Star Wars M-O Girl and Boy Names

The names

• Owen

  Welsh

  "young warrior; well-born"

  Owen, a resonant Celtic name, has ranked among the Top 100 boys' names in the US for 20 years and is now trending ever-so-slightly downhill, good news for Owen-lovers who might rightly have feared…

  

• Max

  English and German diminutive of Maximilian or Maxwell

  "greatest"

  Max was derived from Maximilian, a Latin name that originated from the Roman family name Maximus. The character name Max in the children's classic Where the Wild Things Are had an impact on baby…

  

• Morgan

  Welsh

  "sea-born, sea-song or sea-circle"

  Morgan has long been a traditional Welsh male name, a variant of the Old Welsh name Morcant, from the Welsh elements mor , meaning "sea" and cant , "circle." The female Morgan is unrelated to the…

  

• Mara

  Hebrew

  "bitter"

  Mara is the evocative ancient root of Mary, appearing in the Book of Ruth, in which Naomi, devastated after the death of her two sons, says "Call me not Naomi, call me Mara." It's one of the girl…

  

• Mina

  Hindu equivalent of Pisces or diminutive of Wilhelmina, German

  "resolute protection"

  Most famous as a Dracula victim (where Mina is short for Wilhelmina), Mina is a name that can stand on its own or be a diminutive of any name ending in -mina, most usually Wilhelmina. This Old World…

  

• Orson

  Latin and English

  "bear cub"

  In the past, Orson has felt like a one-person moniker, tied to film director Orson Welles, who dropped his given name of George in favor of his more distinctive middle. While the Citizen Kane creator…

  

• Mace

  English

  "heavy club"

  Has a slight aura of danger, from its being two types of weapons and a looming character in the Star Wars films. Best left as a nickname for Mason.

  

• Meena

  Hindi

  "blue semiprecious stone, bird"

  Interesting multi-cultural option.

  

• Maul

• Moralo

• Mundi

• Neeku

• Obi-Wan

• Orrelios

• Ohnaka

• Maz

  Diminutive of Mazikeen, Mazarine, invented name, French

  "harmful spirits; blue"

  An unusual nickname for unusual names — Mazikeen, a name invented by Neil Gaiman for his Sandman comics, and Mazarine, a French color name.

  

• Miraj

• Mon

• Naberrie

• Numa