Meanings of Names
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| Name | Other variations | Origin | Meaning |
| Mabel | Amabel, Mab | Latin | Loveable |
| Madeline | Magdalen, Maud | Hebrew | Belonging to Magdala |
| Madge | Margaret | Greek | Pearl |
| Madoc | Welsh | Fortunate | |
| Maeve | Irish | Name of an ancient Irish queen | |
| Mag | Maggie, Margaret | Greek | Pearl |
| Magdalen | Lena, Madeline, Madeleine, Maude | Hebrew | Belonging to Magdala |
| Magnus | Latin | Great | |
| Mairi | Mary | Gaelic | Bitterness |
| Mairead | Margaret | Gaelic | Pearl |
| Maisie | Margaret | Greek | Pearl |
| Malachi | Hebrew | My messenger | |
| Malcolm | Celtic | A follower of St. Columbia | |
| Malise | Celtic | Servant of Jesus | |
| Manuel | Emmanuel | Hebrew | God is with us |
| Marcellus | Marcia (f), Marcius, Marcus, Mark | Latin | A hammer, A mallet |
| Margaret | Marguerite, Maggie, Margot, Meg, Peggy, Rita | Greek | Pearl |
| Maria | Marie, Mary | Hebrew | Bitterness |
| Marianne | French | See Marie and Ann | |
| Marigold | Marygold | From the flower | |
| Marina | Latin | Pertaining to the sea | |
| Marion | Mary | Hebrew | Bitterness |
| Marjory | Margaret | Greek | A pearl |
| Mark | Marcus | English | A hammer, A mallet |
| Marlene | Teutonic | A mix of Mary and Helen | |
| Marmaduke | Duke | Celtic | Source unknown |
| Martha | Mat, Mattie, Matty | Hebrew | Ruler of the household |
| Martin | Latin | War-like | |
| Mary | Maria, Marie, Marion, Mamie, Polly | Hebrew | Bitterness |
| Mat | Matty, Martha (f), Matthew | Hebrew | Gift of Jehovah |
| Matilda | Teutonic | A heroine mighty in battle | |
| Matthew | Matty, Martha (f) | Hebrew | Gift of Jehovah |
| Maud(e) | Magdalen, Matilda | Teutonic | A heroine mighty in battle |
| Maureen | Mary | Hebrew | Bitterness |
| Maurice | Morris | Latin | Dark-coloured, Moorish |
| Mavis | French | A song thrush | |
| Maximillian | Latin | Greatest | |
| May | Mary, Margaret | See Mary and Margaret | |
| Meave | Maeve | Irish | Name of an ancient Irish queen |
| Meg | Margaret, Meggie | Greek | A pearl |
| Melanie | Greek | Black | |
| Melissa | Greek | A bee | |
| Mercy | Latin | Reward | |
| Merlin | Welsh | The name of a legendary medieval magician | |
| Micah | Hebrew | Like unto Jehovah | |
| Michael | Michaela (f), Mick, Mick(e)y | Hebrew | Like unto the Lord |
| Mildred | Old English | Gentle counsellor | |
| Miles | Myles | Teutonic | Merciful |
| Millicent | Milicent, Melicent, Millie | Teutonic | Strength |
| Mirabel | Latin | Glorious | |
| Miranda | Latin | Worthy of admiration | |
| Miriam | Mary | Hebrew | Bitterness |
| Moira | Morag, Moyra | Irish | Great |
| Molly | Mary | Hebrew | Bitterness |
| Mona | Moyna | Celtic | High born |
| Monica | Greek | From St. Monica | |
| Morag | Gaelic | Great | |
| Mordecai | Hebrew | Consecrated to Marduk | |
| Morgan | Morgain | Welsh | A sea dweller |
| Morris | Maurice | Latin | Dark coloured, Moorish |
| Mortimer | Old French | Ever living | |
| Morton | Old English | Unsatisfied | |
| Moses | Hebrew | Saved from the water | |
| Moyna | Mona | Celtic | High born |
| Mungo | Celtic | 'My dear one' | |
| Murdo | Gaelic | A seafarer | |
| Muriel | Celtic | Sea-bright | |
| Myra | Greek | She who laments | |
| Myrtle | English | From the name of the shrub |
