Baby girl names starting with M
Looking for a baby girl name starting with M? Here are 133 names, with meanings, origins and languages, to help you build a shortlist.
- Maaligai — Palace, mansion (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Madanbai — Lovely and delightful lady (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Rajasthani
- Madhangi — Intoxicating beauty (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Madhavi — Meanings families give: Sweet as honey, spring season; Spring season, sweet like honey; A creeper, spring season, honey (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Kannada / Telugu
- Madhumathi — Sweet-minded, honey moon (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Madhumita — Sweet friend; intoxicating sweetness (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali
- Madhura — n. sweet, pleasant, charming, delightful (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi / Marathi
- Madhuri — Meanings families give: Sweet, melodious, enchanting; Sweet, melodious, full of sweetness; Sweet, full of sweetness; Radha (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Gujarati / Kannada / Marathi
- Madhurika — Meanings families give: Sweet woman, sweetness itself; Sweet one, honeybee (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Telugu
- Madhusmita — Meanings families give: Sweet smile, one with honey smile; Sweet smile, honeyed smile (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Odia
- Madhuvanti — Sweet and pleasing raaga (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Madri — Princess of the Madra kingdom (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Maha — pl. great deeds (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Telugu
- Mahalakshmi — Meanings families give: Great Goddess Lakshmi, wealth divine; Great goddess Lakshmi; Great Goddess Lakshmi, the supreme wealth (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Malayalam / Tamil
- Mahati — Great, large, magnificent (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mahek — Fragrance, sweet scent (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Gujarati
- Maheshwari — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati, great goddess; Great goddess, consort of Mahesh (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil / Telugu
- Maheswari — Meanings families give: Goddess Parvati, wife of Mahesh; Goddess Parvati, great goddess (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Odia
- Mahi — Meanings families give: The earth; river Mahi in Gujarat; Earth, the great; Earth, great, river (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Gujarati / Hindi
- Mahika — Meanings families give: Earth, dew drops; Earth, mist, dew (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mahima — = , greatness (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Mahira — Skilled, expert (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Urdu
- Mahitha — Honoured, respected, great (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Telugu
- Mahua — Mahua flower and tree; sweet-flowering tree (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali
- Mainaka — Daughter of the Himalaya (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Maira — Beloved, moonlight, admirable (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Maithili — From Mithila, another name of Sita (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Kannada
- Maitri — Friendship, goodwill, benevolence (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Malar — Meanings families give: Flower; Flower, blossom (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Malarkodi — Flower creeper (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Malarmagal — Daughter of flowers (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Malathi — Meanings families give: Jasmine flower, fragrant; Jasmine flower, fragrant creeper (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Kannada / Telugu
- Malati — Jasmine flower, sweet-scented (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Malav — (in music) a partic (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Malavika — N. of a woman (See next) (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Kannada
- Malharbai — Lady of the Malhar raga, musical (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Rajasthani
- Malika — a garland-maker, gardener (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Malini — Fragrant, wearing garland, gardener (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Odia
- Mallika — Meanings families give: Jasmine, queen, garland of flowers; Jasmine flower, queen, creeper (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Telugu
- Maltibai — Jasmine lady, fragrant and pure (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Rajasthani
- Mamata — Meanings families give: Affection, maternal love; Affection, motherly love; attachment (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali / Marathi
- Mamatha — Love, affection, maternal feeling (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Kannada
- Manali — A bird; hill station of the mind (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Gujarati
- Manasa — Meanings families give: Mind, intellect, Goddess of snakes; Mind, goddess of snakes, wished; Mind, intellect, goddess of serpents (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Kannada / Malayalam / Telugu
- Manasi — Meanings families give: Of the mind, intelligent; Born of the mind, intellectual (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Marathi / Odia
- Manaswini — Spirited, having great mind (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Mandakini — another river in heaven (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi / Kannada
- Mandara — (in some meanings also written ) the coral tree, Erythrina Indica (also regarded as one of the 5 trees of paradise or Svarga) (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Mandira — Temple, abode of God; deep sound (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali
- Mangaiyarkarasi — Queen of women (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Mangala — of the planet (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Kannada / Marathi / Odia
- Manika — a jewel, gem, precious stone (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Telugu
- Manikya — Ruby, gem, precious stone (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Telugu
- Manimagal — Daughter of gems (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Manimala — a string or necklace of jewels or pearls (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Bengali
- Manipriya — Beloved of jewels (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Manisha — Meanings families give: Goddess of mind, intelligence; Goddess of the mind, intelligence; Wisdom, intelligence; one who thinks deeply (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali / Hindi / Marathi
- Manjari — Meanings families give: Flower cluster, the mango blossom; Cluster of blossoms, spring shoot (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Malayalam
- Manjula — beautiful, pleasing, lovely, charming (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi / Punjabi / Telugu
- Manjusha — (L., also ) a box, chest (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi / Malayalam
- Mankunwar — Princess of the mind, thoughtful royal (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Rajasthani
- Manmitha — One made by love, cupid-created (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mannat — Wish, prayer (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Manohari — One who captivates the heart (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Manorama — n. gratifying the mind, attractive, pleasant, charming, beautiful (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Odia
- Manpriya — Beloved of the mind, dear to the heart (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Punjabi
