The Kikuyu are one of the largest ethnic groups in Kenya, and their naming traditions often reflect...
Mutinta is a feminine given name of Tonga origin, derived from the Tonga word tinta, meaning "change" or "turn". This name is traditionally bestowed upon a daughter who is born after two or more consecutive sons, symboli...
Mutnedjmet, also spelled Mutnodjmet or Mutnedjemet, is an ancient Egyptian name meaning "Mut is sweet," from the goddess Mut combined with the Egyptian word nḏm ("sweet, pleasant"). Mut was a mother goddess associated wi...
Mwajuma is a Swahili feminine name, primarily used in East Africa, particularly in Tanzania and Kenya. It is a contracted form of Mwanajuma, which itself means "child born on Friday." The name reflects the cultural pract...
Mwanahamisi is a feminine given name of Swahili origin, meaning “child born on Thursday.” The name combines mwana (“child”) with hamisi (“Thursday”), following a common naming convention across many African cultures wher...
Mwanahawa is a feminine name of Swahili origin, formed by combining the Swahili word mwana, meaning "child," with the name Hawa. As such, Mwanahawa translates to "child of Hawa" or simply "child of Eve."Etymology and Roo...
Mwanaidi is a Swahili feminine name of East African origin. The name translates directly to "child born during the festival" in Swahili, combining the word mwana (child) with idi (festival, often referring to Islamic hol...
Mwanaisha is a feminine Swahili name that combines the element mwana meaning "child" with the name Aisha. The name thus conveys the sense of "child of Aisha" or may be interpreted as a reverential reference to Aisha, a p...
Mwanajuma is a feminine given name of Swahili origin, meaning "child born on Friday." It is derived from Swahili mwana (child) and Ijumaa (Friday). In many East African cultures, day-names are common and reflect the day...
Mwayi is a feminine name of Chewa origin, spoken primarily in Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. The name means "opportunity" in the Chewa language, a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo family.Among the Chewa peopl...
Mwenya is a feminine first name of Chewa origin. In the Chewa language of southeastern Africa, the name derives from the word mwenya, which refers to a specific species of flowering tree, Breonadia salicina. This tree, c...
Etymology and MeaningMy is a Swedish diminutive of Maria. It originated as a short, affectionate form of Maria, akin to other Scandinavian diminutives like Maja and Mia.The name Maria itself derives from the Latin form o...
Mỹ is a Vietnamese given name, typically used for females, derived from the Sino-Vietnamese element mỹ, which means "beautiful." The character 美 is the same as Chinese Mei 1. This name reflects the common practice in Vi...
Mya is a primarily feminine given name that emerged in the 20th century as a phonetic respelling of Maya or Mia, drawing from those names’ varied meanings and origins across languages. It is especially common in English-...
Myeong-suk is a Korean given name. The name is composed of two Sino-Korean myeong (from hanja 明), meaning "bright, light, clear," and suk (from hanja 淑), meaning "good, pure, virtuous, charming." While these hanja are...
Myf is a Welsh feminine given name, functioning as a diminutive or short form of Myfanwy. The name Myfanwy itself derives from Welsh elements: the possessive prefix my- (meaning "my, belonging to me", an older form of fy...
Myfanwy is a Welsh female name, pronounced [məˈvanʊɨ̯, məˈvanʊi̯], meaning “my beloved” or “my fine one.” It is derived from the Welsh prefix my- (an older form of fy, meaning “my, belonging to me”) combined with either...
Etymology and MeaningMyint is a feminine name of Burmese origin. It derives from the Burmese word မြင့် (mrang.), meaning "tall," "high," or "elevated." The name thus conveys concepts of being elevated, lofty, or esteeme...
Mykhailyna is a Ukrainian feminine given name that derives from the masculine form Mykhaylo, itself a Ukrainian variant of Michael. The name Michael comes from the Hebrew phrase Miḵaʾel, meaning "who is like God?", a rhe...
Myla is a modern feminine given name of English origin. It is possibly a feminine form of Miles, influenced by similar-sounding names such as Kyla. The name Miles itself has a complex etymology: it is derived from the Ge...
