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317. MARY: Biblical name of the mother of Jesus and several other characters. It is the English form of Latin Maria, meaning "beloved." 
318. MARYA: Russian form of Mary, meaning "beloved."
319. MARYAM: Arabic and Hebrew form of Mary, meaning "beloved." 
320. MARYANA: Russian form of Mariamne, meaning "beloved."
321. MARYANN: Variant of Maryanne, meaning "beloved-favor/grace."
322. MARYANNE: English compound name composed of the names Mary "beloved" and Anne "favor; grace."
323. MARYBETH: English compound name composed of the names Mary "beloved" and Beth "God is my oath." 
324. MARYLA: Polish pet form of Maria, meaning "beloved."
325. MARYLOU: English compound name composed of the names Mary "beloved" and Lou "famous warrior." 
326. MARYLU: Variant of English Marylou, a compound name meaning "beloved-famous warrior."
327. MARYLYN: Variant of Marilyn, meaning "beloved-lake."
328. MARYVONNE: English compound name composed of the names Mary "beloved" and Yvonne "yew tree." 
329. MARZENA: Polish pet form of Maria, meaning "beloved."
330. MARZIA: Italian form of Marcia, meaning "warlike."
331. MASA: Unisex nickname for Japanese names beginning with Masa-.
332. MASAKO: Japanese name meaning "correct/governing child."
333. MASAMI: Japanese name meaning "correct/elegant beauty."
334. MASEGO: African Tswana name meaning "blessings."
335. MASHA: Pet form of Russian Marya, meaning "beloved." 
336. MASOZI: African Tumbuka unisex name meaning "tears."
337. MASUMI: Japanese name meaning "increasing beauty; true purity."
338. MATEJA: Feminine form of Slovene Matej, meaning "gift of God."
339. MATHILDA: Variant of Matilda, meaning "mighty in battle."
340. MATHILDE: Norman French form of Matilda, meaning "mighty in battle."
341. MATILD: Hungarian form of Matilda, meaning "mighty in battle."
342. MATILDA: English form of Germanic Mahthildis, meaning "mighty in battle." 
343. MATILDE: Portuguese and Spanish form of Matilda, meaning "mighty in battle."
344. MATLEENA: Finnish form of Magdalene, meaning "of Magdala."
345. MATRONA: Latin name used in Russia, meaning "lady." Originally it meant "married, respectable, noble woman." 
346. MATRYONA: Russian variant of Matrona, meaning "lady."
347. MATRYOSHA: Russian pet form of Matrona, meaning "lady."
348. MATRYOSHKA: Russian pet form of Matrona, meaning "lady."
349. MATTIE: English unisex pet form of both Matthew "gift of God" and Matilda "mighty in battle."
350. MATYLDA: Czech and Polish form of Matilda, meaning "mighty in battle."
351. MATYUSHA: Russian pet form of Matrona, meaning "lady."
352. MATYUSHKA: Russian pet form of Matrona, meaning "lady."
353. MAUD: Medieval Low German form of Mahthildis, meaning "mighty in battle."
354. MAUDE: English form of German Maud, meaning "mighty in battle."
355. MAUDIE: Pet form of English Maude, meaning "mighty in battle."
356. MAULD: Middle English form of Norman French Mathilde, meaning "mighty in battle."
357. MAURA: 
     1. Feminine form of Italian Mauro, meaning "dark-skinned; Moor."
     2. Irish form of Mary, meaning "beloved." 
358. MAUREEN: English form of Irish/Gaelic Máirín, meaning "beloved."
359. MAURENE: Variant of English Maureen, meaning "beloved."
360. MAURINE: Variant of English Maureen, meaning "beloved."
361. MAVE: Variant of Irish Maeve, meaning "intoxicating." 
362. MAVIS: English bird name, meaning "song thrush."
363. MAVOURNEEN: Irish name derived from the phrase mo múirnín, meaning "my honey, my sweet one."
364. MAVREENA: Variant of English Maureen, meaning "beloved."
365. MAXENE: Variant of English Maxine, meaning either "the greatest" or "the stream of Mack." 
366. MAXIMILIENNE: Feminine form of French Maximilien, meaning "the greatest."
367. MAXINE: Feminine form of Max, meaning either "the greatest" or "the stream of Mack." 
368. MAY: 
     1. English name sometimes given to baby girls born in the month of May which was named after the Greek goddess Maia, meaning "mother." 
