Boys' Names: A


Name(Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Maacah	Hebrew	Unknown
Maarten	Dutch	see Martin
Maal	Hebrew	Unknown
Maas	Dutch (from Thomas)	Twin
Maasai	Hebrew	Unknown
Maaseiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Maat	Unknown	Truth, law
Maaz	Hebrew	Unknown
Maaziah	Hebrew	Unknown
Mabon	Welsh	Son
Mac (also Mack)	Gaelic	Son
Mac Cairthin (mac-corhin)	Gaelic	Son of the rowan tree
Mac Coille (mac-kila)	Gaelic	Won of the wood
Mac Cuillin (mac-kilin)	Gaelic	Son of the holly
Mac Dara	Gaelic	Son of the oak
Macadam	Gaelic	Son of Adam
Macario (also Makari)	Spanish	Blessed
Macauley	Scottish	Son of righteousness
Macbannai	Hebrew	Unknown
Macbenah	Hebrew	Unknown
Mace (also Maceo)	Latin	Aromatic spice
Macey/Macie		see Macy
Maciej	Polish	see Matthew
Mack		see Mac
Mackenzie (also McKenzie)	Gaelic	Son of the handsome one
Maclean	Gaelic	Son of Leander
Macnair	Gaelic	Son of the heir
Macsen	Welsh	see Maximus
Mactarr	Unknown	Unknown
Macy (also Macey, Macie)	Old French	Weapon
Madai	Hebrew	Unknown
Maddox (also Maddock)	Celtic	Beneficent
Madhav	Sanskrit	Of the springtime
Madhukar	Sanskrit	Bee
Madison	Old English	Son of a strong warrior
Madmannah	Hebrew	Unknown
Madoc (also Madog)	Welsh	Fortunate
Mads	Danish	see Matthew
Mael Madoc (mailmay-ogue) (also Marmaduke)	Gaelic	Devotee of Saint Madoc
Mael Sechlainn (mailech-lin) (also Maeleachlainn, Malachy)	Gaelic	Devotee of Saint Sechnall
Maelan	Gaelic	see Maolan
Maeleachlainn	Gaelic	see Mael Sechlainn
Magdiel	Hebrew	Unknown
Magnus (also Maghnus, Manus, Mauno, Mogens)	Latin	Great
Magog	Hebrew	Unknown
Magor-missabib	Hebrew	Surrounded by terror
Mahalah		see Mahlah
Mahalel	Hebrew	Unknown
Mahalelel	Hebrew	Unknown
Mahali		see Mahli
Mahari	Hebrew	Unknown
Mahath	Hebrew	Unknown
Mahatma	Sanskrit	Great soul
Mahavir	Sanskrit	Great hero
Mahazioth	Hebrew	Unknown
Mahendra (also Mahinder, Mohinder)	Sanskrit	Great Indra
Mahesa	Sanskrit	Great lord
Mahinder		see Mahendra
Mahir	Arabic	Industrious
Mahlah (also Mahalah)	Hebrew	Tender
Mahli (also Mahali)	Hebrew	Shrewd
Mahlon	Hebrew	Unknown
Mahmood	Indian	see Muhammad
Mahmud/Mahomet		see Muhammad
Mahol	Hebrew	Unknown
Mahon	Gaelic	see Mathghamhain
Maik	Unknown	Now
Maimun	Unknown	Lucky
Mainchin (also Mannix, Munchin)	Gaelic	Little monk
Mainio	Finnish	Excellent
Mairsile (mar-sheel)	Gaelic	see Mars
Mairtin (mar-cheen)	Gaelic	see Martin
Maitland	Old French	Inhospitable
Maitu (mat-yoo)	Gaelic	see Matthew
Major	Teutonic	Spear of the council
Makaih	Unknown	Unknown
Makale		see Michael
Makalo	Unknown	Wondering
Makari	Russian	see Macario
Maki	Hebrew	Unknown
Makin	Arabic	Strong
Makir	Hebrew	Unknown
Makoto	Japanese	Sincere
Makram	Arabic	Generous
Maksimilian	Russian	see Maximus
Makya	Unknown	He who hunts eagles
Malachi	Hebrew	My messenger
Malachy	Gaelic	see Mael Sechlainn
Malak (also Malik)	Arabic	Angel
Malamis	Greek	Golden
Malaya	Unknown	Free
Malcam	Hebrew	Unknown
Malcolm	Scottish	Disciple of Saint Columba
Maldwyn	Welsh (from Baldwin)	Bold friend
Malik		see Malak
Maline	Unknown	Strong warrior
Malise	Scottish	Servant of Jesus
Malkiel	Hebrew	Unknown
