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Margaret

Girl

English · English (UK): /ˈmɑːɡrət/; English (US): /ˈmɑːrɡrət/

Pearl.

ClassicElegant

Margaux

Girl

French · French: /maʁ.ɡo/

Pearl, through Marguerite

ClassicElegant

Maria

Girl

Hebrew · English /mə.ˈɹiː.ə/

The original meaning is uncertain; “beloved” is one proposed interpretation.

TraditionalGentle

Marie

Girl

French · English: muh-REE /məˈɹiː/; French: /ma.ʁi/.

Meaning uncertain; “beloved” is one proposed interpretation.

ClassicGentle

Marlene

Girl

German · German /maʁˈleːnə/

Blend of Maria and Magdalene; no single literal translation

VintageElegant

Martha

Girl

Aramaic · English: /ˈmɑːθə/ (UK), /ˈmɑːrθə/ (US)

Lady; mistress, in the older sense of a woman in authority.

ClassicGrounded

Mason

Boy

English · English /ˈmeɪ.sən/; MAY-suhn

Stoneworker; mason.

ModernGrounded

Mateo

Boy

Spanish · Spanish: /maˈte.o/, approximately mah-TEH-oh; three syllables, stress on the middle one.

Gift of God, from the name’s Hebrew ancestry.

ClassicWarm

Mathilda

Girl

Germanic · English /məˈtɪldə/

Mighty in battle

TraditionalStrong

Mats

Boy

Scandinavian · Swedish: /ˈmatːs/, one syllable, with a short a and a clear final ts.

Gift of God, through its relationship to Matthias.

Heritage modernBriskMinimal

Matthew

Boy

Hebrew · English /ˈmæθ.juː/

Gift of God; more specifically, gift of Yahweh.

ClassicGentle

Maverick

Boy

English · /ˈmævərɪk/ (English)

Independent-minded person; from the English word maverick

ModernBold

Maxim

Boy

Latin · German /maˈksiːm/; Russian /mɐkˈsʲim/; Czech /ˈmaksɪm/.

Greatest, from Latin Maximus.

ClassicStrong

Maximilian

Boy

Latin · English: /ˌmæksəˈmɪljən/; German: /maksiˈmiːlian/

Related to ‘greatest’

ClassicRegal

Máximo

Boy

Latin · Spanish: /ˈmak.si.mo/ — roughly MAK-see-moh

The greatest

ClassicBold

Maya

Girl

Sanskrit · English /ˈmaɪ.ə/ or /ˈmeɪ.ə/; Sanskrit/Hindi /ˈmɑː.jɑː/

Depends on origin: Sanskrit ‘illusion, magic’; through Greek Maia, ‘mother’

Simple and sweetGentle

Mayyadah

Girl

Arabic · Arabic: Mayyāda; doubled y, long ā.

One who sways; a woman with a swaying gait.

ClassicGraceful

Melina

Girl

Greek · English: /mə.ˈliː.nə/, approximately muh-LEE-nuh.

Often linked with Greek meli, “honey”.

Simple and sweetWarmLyrical

Melody

Girl

English · English /ˈmɛl.ə.di/.

Melody; a musical tune.

ModernLyrical

Mia

Girl

Hebrew · English: /ˈmiː.ə/; German: /ˈmiː.a/.

Short form of Maria, whose earliest meaning is uncertain. Italian mia also means “my” or “mine”.

Simple and sweetFriendly

Micah

Boy

Hebrew · English: /ˈmaɪ.kə/

Who is like Yahweh?

TraditionalGentle

Michele

Unisex

Hebrew · Italian /miˈkɛː.le/, approximately mee-KEH-leh; English /mɪˈʃɛl/, mi-SHEL.

Who is like God?, a question inherited from Hebrew Mikha'el.

ClassicGentle

Mika

Unisex

Finnish · Finnish /ˈmi.kɑ/; Japanese /mi.kä/.

In the Finnish name family: ‘Who is like God?’ In Japanese, the meaning depends on the characters; 美香 combines beauty and fragrance.

ModernBright

Mikael

Boy

Hebrew · Finnish /ˈmi.kɑ.el/; three syllables, first stress, a and e pronounced separately.

“Who is like God?”

ClassicStrong

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