     2. English name derived from a name for the "hawthorn flower."
     3. Pet form of both Margaret "pearl" and Mary "beloved." 
369. MAYA: 
     1. Bulgarian form of Greek Maia, meaning "mother."
     2. Hindi myth name of the mother of Siddhartha, meaning "illusion."
370. MAYBELLE: Elaborated form of English Mabel, meaning "lovable."
371. MAYBELLINE: Pet form of English Mabel, meaning "lovable."
372. MAYME: Variant of English Mamie, a pet form of both Mary "beloved" and Margaret "pearl." 
373. MAYRA: Elaborated form of May, itself a month name, plant name and nickname.
374. MAYRANOUSH: Armenian name meaning "sweet mother."
375. MAYTAL: Variant of Hebrew Meital, meaning "dew drops."
376. MAYTE: Variant of Spanish Maite, meaning "beloved-harvester."
377. MAYUMI: Japanese name meaning "true bow (archery); true intent beauty."
378. MCHUMBA: African Swahili name meaning "sweetheart."
379. MCKAYLA: Variant of Michaela, meaning "who is like God?"
380. MCKENNA: Irish/Scottish surname transferred to feminine forename use, itself a form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha, meaning "son of Cionaodh."
381. MCKENZIE: English variant of Scottish unisex Mackenzie, meaning "comely, finely made."
382. MEAD: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself denoting someone who "lives by a meadow." 
383. MEADE: Variant of unisex Mead, meaning "lives by a meadow."
384. MEABH (Méabh): Gaelic name meaning "intoxicating."
385. MEADHBH: Variant of Gaelic Méabh, meaning "intoxicating."
386. MEADOW: English name derived from the vocabulary word, "meadow."
387. MEAGAN: English variant of Welsh Megan, meaning "pearl."
388. MEAGHAN: English variant of Welsh Megan, meaning "pearl."
389. MEAVE: Variant of Irish Maeve, meaning "intoxicating." 
390. MEAVEEN: Pet form of Irish Maeve, meaning "intoxicating."
391. MECHTELD: Dutch form of German Mechtilde, meaning "mighty in battle." 
392. MECHTILDE: German form of Mahthildis, meaning "mighty in battle." 
393. MEDAKSE: Armenian name meaning "silky."
394. MEDB: Variant of Gaelic Méabh, meaning "intoxicating."
395. MEDEA: "Cunning." Latin form of Greek Medeia, myth name of the sorceress who helped Jason steal the Golden Fleece from his father. When Jason later abandoned her for another woman, she got revenge by killing two of her own children fathered by him. 
396. MEDEIA: Original Greek form of Latin Medea, meaning "cunning."
397. MEDIA: Modern variant of Latin Medea, meaning "cunning."
398. MEDOUSA: Greek form of Latin Medusa, meaning "guardian."
399. MEDUSA: "Guardian." Latin form of Greek Medousa, name of one of the three Gorgons who had snakes for hair, and whose glance turned anyone who looked at them to stone.
400. MEED: Variant of unisex Mead, meaning "lives by a meadow."
401. MEERA: Variant of Hindi Mira, meaning "prosperous."
402. MEG: English nickname for Margaret, meaning "pearl."
403. MEGAERA: Latin form of Greek Megaira, myth name of one of the Furies (Erinyes), meaning "to grudge." Virgil named two others: Alecto "unceasing" and Tisiphone "avenging murder."
404. MEGAIRA: Original Greek form of Megaera, meaning "to grudge."
405. MEGAN: Welsh pet form of Margaret, meaning "pearl." Now often used as an independent name.
406. MEGANE: French form of Welsh Megan, meaning "pearl."
407. MEGGIE: Pet form of English Meg, meaning "pearl."
408. MEGHAN: English form of Welsh Megan, meaning "pearl."
409. MEGHANN: Variant of English Meghan, meaning "pearl."
410. MEGHRANOUSH: Armenian name meaning "sweet as honey."
411. MEGUMI: Japanese name meaning "blessing."
412. MEHALIA: Variant of Mahalia, meaning "gall; sickness." 
413. MEI: Chinese name meaning "plum."
414. MEIFEN: Chinese name meaning "plum fragrance."
415. MEIFENG: Chinese name meaning "beautiful wind."
416. MEIHUI: Chinese name meaning "beautiful wisdom."
417. MEIKE: German pet form of Maria, meaning "beloved." 
418. MEILI: Chinese name meaning "beautiful."
419. MEILIN: Chinese name meaning "plum jade."
420. MEINIR: "Tall and slender." Welsh name composed of the elements main "slender" and hir "tall."
421. MEINWEN: "Slender and fair." Welsh name composed of the elements main "slender" and (g)wen "blessed, fair, white."
422. MEIRA: Feminine form of Hebrew Meir, meaning "giving light."
423. MEIRIONA: Feminine form of Welsh Meirion, meaning "like Marius."
424. MEIRIT: Feminine form of Hebrew Meir, meaning "giving light." 
425. MEIRONG: Chinese name meaning "beautiful countenance."
426. MEITAL: Hebrew name meaning "dew drops."
427. MEIXIANG: Chinese name meaning "plum fragrance."
428. MEIXIU: Chinese name meaning "beautiful grace."
429. MEL: English unisex nickname for names beginning with Mel-.
430. MELAINA: Greek name derived from the word, melaina, meaning "black, dark." 
431. MELANIA: Latin form of Greek Melaina, meaning "black, dark."
432. MÉLANIE: French form of Latin Melania, meaning "black, dark." 
433. MELANIE: English form of French Mélanie, meaning "black, dark." 
434. MELANTHA: Female Greek name meaning "dark flower." 
435. MELANY: Variant of Melanie, meaning "black, dark."
436. MELBA: From the surname of a 19th century singer who took the name from the city of her birth, Melbourne, Australia, meaning "mill stream."