Mylah is a modern English feminine given name, serving as a variant of Myla. Originating in the late 20th century, Mylah fits within a broader trend of creative respellings aimed at giving familiar names a distinctive fl...
Mylène is a French feminine given name, originally a contraction of Marie and Hélène. It can also be considered a French form of Milena. The name gained popularity in France during the 20th century, largely due to its me...
Mynte is a Danish feminine given name derived directly from the Danish word mynte, meaning "mint." As a nature-inspired name, it belongs to a tradition of Scandinavian names drawn from flora, such as Minttu in Finnish an...
Myra is a given name created by the 17th-century English poet Fulke Greville. He possibly based it on the Latin myrra, meaning "myrrh," a fragrant resin obtained from a tree. Alternatively, Greville may have simply rearr...
Myranda is a variant of Miranda, a name derived from Latin mirandus meaning “admirable” or “worthy of admiration.” While Miranda was invented by Shakespeare for the heroine of The Tempest (1611), the alteration Myranda l...
Myrgjǫl is the Old Norse form of Muirgel, an Old Irish name meaning "bright sea" (from muir "sea" and gel "bright"). This feminine name reflects the cultural exchange between the Norse and Celtic peoples during the Vikin...
Myriam is a French variant of Miriam. While the spelling Myriam is most strongly associated with French usage, it has also been adopted in other contexts. The name ultimately derives from the biblical Miriam, the sister...
Myrna is the Anglicized form of the Irish Muirne, derived from the Irish word muirn meaning either "affection, endearment" or "festivity, exuberance." In Irish mythology, Muirne was the mother of the legendary hero Fionn...
Myroslava is a Ukrainian feminine given name, derived as the feminine form of Miroslav. The name is composed of the Slavic elements mirŭ meaning "peace, world" and slava "glory," thus conveying the idea of "one who glori...
Myrrhine is an Ancient Greek female name derived from μύρρα (myrrha), meaning "myrrh". Myrrh is a fragrant resin used in ancient times for embalming, incense, and perfume, giving the name associations with sweetness, bea...
Myrthe is a Dutch feminine given name derived directly from the Dutch word mirte, meaning “myrtle”—the same evergreen shrub that has given rise to similar names across many cultures. As a cognate of Myrtle, Myrthe entere...
Myrtie is a diminutive of Myrtle, an English name derived from the common name for the evergreen shrub. The word myrtle itself comes from the Greek μύρτος (myrtos), and the plant has long been associated with love and im...
Origin and EtymologyMyrtle is a feminine given name derived directly from the English word for the evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus. The plant name ultimately comes from the Greek μύρτος (myrtos), which...
Myrto (Μυρτώ) is a female name of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word μύρτος (myrtos), meaning "myrtle." The myrtle plant was sacred in ancient Greece and associated with Aphrodite, the goddess of love, as well as...
Mysie is a variant of the name Maisie, itself a Scottish diminutive of Mairead (the Scottish Gaelic form of Margaret). As a feminine given name, Mysie shares the core meaning of Margaret—“pearl”—through its etymological...
Mzia (Georgian: მზია) is a Georgian feminine given name derived from the Georgian word მზე (mze) meaning "sun". As a word-name drawn from nature, it reflects the cultural appreciation for light and warmth in Georgian ono...
Na is a Chinese feminine name with elegant connotations. It derives from the Chinese character 娜, which incorporates the element nuó meaning "elegant, graceful, delicate." This character is commonly used in transcriptio...
Naa is a feminine name of Ga origin, used as a royal title among the Ga people of Ghana. In the Ga language, the word "naa" (also written as “na” or “nã”) carries the meaning of “queen” or “royal mother,” designating a w...
Na'ama (Hebrew: נָעֳמָה) is the Biblical Hebrew form of Naamah, a name derived from the Hebrew root meaning "pleasant" (na'em). In the Old Testament, the name appears twice: as a daughter of Lamech (descendant of Cain) a...
