MABEL: Lat. " Lovable."
Var. Amabel, Mable, Maible, Mayble, Maybell, Mae.
MADONA: Lat. " My lady."
MAGDELINE: Heb. " A place name. "
Var. Madeline, Magline.
MAGGIE: Derived from Margaret.
MANNANDA: Mal. Meaning uncertain.
MARGARET: Gk. " A pearl."
Var. Greta, Maggi, Maggie, Magi, Maisie, Margarita, Margie, Margot, Marjorie, Meg, Peggy.
MARCELLINE: Lat. " War like "
Fem. version of Marcellus.
MARIAMMA: Mal. Derived from Mary.
Var. Mariam, Mariya, Miriam.
MARINA: Lat. " From the sea."
Var. Mareena.
MARTHA: Ara. " Lady.'
The sister of Lazarus. Also used to address female saints in Malayalam.
MARY: Heb " Bitter, bitterness."
Var. Mara, Marie, Mamie, Manya, Maria, Marie, Marilyn, Marion,
Marita, Maureen, Maurita, Miriam, Moira, Molly, Muriel, Polly.
Greek version of original Hebrew name, Miriam, mother of Jesus Christ.
Another Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron, lived about 1500 years before Jesus Christ.
MATHIRI: Mal. Meaning uncertain.
MATILDA: Ger. " Brave in battle."
Var. Matty, Maude, Metilda, Metty.
MERCY: Eng. " Merciful."
Var. Mercedes, Merci.
MINI: Eng. " Small."
Var. Minnie, Minny.
MOLLY: Derived from Mary.
Var. Molley, Mollie., Moly.
MONICA: Lat. " Adviser."
Var. Mona, Monika, Monnica.