Malkijah	Hebrew	Unknown
Malki-Shua (also Malkishua)	Hebrew	Unknown
Mallothi	Hebrew	Unknown
Malo	Unknown	Winner
Malomo	Unknown	Don't go anymore
Malone	Gaelic	Servant of St John
Mallory	French	Unfortunate
Malluch (also Malluchi)	Hebrew	Unknown
Malvin	Celtic	Servant
Malvolio	Italian	It will
Mamre	Hebrew	Unknown
Manahath	Hebrew	Unknown
Manasseh (also Manasses)	Hebrew	Causing to forget
Manco	Unknown	King
Mandek	Polish	Army man
Mandel (also Mandell)	Unknown	Almond
Mander	English	From me
Manel	Catalan	see Manuel
Manfred (also Manfredo, Manfried)	Teutonic	Peaceful strength
Mani	Sanskrit	Jewel
Manley	Middle English Old English	Like a man Common clearing
Manlio	Italian	Morning
Manning	English	Son of the hero
Mannix	Gaelic	see Mainchin
Manny	Gaelic	see Manuel
Mano	Hawaiian	Shark
Manoah	Hebrew	Unknown
Manolin	Unknown	Combination of Mano and Lin
Mansa	Unknown	King
Mansel	Old French	From Maine
Mansur (also Mansoor)	Arabic	Victorious
Manu	Sanskrit	Man
Manuel (also Manel, Manny)	Unknown (from Emmanuel)	God is with us
Manus	Gaelic	see Magnus
Maoilios (mwe-lees) (also Maoliosa)	Gaelic	Servant of Jesus
Maolan (mayl-awn) (also Maelan)	Gaelic	A warrior
Maolanaithe (mel-an-a-ha)	Gaelic	Devotee of the storm
Maoliosa (mwail-ee-sa)	Gaelic	see Maoilios
Maon (mane) (also Maonach)	Gaelic	Silent
Maori	Maori	People of the land
Marc		see Mars
Marcan (mark-awn)	Gaelic	A steed
Marcas	Gaelic	see Mars
Marcel/Marceli/Marcelino		see Mars
Marcell/Marcellin/Marcellion		see Mars
Marcello/Marcellus		see Mars
Marco	Italian	see Mars
Marcos	Spanish	see Mars
Marcus	Gaelic	see Mars
Mardell	English	Meadow near the pool
Marden	English	From the valley with the pool
Marduk	Mesopotamian	God
Maredudd	Welsh	see Meredith
Marek	Polish	see Mars
Mareshah	Hebrew	Unknown
Margh		see Mars
Marian/Marianus		see Mars
Marinus (also Marin, Marinel, Marino)	Latin	Of the sea
Mario	Italian	see Mars
Marion/Marius		see Mars
Mariusz	Polish	see Mars
Mark		see Mars
Markham	English	Homestead on the boundary
Marko	Ukrainian	see Mars
Markus	Germanic	see Mars
Marlas	Unknown	High tower
Marland	Old English	Residence name
Marley	Old English	Pleasant wood
Marlin/Marlo/Marlon		see Mars
Marlow	English	Hill by the lake
Marly	French	Unknown
Marmaduke	Gaelic	see Mael Madoc
Maro	Unknown	Myself
Marquis (also Marques, Marquise)	French	Ruler
Marrim	Chinese	Tribe
Mars (also Mairsile, Marc, Marcas, Marcel, Marceli, Marcelino, Marcell,Marcellin, Marcellion, Marcello, Marcellus, Marco, Marcos, Marcus, Marek, Margh, Marian, Marianus, Mario, Marion, Marius, Mariusz, Mark, Marko, Markus,Marlin, Marlo, Marlon, Meirion, Merrion, Meuric, Meurig)	Latin	Male
Marsena	Hebrew	Unknown
Marshall (also Marshal)	Teutonic	Servant
Martin (also Maarten, Mairtin, Martan, Marten, Martie, Martinho, Martino, Marty, Martyn, Merten, Morten)	Latin	Warlike
Marvin (also Marv, Marvyn)	Old English	Famous friend
Masahiro	Japanese	Broad minded
Mash	Hebrew	Unknown
Mashaka	Unknown	Trouble
Mason (also Mayson)	Teutonic	Stoneworker
Masood		see Mas'ud
Massa	Hebrew	Unknown
Massimiliano/Massimo	Italian	see Maximus
Masterman	English	Servant
