Marvin
From Welsh Merfyn (“Mervyn”), probably from mer (“marrow”) + myn (“eminent”). Borrowed from English Marvin in the 20th century.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends N
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Mary
From Middle English Marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (maryām) or Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends Y
Marylou
Borrowed from English Marylou.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Matilda
From Middle English Matilda, from Old French Mathilde, from Old High German Mahthilt, Mehthilt, from Proto-West Germanic *Mahtihild, from Proto-Germanic *Mahtihildiz; compare…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Matiu
Borrowed from English Matthew.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Mavis
Coined at the end of the 19th century from mavis, a poetical name for the song thrush.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends S
May
Borrowed from English May.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Y
Māykal
From English Michael. Doublet of مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl), مِيخَائِيل (mīḵāʔīl).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Megan
Borrowed from English Megan.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mei
Borrowed from English May.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
Melba
Coined by Nellie Melba as a pseudonym; derived from Melbourne.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mele
Borrowed from English Mary. Identical with the Hawaiian word mele (“chant, song”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Meleana
Borrowed from English Mary Ann and Marianne.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Melody
From the noun melody; in regular use since the 20th century.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Melvin
Borrowed from English Melvin.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mercy
From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names. In modern use sometimes used to anglicize Spanish Mercedes. Borrowed from English Mercy.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Merle
English 19th-century bird name from merle (“blackbird”), possibly also a variant of Muriel, Merrill, etc. Borrowed from English Merle with a spelling pronunciation (likely…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Merry
Borrowed from English Merry.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Michael
English Michael From Middle English Michael, from Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, from their source Latin Michaēl, Michāhēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Mikaʻele
a male given name from English, equivalent to English Michael
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Mikala
a female given name originating from the Bible or from English, equivalent to English Michelle
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mike
Borrowed from English Mike.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Milton
Unadapted borrowing from English Milton. From English Milton.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mílton
Borrowed from English Milton.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Misty
From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Mitch
Borrowed from English Mitch, clipping of Mitchell.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Mortti
From English Mort and Morty, further influenced by Martti.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Morus
Borrowed from English Maurice, from Latin Mauritius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Muriel
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Muireall, from muir (“sea”), from Old Irish muir, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *móri; + geal (“white, bright”), from Old…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Murray
Unadapted borrowing from English Murray.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Myrtle
After the plant, myrtle; used since the end of the 19th century.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Nadia
Originally the French spelling of На́дя (Nádja), an informal Russian pet form of the virtue name Наде́жда (Nadéžda, “Nadezhda, Nadyezhda”, literally “Hope”), from наде́жда…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Nadine
A female given name from French, a French diminutive form of Nadia. Borrowed from French Nadine, diminutive of Nadia, from Russian На́дя (Nádja), pet form (diminutive) of…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Nancy
Borrowed from English Nancy. Borrowed from English Nancy.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Naomi
From Hebrew נָעֳמִי (no'omí, literally “my pleasantness”), from נועם / נֹעַם (nó'am, “pleasantness”) + ־ִי (-í, “my, of me”). Borrowed from Japanese なおみ (Naomi). Borrowed…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Nathalie
A female given name from Latin, of rather rare usage, variant of Natalie. Borrowed from French Nathalie, from Latin Natalia. Borrowed from English Nathalie.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Neela
Through spelling pronunciation from English Neela, from Sanskrit नील (nīla).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends A
Nelci
From Nélson, from English Nelson, from Middle English Neil + -son — or Nell + -son.
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends I
Nelli
Borrowed from English Nelly in the 19th century.
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- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends I
Nellie
From English Nellie. First recorded as a Swedish name (as Nelli) in 1793.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- ends E
Nelly
From English Nelly. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1803. Borrowed from English Nelly.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Nelson
From Middle English Neil + -son and Nell + -son. * In the United States, also an Anglicisation of North Germanic (Scandinavian) surnames such as Nilsen, Nielsen, and Nilsson,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Nicole
Borrowed from French Nicole, the feminine form of Nicolas (“Nicholas”). From French Nicole. Borrowed from English Nicole.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends E
Nita
From English Nita.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends A
Ocean
From ocean (“sea”), inspired by the fashionable French female name Océane.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Olive
Medieval form of the Latin saint's name Oliva "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable. The surname is topographical, often…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Oliver
Inherited from Middle English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology derived from the Latin name Olīvārius, but probably representing an Old High German form of Old…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends R
Óliver
Borrowed from English Oliver.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Olivia
From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. From English Olivia. Can be considered a feminine…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
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- ends A
Oliwele
Borrowed from English Oliver.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- ends E
Oona
Borrowed from Irish Úna; doublet of Una. Borrowed from English Oona in the 1960s.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Oscar
Exact origin uncertain. Resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends R
Óscar
Borrowed from English Oscar. Sometimes identified with Ansgar, a saint's name from Germany.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Oskar
Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. Borrowed from English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar. From English Oscar, from Middle Irish Oscar.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- ends R
Ossian
From English Ossian (from Irish Oisín) via Swedish in the 19th century.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Owen
From various origins. See below Unadapted borrowing from English Owen.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Palani
Borrowed from English Frank.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Palapala
Borrowed from English Barbara, possibly also from Hawaiian palapala (“writing”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Pamela
Borrowed from English Pamela. Borrowed from English Pamela.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Pane
Borrowed from English Fanny.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E