máel Old IrishOld Irish word meaning
"bald, shaved, tonsured", and by extension
"devotee, servant".
mærr Old NorseOld Norse word meaning
"famous, illustrious, known".
maḥmūd محْمود ArabicArabic word meaning
"praised, commendable".
mai 1 梅 VietnameseVietnamese form of
méi (referring to the tree known as the Chinese plum, species Prunus mume).
main WelshWelsh word meaning
"slender, thin".
maior Ancient RomanLatin word meaning
"greater", later acquiring the meaning
"civic leader, mayor" in Medieval Latin.
malaka ملك ArabicArabic word meaning
"to acquire, to possess".
manā منا ArabicArabic word meaning
"to tempt, to put to the test".
manas मनस् SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"mind, intellect, spirit".
mantra मन्त्र SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"instrument of thought, prayer, advice".
mào 茂 ChineseChinese character meaning
"lush, thick, talented".
maqṣid مقْصد ArabicArabic word meaning
"goal, purpose, intention".
mar EnglishPhonetic element /mɑɹ/ in English names.
marca Late RomanLate Latin word meaning
"border, boundary, march", of Germanic origin.
mariscalcus Late RomanLate Latin word meaning
"groom", ultimately derived from the Germanic roots *
marhaz "horse" and *
skalkaz "servant". This is the origin of the English word
marshal.
maru 丸 JapaneseMeans
"circle, round, whole", from a Japanese kun reading of
wán.
maðr Old NorseOld Norse word meaning
"person, man" (genitive
manns).
māza ماز ArabicArabic word meaning
"to separate, to distinguish".
mé IgboIgbo word meaning
"do, act".
mee EnglishPhonetic element /mi/ in English names.
méi 梅 ChineseChinese character meaning
"plum, apricot" (referring to the tree known as the Chinese plum, species Prunus mume).
měi 美 ChineseChinese character meaning
"beautiful".
meier Medieval German, Medieval DutchMiddle High German and Middle Dutch word meaning
"bailiff, administrator, steward" (of Latin origin). It also came to mean
"tenant farmer".
meir מֵאִיר HebrewHebrew word meaning
"giving light".
mela NguniNguni word meaning
"to stand for, to represent".
melek TurkishTurkish word meaning
"angel", ultimately from Arabic.
mén 门, 門 ChineseChinese character meaning
"gate, door".
mèng 梦, 夢 ChineseChinese character meaning
"dream, vision".
měng 蒙 ChineseChinese character meaning variously
"cover, suffer, ignorance".
merces Ancient RomanLatin word meaning
"reward, wages", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning
"favour, pity".
mezi IgboIgbo word meaning
"repair, correct".
mi 3 実, 實 JapaneseMeans
"fruit, good result, truth", from a Japanese kun reading of
shí.
miǎn 缅, 緬 ChineseChinese character meaning
"distant, remote".
miào 妙 ChineseChinese character meaning
"mysterious, subtle, exquisite".
mihr 𐭬𐭲𐭥 Middle PersianMiddle Persian word meaning
"friendship, love, kindness" and
"sun".
mín 2 民 ChineseChinese character meaning
"people, citizens".
mín 4 珉 ChineseChinese character meaning
"jade, stone resembling jade".
mǐn 敏 ChineseChinese character meaning
"quick, clever, sharp".
míng 1 明 ChineseChinese character meaning
"bright, light, clear".
míng 2 铭, 銘 ChineseChinese character meaning
"inscribe, engrave".
miśra मिश्र SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"mixed, mingled, honourable".
mithra 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 AvestanAvestan word meaning
"oath, covenant, agreement".
mma IgboIgbo word meaning
"goodness, beauty".
mo YorubaYoruba word meaning
"I" (first-person pronoun).
moha मोह SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"bewilderment, perplexity".
mohita मोहित SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"infatuated, fascinated, bewildered".