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MARLEY f : From a surname which was taken from a place name meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. A famous bearer of t...

MARLIES f : Combination of MARIA and LIES.

MARLIN m : Possibly a variant of MERLIN.

MARLIS f : Combination of MARIA and LIESE.

MARLOES f : Combination of MARIA and LOES.

MARLON m : Meaning unknown. This name was popularized by the American actor Marlon Brando (1924-2004), who was named after his father.

MARLOWE m : From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "remnants of a lake" in Old English.

MARLY f : Variant of MARLEY.

MARLYN f : Variant of MARILYN.

MARLÈNE f : French form of MARLENE.

MARMADUKE m : Possibly derived from the Old Irish name MÁEL MÁEDÓC. This name has been traditionally used in the Yorkshire area of Britain.

MARNA f : Danish short form of MARINA.

MARNI f : Means "rejoice" in Hebrew.

MARNIE (1) f : Variant of MARNA. This name was brought to public attention by Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'Marnie' (1964).

MARNIE (2) f : Variant of MARNI.

MARNIX m : From a Dutch surname of unknown meaning.

MARQUES m : Variant of MARQUIS.

MARQUINHOS m : Portuguese diminutive of MARCOS.

MARQUIS m : From a noble title which was derived from the Old French word marchis "march, borderland", which originally referred to someone who ruled on the borde...

MARQUISE m : Variant of MARQUIS. Technically, marquise is the feminine form of the title marquis.

MARQUITA f : Feminine variant of MARQUIS.

MARS m : Possibly related to Latin mas "male" (genitive maris). In Roman mythology Mars was the god of war, often equated with the Greek god Ares. This is also...

MARSAILI f : Scottish form of both MARJORIE and MARCELLA.

MARSHA f : Variant of MARCIA.

MARSHAL m : Variant of MARSHALL.

MARSHALL m : From a surname which originally denoted a person who was a marshal. The word marshal originally derives from Germanic marah "horse" and scalc "servant...

MARTA f : Cognate of MARTHA.

MARTE f : Norwegian variant of MARTHA.

MARTEN m : Dutch form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARTHA f : From Aramaic מַרְתָּא (marta') meaning "the lady, the mistress", feminine form of מַר (mar) "master". In the New Testament this is the name...