Mas'ud (also Masood)	Arabic	Lucky
Mat/Matej/Mateo		see Matthew
Mateus/Mateusz		see Matthew
Matha (mot-a)	Gaelic	see Matthew
Mather	English	Strong army
Mathew		see Matthew
Mathghamhain (also Mahon, Mathuin)	Gaelic	Bear cub
Mathias/Mathieu		see Matthew
Matias/Matisse		see Matthew
Mato	Native American	Brave
Matred	Hebrew	Unknown
Mats		see Matthew
Matsu	Unknown	Pine
Mattan	Hebrew	Unknown
Mattaniah	Hebrew	Unknown
Matthew (also Maciej, Mads, Maitu, Mat, Matej, Mateo, Mateus, Mateusz, Matha, Mathew, Mathias, Mathieu, Matias, Matisse, Mats, Matt, Matteo, Matthias, Matti, Mattia, Mattie, Mattithyahu, Matty, Matusio, Matyas, Motya)	Hebrew	Gift of God
Mattithiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Mauli	Unknown	Black
Mauno	Finnish	see Magnus
Maurus (also Maurice, Mauricio, Maurilio, Maurizio, Mauro, Merrick, Morey, Moricz, Moritz, Morrie, Morris, Muiris)	Latin	Dark skinned
Maverick	English	Independent
Maximus (also Macsen, Maksimilian, Massimiliano, Massimo, Max, Maxim, Maxime, Maximiano, Maximilian, Maximilien, Maximos, Miksa)	Latin	Greatest
Maxwell	Old English	Stream of Maccus
Mayes	Unknown	A field
Maynard (also Meinard, Meinhard)	Teutonic	Brave strength
Mayson		see Mason
Mazi (also Mazzy)	Ibo	Sir
McDade	Unknown	son of Dale
McHael/McKael		see Michael
McKenzie		see Mackenzie
McKile	Unknown	Son of Kile
McNamara	Unknown	Unknown
Me-Zahab		see Mezahab
Meagher (ma-her) (also Meacher)	Gaelic	Fine, majestic
Medad	Hebrew	Unknown
Medan	Hebrew	Unknown
Medard	Unknown	Meadow
Medwin	Teutonic	Powerful friend
Mefodi	Russian	see Methodius
Meged	Unknown	Goodness
Mehir	Hebrew	Unknown
Mehmed	Turkish	see Muhammad
Mehmet/Mehmud		see Muhammad
Mehujael	Hebrew	Unknown
Mehuman	Unknown	Unknown
Meical	Welsh	see Michael
Meike		see Michael
Meinard/Meinhard	Germanic	see Maynard
Meinrad	Teutonic	Strong counsel
Meir	Hebrew	Giving light
Meirion	Welsh	see Mars
Mel	Gaelic	Honey
Melatiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Melchior (also Melchor, Melciorre)	Semitic	City of the king
Melchizedek	Hebrew	Unknown
Melchor/Melciorre		see Melchior
Melek (also Melech)	Hebrew	King
Melor	Russian	Creation of former Soviet state
Melville	French	Bad settlement
Melvin (also Melvyn)	Old English	counselling friend
Memucan	Hebrew	Unknown
Menahem (also Menachem, Mendel)	Hebrew	Comforter
Menelaus	Greek	Withstanding the people
Meonathai	Hebrew	Unknown
Mephibosheth	Hebrew	Unknown
Meraioth	Hebrew	Unknown
Merari	Hebrew	Unknown
Mercer	French	Merchant
Mercury	Latin	Commerce
Mered	Hebrew	Unknown
Meredith (also Maredudd)	Welsh	Great lord
Meres	Hebrew	Unknown
Merfyn		see Mervyn
Merib-Baal (also Meribaal)	Hebrew	Unknown
Meriwether (also Merriweather)	Middle English	Happy weather
Merlin (also Merlyn, Myrddin)	Welsh	Sea fortress
Merlot	Unknown	Unknown
Merlyn		see Merlin
Merodach	Hebrew	Unknown
Merrick		see Maurus
Merrill	Unknown (from Muriel)	Bright sea
Merrion		see Mars
Merritt	Old English	Boundary gate
Merriweather		see Meriwether
Mersendies	Unknown	The towering
Merten	Germanic	see Martin
Merton	Old English	Town of the lake
Mervyn (also Merfyn, Merv, Mervan, Mervin)	Welsh	Famous marrow
