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MAHESHA m : Means "great lord" from Sanskrit महा (maha) "great" and ईश (isha) "lord, ruler". This is another name of the Hindu god Shiva.

MAHFUZ m : Means "safeguarded" in Arabic.

MAHIN f : Means "related to the moon" in Persian.

MAHINDER m : Punjabi form of MAHENDRA.

MAHINE f : Variant transcription of MAHIN.

MAHIR m : Means "skilled" in Arabic.

MAHLAH f/m : From the Hebrew name מַחְלָה (Machlah), possibly from חָלָה (chalah) meaning "weak" or "sick". This name is used in the Old Testament as b...

MAHLI m : From the Hebrew name מַחְלִי (Machliy), possibly meaning "weak" or "sick". This was the name of two characters mentioned briefly in the Old Tes...

MAHMOOD m : Variant transcription of MAHMUD.

MAHMOUD m : Variant transcription of MAHMUD.

MAHMUD m : Means "praiseworthy" in Arabic, from the same root as Muhammad. This was the name of the first Muslim ruler of India (11th century). It was also borne...

MAHMUT m : Turkish form of MAHMUD.

MAHOMET m : Archaic transcription of MUHAMMAD, based on the usual Latin spelling Mahometus.

MAHOMETUS m : Latinized form of MUHAMMAD.

MAHON m : Anglicized form of MATHGHAMHAIN.

MAHSA f : Means "like the moon" in Persian.

MAHTAB f : Means "moonlight" in Persian.

MAHTHILDIS f : Old Germanic form of MATILDA.

MAHULENA f : Possibly inspired by MAGDALENA. The Czech author Julius Zeyer created it for a character in his play 'Radúz and Mahulena' (1898).

MAHVASH f : Possibly means "moon-like" in Persian.

MAHZUN m : Means "sad" in Turkish.

MAHİR m : Turkish form of MAHIR.

MAI (1) f : From Sino-Vietnamese 梅 (mai) meaning "plum, apricot".

MAI (2) f : From Japanese 舞 (mai) meaning "dance" or 麻衣 (mai) meaning "linen robe". It can also come from 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" combined with 愛...

MAIA (1) f : Meaning unknown. In Greek and Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, the group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus, who were the d...

MAIA (2) f : Means "great" in Latin. This was the name of a Roman goddess of spring, the wife of Vulcan. The month of May is named for her.

MAIA (3) f : Basque form of MARIA.

MAIALEN f : Basque form of MAGDALENE.

MAIARA f : Means "wise" in Tupí.

MAIGHREAD f : Scottish form of MARGARET.