manas मनस् SanskritSanskrit element meaning
"mind, intellect, spirit".
mantra मन्त्र SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"instrument of thought, prayer, advice".
mào 茂 ChineseChinese character meaning
"lush, thick, talented".
mar EnglishPhonetic element /mɑɹ/ in English names.
marca Late RomanLate Latin word meaning
"border, boundary, march", of Germanic origin.
mariscalcus Late RomanLate Latin word meaning
"groom", ultimately derived from Germanic
marah "horse" and
scalc "servant". This is the origin of the English word
marshal.
mee EnglishPhonetic element /mi/ in English names.
méi 梅 ChineseChinese character meaning
"plum, apricot" (referring to the tree known as the Chinese plum, species Prunus mume).
měi 美 ChineseChinese character meaning
"beautiful".
meir מֵאִיר HebrewHebrew word meaning
"giving light".
melek TurkishTurkish word meaning
"angel", ultimately from Arabic.
mén 门, 門 ChineseChinese character meaning
"gate, door".
mèng 梦, 夢 ChineseChinese character meaning
"dream, vision".
měng 蒙 ChineseChinese character meaning variously
"cover, suffer, ignorance".
merces Ancient RomanLatin word meaning
"reward, wages", which in Vulgar Latin acquired the meaning
"favour, pity".
mi 3 実, 實 JapaneseMeans
"fruit, good result, truth", from a Japanese kun reading of
shí.
miǎn 缅, 緬 ChineseChinese character meaning
"distant, remote".
miào 妙 ChineseChinese character meaning
"mysterious, subtle, exquisite".
mín 2 民 ChineseChinese character meaning
"people, citizens".
mín 4 珉 ChineseChinese character meaning
"jade, stone resembling jade".
mǐn 敏 ChineseChinese character meaning
"quick, clever, sharp".
míng 1 明 ChineseChinese character meaning
"bright, light, clear".
míng 2 铭, 銘 ChineseChinese character meaning
"inscribe, engrave".
mishra मिश्र SanskritSanskrit word meaning
"mixed, mingled, honourable".
mithra Ancient PersianOld Persian word meaning
"oath, covenant, agreement", later acquiring the meaning
"friendship, affection".
mù 1 慕 ChineseChinese character meaning
"admire, desire".
mù 3 牧 ChineseChinese character meaning
"shepherd, tend cattle".
my EnglishPhonetic element /maɪ/ in English names.
na 2 奈, な JapaneseJapanese goon reading of
nài. It is usually used simply as a phonetic character in Japanese names, since it is the basis of the hiragana character
な (na).
na 4 EnglishPhonetic element /nɑ/ in English names (often in an unstressed final position or, in African-American names, an unstressed initial position, as /nə/).
nà 1 娜 ChineseChinese character meaning
"elegant, graceful, delicate".
nà 2 那 ChineseChinese character meaning
"that, that one".
nā HawaiianHawaiian plural definite article (
"the").
nabe 辺, 邊 JapaneseMeans
"area, place, vicinity", a Japanese nanori reading of
biān.
nài 奈 ChineseChinese character meaning
"why, how, what, bear, endure".
nǎi 乃 ChineseChinese character meaning
"to be, then, really, indeed".
náo 挠, 撓 ChineseChinese character meaning
"scratch, bother".
narkissos νάρκισσος Ancient GreekGreek word for the narcissus flower, possibly derived from
νάρκη (narke) meaning
"sleep, numbness". The character was probably named after the flower, not vice versa.
nay EnglishPhonetic element /neɪ/ in English names. It can be realized in spelling as
nay,
nae,
ne, and so on.
naz ناز PersianPersian word meaning
"delight, comfort, coquetry, affectation".