Mesha (also Meshal)	Sanskrit	Born in the month of the Ram
Meshach	Ancient Babylonian	Agile
Meshal		see Mesha
Meshech	Hebrew	Unknown
Meshelemiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Meshezabel	Hebrew	Unknown
Meshillemith	Hebrew	Unknown
Meshobab	Hebrew	Unknown
Meshullam (also Meshulam)	Hebrew	Paid for
Methodius (also Mefodi, Modya)	Greek	Method
Methuselah (also Metody)	Hebrew	Man who was sent
Methushael	Hebrew	Unknown
Metody		see Methuselah
Meuric/Meurig	Welsh	see Mars
Meyer	Old English	Physician
Mezahab (also Me-Zahab)	Hebrew	Unknown
Miach (mee-ach)	Gaelic	Honourable
Mibhar	Hebrew	Unknown
Mibsam	Hebrew	Unknown
Mibzar	Hebrew	Unknown
Michael (also Makale, McHale, McKale, Meical, Meike, Mica, Micah, Micaiah, Micajah, Michal, Micheal, Michel, Michele, Michjo, Mick, Mickey, Mighal, Miguel, Miha, Mihael, Mihai, Mihaly, Mihhaelo, Mikael, Mikal, Mike, Mikel, Mikelo, Mikey, Mikhail, Mikhailo, Mikkel, Mikko, Miquel, Misha, Mitch, Mitchel, Mitchell, Mitxel, Myghal, Mykolas)	Hebrew	Who is like God?
Michelangelo	Italian	Combination of Michael and Angelo
Michele		see Michael
Michjo		see Michael
Mick/Mickey		see Michael
Midian	Hebrew	Unknown
Mieczyslaw (also Mieszko)	Polish	Glorious man
Mieko	Unknown	Already prosperous
Mieszko		see Mieczyslaw
Mighal		see Michael
Miguel	Spanish	see Michael
Miha/Mihael	Slovene	see Michael
Mihai	Romanian	see Michael
Mihaly	Hungarian	see Michael
Mihammad		see Muhammad
Mihangel	Welsh	Combination of Michael and Archangel
Mihhaelo	Esperanto	see Michael
Mijamin	Hebrew	Unknown
Mikael	Scandinavian	see Michael
Mikal/Mike		see Michael
Mike'aha	Unknown	Unknown
Mikel	Basque	see Michael
Mikelo	Esperanto	see Michael
Mikey		see Michael
Mikhail	Russian	see Michael
Mikhailo	Ukrainian	see Michael
Mikkel	Scandinavian	see Michael
Mikko	Finnish	see Michael
Miklos (also Mikolai)	Hungarian (from Nicholas)	Victory of the people
Mikloth	Hebrew	Unknown
Mikneiah	Hebrew	Unknown
Miksa	Hungarian	see Maximus
Milan	Czech	Gracious
Milandu	Unknown	A case to answer
Milburn	Old English	Mill stream
Miles (also Milo, Myles)	Latin	Soldier
Milford	Old English	Ford by a mill
Millard	Old English	Guardian of the mill
Miller	Latin	A miller
Milo	Gaelic	see Miles
Milogost	Old Slavic	Graceful guest
Miloslav (also Milos, Miloslaw, Milosz)	Czech	Glorious favour
Milt		see Milton
Mitiades	Greek	Red earth
Milton (also Milt)	Old English	Mill town
Miner (also Minor)	Latin	Youth
Ming	Chinese	Shining
Miniamin	Hebrew	Unknown
Minor		see Miner
Miquel	Catalan	see Michael
Mioslav (also Mirko, Miroslaw)	Russian	Great glory
Miriam	Hebrew	Bitter
Mirmah	Hebrew	Unknown
Mirza	Persian	Prince
Misha	Russian	see Michael
Mishael	Hebrew	Unknown
Misham	Hebrew	Unknown
Mishma	Hebrew	Unknown
Mishmannah	Hebrew	Unknown
Mis'id		see Mus'ad
Mispar	Hebrew	Unknown
Misu	Unknown	Ripples in the water
Mitch/Mitchel/Mitchell		see Michael
Mithra	Persian	Unknown
Mithredath	Persian	Unknown
Mitxel	Basque	see Michael
Mitya	Unknown (from Demetrius)	Earth mother
Mizell	Unknown	Tiny gnat
Mizraim	Hebrew	Unknown
Mizzah	Hebrew	Unknown
Mnason	Greek	Reminding