Naama is a Modern Hebrew feminine name derived from Naamah, a biblical name meaning "pleasant" in Hebrew. Naamah appears in the Old Testament as both a daughter of Lamech and a wife of Solomon. In later Jewish tradition,...
Naamah is a Hebrew name meaning "pleasant", borne in the Old Testament by two distinct women. The first Naamah is mentioned in Genesis 4:22 as the daughter of Lamech and Zillah, a descendant of Cain. The second is an Amm...
Naasunnguaq is a Greenlandic female given name that translates poetically to "little flower." Etymologically, it derives from the noun naasoq ("flower, plant") combined with the endearing or diminutive suffix -nnguaq, a...
Nabila is the feminine form of Nabil, an Arabic name meaning "noble". The name is used across the Arabic-speaking world and in Islamic cultures, reflecting a quality highly esteemed in both secular and religious contexts...
Nacera is an Arabic feminine given name, chiefly used in North Africa. It is an alternate transcription of two distinct Arabic names: ناصرة (Nāṣira) or نصيرة (Naṣīra), both of which are feminine forms related to the root...
Naciye is a Turkish feminine given name, closely related to the masculine name Naci. It functions as the feminine form of Naci, which itself derives from the Arabic root najā, meaning “to save, to entrust, to confide in....
Naďa is a Czech feminine given name, functioning as a diminutive of Naděžda. The name Naděžda itself is the Czech form of the Slavic name Nadezhda, which means "hope" in Russian and Bulgarian. Thus, Naďa carries the ende...
Nada is a feminine given name derived from the Arabic nadan (نَدًى), meaning "dew, moisture, generosity". It originates from the root nadiya (ندي), which conveys the quality of being moist or damp. In Arabic, the imagery...
Nada 2 is a feminine name of South Slavic origin, meaning "hope." In the contexts of Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, and Slovene, Nada functions as a direct and simple name derived from a common word in South Slavic langu...
Nadège is the French form of Nadezhda, which means "hope" in Russian and Bulgarian. The name carries the uplifting meaning of hope and is a beloved choice in French-speaking regions, often associated with optimism and fa...
Nadejda is a feminine given name that serves as an alternate transcription of the Russian and Bulgarian name Nadezhda, itself derived from the Slavic word meaning "hope." The name is closely related to other Slavic forms...
Naděžda is the Czech form of the Slavic name Nadezhda, which means "hope" in Russian and Bulgarian. The name entered Slavic cultures as a translation of the Greek name Elpis (Ἐλπίς), also meaning "hope." In Christianity,...
Nadežda is a female given name used in Slovak, Serbian, and Latvian, where it functions as a direct form of the Russian and Bulgarian name Nadezhda. The name ultimately derives from the noun meaning "hope", reflecting a...
Nadezhda (Cyrillic: Надежда) is a Slavic female given name meaning "hope". It is popular in Belarus, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and other Slavic countries, as well as in former Soviet states like...
Nádia is the Portuguese form of Nadia, a name widely used in Western Europe. Like its counterparts, Nádia traces its roots through several linguistic layers, ultimately derived from the Slavic word for hope.EtymologyNádi...
Nàdia is a Catalan feminine name derived from the broader European name Nadia. While Nadia itself emerged as a Western variant of the Slavic name Nadya, which is ultimately a diminutive of the Russian and Bulgarian Nadez...
Nadia is a feminine given name widely used in Western European languages including English, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and Ukrainian, as well as in Bulgarian and Russian. It is a variant of the Slavic name Nadya,...
Nadia is an alternate transcription of Arabic ناديّة, primarily used in Arabic, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay, and Urdu-speaking communities. It is derived from the root name Nadiyya, which means "announcement, call" in Ara...
Etymology and Linguistic OriginsNadica is a feminine given name of South Slavic origin, predominantly used in Croatian and Serbian. It is a diminutive of Nada 2, which means "hope" in South Slavic. The suffix -ica is a c...
Nadiia is an alternate transcription of Ukrainian Надія (see Nadiya), which is the Ukrainian cognate of Nadezhda, directly meaning "hope."EtymologyThe name Nadiia derives from the Ukrainian word надія (nadiya), meaning "...