- Manroop — Beautiful mind, lovely in thought (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Punjabi
- Mansi — Meanings families give: A woman, goddess-like, divine; Woman, intelligent one (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Gujarati / Hindi
- Manthara — Slow, thoughtful, wise (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Manthra — Sacred chant, mantra, blessed prayer (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Manya — to be respected or honoured, worthy of honour, respectable, venerable (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Mariam — Meanings families give: Pious, devout; Beloved, bitter sea, Kerala Christian (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Malayalam / Urdu
- Mariyamma — Mother Mary, beloved of Mary (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Malayalam
- Matangi — Goddess of outcasts, elephant gait (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mathumitha — Sweet measure (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Matrumandala — Circle of mothers, feminine power (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Odia
- Mausami — Seasonal, related to weather (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mausumi — Seasonal; of the monsoon winds (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali
- Mayil — Peacock (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Mayilarasarasu — Queen of peacocks (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Mayuri — a peahen (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Meena — Fish, a star, precious stone (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Meenakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed Goddess, Goddess Parvati; Fish-eyed goddess, form of Parvati; Fish-eyed, Goddess Parvati (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Malayalam / Marathi / Tamil / Telugu
- Meenal — Meanings families give: A precious stone, turquoise, gem; Precious blue stone, gem (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Marathi
- Meera — Meanings families give: Devoted, ocean; Devotee of Lord Krishna; ocean; Saintly, prosperous, ocean; Devotee of Krishna, ocean (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Gujarati / Hindi / Tamil
- Megha — Meanings families give: Cloud, rain cloud; Cloud, rain, sky (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Malayalam / Telugu
- Meghana — Meanings families give: Cloud, rain; Cloud, rain cloud, musical raaga; Cloud, rain-bearing cloud; Cloud, rainy sky (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi / Kannada / Malayalam / Telugu
- Meghna — Meanings families give: River, clouds, rain bearer; The river Meghna; cloud-river of Bengal (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali / Hindi
- Mehak — Fragrance (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Kashmiri
- Mehr — Sun, kindness, compassion (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Menaka — of an Apsaras (wife of Hima-vat) (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Merin — Shining sea, merciful (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · English
- Mewarbai — Lady of Mewar, Udaipur princess (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Rajasthani
- Mia — A German, Dutch, and North Germanic diminutive of Maria (cited: Wiktionary (en.wiktionary.org), CC BY-SA 4.0 — reused under CC BY-SA 4.0) · English
- Mihika — mist (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Mili — To meet, to unite (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali
- Minakshi — Meanings families give: Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai; Fish-eyed goddess; Goddess Meenakshi (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali / Hindi
- Minal — Precious gem, a jewel (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Minati — Prayer, request (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Odia
- Minhaj — Bright path, straight way (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Malayalam
- Mira — Meanings families give: Prosperous, ocean, saint; Ocean, admirable, wonderful (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mirabai — Devoted to Krishna, beloved mystic (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Rajasthani
- Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mishka — Hypocoristic (pet form) of Misha, the Russian diminutive of Mikhail -- the Russian equivalent of Michael, ultimately from Hebrew Mikha'el ('who is like God') (cited: Wiktionary (en.wiktionary.org), CC BY-SA 4.0 — reused under CC BY-SA 4.0) · English / Hindi / Multi-regional
- Mishti — Sweet, beloved (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mitali — Meanings families give: Friendly, one who makes friends; Friendly, friendly relations; friendship; Friendly, amicable; Friendly, pleasant and agreeable (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali / Gujarati / Hindi / Punjabi
- Mithila — Birthplace of Sita, a kingdom (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mittali — Friendly (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Gujarati
- Mohana — Meanings families give: Charming, attractive; Charming, fascinating, bewitching (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Malayalam / Tamil
- Mohini — Meanings families give: Enchantress, one who bewilders; Most beautiful, enchantress, Mohiniyattam dance (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Malayalam / Marathi
- Mohua — Mahua flower; sweet intoxicating blossom (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali
- Monal — A bird; beautiful like a pheasant (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Gujarati
- Motibai — Pearl lady, precious and lustrous (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Rajasthani
- Mounika — Meanings families give: Silence, scholarly; Silent, calm, meditative (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Telugu
- Mozhi — Language, word (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Mridula — soft (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Mridvi — Soft, gentle, tender (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Hindi
- Mrithula — Soft, gentle, delicate (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Malayalam
- Mrunal — Lotus stalk, fresh and pure (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Odia
- Mrunali — Lotus stem (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Konkani
- Mrunalini — Lotus stem, lotus cluster (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Marathi
- Mugdha — Meanings families give: Innocent, spellbound; Simple, innocent, charming (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Marathi
- Mukta — loosened, let loose, set free, relaxed, slackened (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi / Marathi
- Mukti — setting or becoming free, release, liberation, deliverance from (comp.) (cited: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)) · Hindi
- Muniammal — Holy woman, the silent goddess (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Munjibai — Initiated holy lady, sacred woman (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Rajasthani
- Munmun — Little one; beloved pet form used as formal name (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Bengali
- Muthamil — Pearl of Tamil (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Muthulakshmi — Pearl Lakshmi (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Muthumari — Rain of pearls (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil
- Myra — Meanings families give: Beloved, admirable; Sweet, fragrant; Sweet, admirable, beloved (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · English / Hindi
- Mythili — Meanings families give: Daughter of Mithila, Sita; Goddess Sita, daughter of Mithila (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Tamil / Telugu
- Mythri — Meanings families give: Friendship, benevolence; Friendship, friendly, benevolent (meaning as commonly given, not from a dictionary) · Kannada
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