437. MELE: Hawaiian name meaning "song." Also used as a Hawaiian form of Mary, meaning "beloved."
438. MELEK: Turkish name meaning "angel." 
439. MELETE: "Exercise, practice." Greek myth name of one of the three original Muses, before their number was increased to nine. 
440. MELIA: English nickname for Amelia, meaning "work."
441. MELICENT: Variant of English Millicent, meaning "strong worker."
442. MELIKA: Hawaiian form of Melissa, meaning "honey-bee." 
443. MELINA: Greek name derived from the word méli, meaning "honey."
444. MELINDA: Modern creation, possibly a blend of Melanie "black, dark," and Linda "serpent," yielding "black/dark serpent."
445. MELIORA: Modern English name, probably derived from the Latin word meliora, meaning "always improving."
446. MELISA: Variant of Melissa, meaning "honey-bee."
447. MELISANDE: Modern French form of Old Norman French Melisende, meaning "strong worker."
448. MELISENDE: Variant of Norman French Melisent, meaning "strong worker."
449. MELISENT: Norman French form of Germanic Malasintha, meaning "strong worker."
450. MÉLISSA: French form of Melissa, meaning "honey-bee."
451. MELISSA: Greek myth name of a nymph who cared for Zeus in his infancy, derived from the word melissa, meaning "honey-bee." 
452. MELITA: Variant of Greek Melitta, meaning "honey-bee."
453. MELITTA: Old Greek form of Melissa, meaning "honey-bee."
454. MELLE: Breton form of Mary, meaning "beloved."
455. MELLONY: Variant of Melanie, meaning "black, dark." 
456. MELODY: "Melody." English name derived from the vocabulary word.
457. MELPOMENE: Greek myth name of the muse of tragedy, meaning "choir."
458. MELUSINA: Variant of Melusine, meaning either "wonder" or "sea-fog."
459. MELUSINE: European legend name of a fresh-water spirit believed to reside in sacred springs and rivers, meaning either "wonder" or "sea-fog." Melusine is depicted as being like a fish or serpent from the waist down. 
460. MELVA: Feminine form of Melvin, possibly meaning "gentle chieftain." 
461. MELYSSA: Modern English variant of Melissa, meaning "honey-bee."
462. MENUHA: Hebrew name meaning "tranquility."
463. MERAB: Biblical name of a daughter of Saul, meaning "abundant." 
464. MERAUD (Méraud): French surname transferred to forename use, itself from the word emeraude, meaning "emerald."
465. MERAV: Hebrew form of Merab, meaning "abundant."
466. MERCEDES: "Mercies." Spanish name derived from a title of the Virgin Mary, María de las Mercedes, meaning "Mary of Mercies." 
467. MERCIA: Latin form of English Mercy, meaning "mercy."
468. MERCY: English name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning "forgiveness, mercy."
469. MERE: Maori form of Mary, meaning "beloved."
470. MEREDITH: English unisex name derived from Welsh masculine Meredydd, meaning "sea lord."
471. MERERID: Feminine form of Welsh Meredydd, meaning "sea lord."
472. MERETE: Danish form of Margaret, meaning "pearl."
473. MERI: Finnish name meaning "the sea."
474. MERIDETH: Feminine variant of unisex Meredith, meaning "sea lord."
475. MERIEL: Variant of English Muriel, meaning "sea-bright."
476. MERILYN: Variant of Marilyn, meaning "beloved-lake."
477. MERIT: Variant of unisex Merritt, meaning "boundary gate."
478. MERITA: Esperanto name meaning "meritorious."
479. MERIWETHER: "Cheerful weather." English surname transferred to forename use, itself derived from a nickname for someone having a sunny disposition, from the Middle English elements merry "cheerful, lively" and wether "weather."
480. MERLA: Feminine form of unisex Merle, meaning "blackbird."
481. MERLE: English unisex name, derived from the Old French word merle, meaning "blackbird." It first came to public notice in the 1930s with the actress Merle Oberon, and is mostly given to girls.
482. MERLETTA: Feminine pet form of English unisex Merle, meaning "blackbird."