Mo		see Moses
Moa	Maori	Little ocean
Moab	Hebrew	From father
Moana (also Moanna)	Maori	Sea
Mochta (much-ta)	Gaelic	Great
Mochulla (mu-chol-a)	Gaelic (from Colm)	Dove
Modestus (also Modest, Modestine, Modesto)	Latin	Moderate
Modya		see Methodius
Moe		see Moses
Mogens	Danish	see Magnus
Mohamed/Mohammad/Mohammed		see Muhammad
Mohan	Sanskrit	Bewitching
Mohanda	Sanskrit	Servant of Mohan
Mohinder		see Mahendra
Moin	Gaelic	Unknown
Moingionn (mong-in) (also Moingfhionn)	Gaelic	Fair haired
Moinuddin	Gaelic	Unknown
Moises	Spanish	see Moses
Moishe	Yiddish	see Moses
Moke		see Moses
Molid	Hebrew	Unknown
Monae		see Monet
Monahan	Unknown	Religious man
Monet (also Monae)	Unknown (from Hammond)	Protector of the home
Monroe (also Monro, Munro, Munroe)	Gaelic	Mouth of the Roe
Montague (also Monte, Monty)	French	Pointed mountain
Montgomery	French	Gomeric's mountain
Monty		see Montague
Morathi	Unknown	Wise man
Moray	Scottish	see Muirioch
Mordecai (also Mordikai, Motel, Motke)	Persian	Servant of Marduk
More	Unknown	Great
Morey		see Maurus
Moregan (also Morrigan)	Welsh	Sea circle
Moricz	Hungarian	see Maurus
Moritz	Germanic	see Maurus
Morley	Old English	Marsh clearing
Morpheus	Greek	Shapes
Morrie		see Maurus
Morrigan	Gaelic	see Morgan
Morris	Gaelic	see Maurus
Morrison (also Morse)		Son of Morris
Mort		see Moron
Morten	Danish	see Martin
Mortimer	Unknown	Lives near the sea
Morton (also, Mort, Morty)	Old English	Moor town
Morven	Gaelic	Big gap
Moses (also Mo, Moe, Moises, Moishe, Moke, Mose, Moshe, Moss, Mozes)	Hebrew	To draw out
Mostafa	Indian	see Mustafa
Mostaphas		see Mustafa
Mostyn	Old English	Moss town
Motel/Motke	Yiddish	see Mordecai
Motya	Russian	see Matthew
Moza	Hebrew	Unknown
Mozes	Dutch	see Moses
Mstislav (also Mscislaw)	Slavic	Vengeance and glory
Mu	Chinese	Wood
Mughron (mu-rone)	Gaelic	Lad of the seals
Muhammad (also Mahmood, Mahmud, Mahomet, Mehmed, Mehmet, Mehmud, Mihammad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed)	Arabic	Praiseworthy
Muhsin	Arabic	Beneficent
Muir	Scottish	Moor
Muircheartach (mwir-khart-ach)	Gaelic	see Murchadh
Muirioch (mwir-ee-och) (also Moray, Muireadhach, Murray, Murry)	Gaelic	Seaman
Muirios (mwir-i-osh)	Sanskrit	Sea strength
Muiris (mwi-rish)	Arabic	see Maurus
Mukesh	Unknown	Ruler of Muka
Mukhtar	Gaelic	Chosen
Muliya	Unknown	To hit
Munchin	Gaelic	see Mainchin
Mungo	Scottish	Gentle
Munir	Arabic	Bright, shining
Munro/Munroe		see Monroe
Muppim	Hebrew	Unknown
Murali	Sanskrit	Flute
Murchadh (also Muircheartach, Murdo, Murdoch, Murdock, Murtagh)	Scottish	Mariner
Murphy	Gaelic	Hound of the sea
Murran (also Murron)	Gaelic	From North Mayo
Murray		see Muirioch
Murron		see Murran
Murry	Gaelic	see Muirioch
Murtagh (murt-a)	Gaelic	see Murchadh
Mus'ad (also Mis'id)	Arabic	Lucky
Mushi	Hebrew	Unknown
Mustafa (also Mostafa, Mostapha)	Arabic	The chosen one
Mu'tasim	Arabic	Faithful to God
Mutia	Unknown	Honoured one
Myer	Latin	Great
Myghal	Cornish	see Michael
Mykel	Unknown	Peaceful
Mykolas	Lithuanian	see Michael
Myles	Gaelic	see Miles
Myrddin	Welsh	see Merlin
Myron	Greek	Myrrh
Myson	Unknown	My son
Myte	Unknown	Unknown