2888 Girl Names That Start With M (With Meanings and Popularity)
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Girl names that start with M represent the second most populous group of girl names by initial, following A. The Number 1 girls' name for decades started with an M: Mary. Mary and the related Maria and Marie referred their charm to other M-starting baby girl names, such as Margaret, Megan, and Melissa.
Today, the most popular baby girl names starting with M include Mia, Madison, and all varieties of Madeline. Along with Mia and Madison, other popular M names for girls in the US Top 200 include Mila, Maya, Madelyn, Mackenzie, Melody, Molly, Maeve, Magnolia, and Margot.
England's Top 100 girl names include several other choices that start with M: Matilda, Millie, Maisie, Maria, Mabel, and Maryam. In France, one of the top M names for girls is Manon, while in Germany Melina and Marlene rank in the Top 50.
Unique girl names starting with M you might want to consider range from Maple to Marguerite to Mirabel. And M is the beginning letter for hundreds of more unusual and intriguing baby names, from Maverick to Modesty.
Here, our full menu of girl names that start with M, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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Mabel
Diminutive of Amabel, Latin
"lovable"
Maeve
Irish
"she who intoxicates"
Mae
Diminutive of Mary or Margaret, Hebrew, Latin
"beloved, bitter, drop of the sea; pearl"
Margot
French, diminutive of Margaret
"pearl"
Mira
Latin, Slavic, Arabic, Sanskrit, Japanese
"admirable; peace; female ruler; ocean; mirror"
Matilda
German
"battle-mighty"
Maisie
Scottish diminutive of Margaret, Mairead, or Mary, English, Latin, Hebrew
"pearl; bitter, beloved, drop of the seas"
Margaret
Greek
"pearl"
Mia
Italian word name or Scandinavian short form of Maria
"drop of the sea"
Miranda
Latin
"marvellous, admirable"
Millie
English diminutive of Mildred or Millicent
"gentle strength; strong in work"
Madeline
English variation of Magdalen
"high tower or woman from Magdala"
Molly
Diminutive of Mary, Hebrew
"bitter"
Maya
Sanskrit, English, Hebrew, Estonian
"illusion, magic; mother; water; beloved, bitter, drop of the sea"
Mary
Hebrew or Egyptian
"drop of the sea; bitter; beloved; love"
Marigold
Flower name, from English
"golden flower"
Mila
Slavic, Russian
"gracious; dear"
Maren
Latin
"sea"
Marlowe
Variation of Marlow, English
"driftwood"
Marie
French variation of Mary
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
