Girl Dog Names

Madara

From the Latvian name for a flowering plant, cleavers or bedstraw

Maddalena

Italian form of Magdalene, a name formed from Magdala

Maddy

Diminutive of Madeline or Madison

Madeline

English form of Madeleine

Madelyn

A variant of Madeline

Madina

From Arabic al-Madīna, "the city"

Madison

English surname meaning "son of Matthew" or "son of Maud"

Madrona

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in Catalan

Mady

A given name and surname, rarely a nickname; considered unisex

Madyla

Mae

Variant of May

Maeby

Recorded as a feminine given name in modern English

Maelyn

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Maelys

French feminine name of Breton origin, a feminine form of Maël, meaning "chief" or "prince"

Maerry

Maggie

A diminutive of Margaret, and a short form of Magdalena, Magnolia or Marigold

Maggie Mae

Maggy

A diminutive form of Margaret meaning 'pearl'.

Maia

From Greek μαῖα, "good mother, dame, foster mother"

Maika

Maiko

A young woman in traditional Japanese performing arts

Mailys

Variant of Maylis

Maisel

A surname from Yiddish mayzel, 'little mouse', or Middle German meizel, 'chisel'

Maisey

Variant of Maisie

Maisie

Scottish diminutive of Mairead, from May, a pet form of Margaret

Maisy

Variant of maisie, a scottish feminine name from a pet form of mary or margaret

Maiya

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Maja

Makayla

Variant of Michaela, a female form of the Hebrew name Michael, meaning "who is like God"

Makeda

Possibly means "greatness" in Ethiopic

Makena

Means "happy one" in Kikuyu

Makenna

Variant of McKenna

Maky

Malaia

Malaika

Means "angel" in Swahili, from Arabic malak

Malana

A combination of elements meaning 'calm' and 'bright'

Malaya

Recorded as a given name in African American (modern, rare) and Filipino use

Malayah

A variation of the name Malaya, which means free or liberated.

Maleah

A variant of the name Malia

Malia

Hawaiian form of Maria

Malie

Recorded as a given name in Hawaiian (Anglicized), feminine

Malika

Queen or princess in Arabic

Maline

A given name recorded in Hindi and, rarely, in French; also a French noun from Latin malina.

Mallory

From an English surname derived from Old French, meaning "unfortunate"

Manami

Japanese given name, from 愛 (mana) "love, affection" with 美 (mi) "beautiful" or 海 (mi) "sea, ocean"

Manda

Diminutive of Magdalena

Mandara

Recorded as a feminine given name in Indian usage

Mandi

A diminutive of Amanda

Mandie

Feminine given name recorded in English (user-submitted entry)

Mandy

A diminutive of Amanda

Manja

Diminutive of Marija, used independently

Marala

Marceline

French feminine form of Marcellinus

Marcella

Feminine form of the Latin name Marcellus

Marcie

A diminutive of Marcia, the feminine of the Roman name Marcus.

Marea

Catalan and Spanish word for the tide, from Latin.

Maree

Variant of Marie

Marei

Recorded as a feminine given name in Upper German

Maren

Danish diminutive of Marina or Maria

Marfa

East Slavic given name, Russian Марфа, a variant of Martha

Marga

Diminutive of Margarete or Margaretha

Margie

A diminutive form of Margaret, meaning 'pearl'.

Margo

Form of Margaret, via the French Margot

Margolette

Diminutive form of Margaret, meaning pearl

Margot

French short form of Marguerite

Mari

A form of Maria in Estonian, Finnish, Welsh, Breton, Scandinavian, Georgian and Armenian

Mariah

Variant of Maria, a name of Hebrew origin

Mariana

Roman feminine form of Marianus

Marianna

Combination of Maria and Anna

Maribel

Short form of María Isabel, or an English compound of Mary and Belle

Maribelle

Recorded as a feminine given name in English

Marie

French and Czech form of Maria.

Mariel

Diminutive of Maria, from Mary plus the suffix -el

Mariella

Italian diminutive of Maria

Marika

A diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with Mari

Marilla

Possibly a diminutive of Mary or a variant of Amaryllis

Marilou

Combination of Maria and Louise

Marina

Feminine form of Marinus, from Latin marinus, "of the sea"

Marinka

Croatian and Slovene diminutive of Marina

Mariposa

The Spanish word for butterfly

Maris

Diminutive of Maria; also "of the sea", from the Latin Stella Maris

Marisa

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of Maria and Luisa.

Marisol

Spanish short form of María de la Soledad

Marita

Diminutive of Maria, or a Scandinavian variant of Margaret

Maritza

Derived from the name of a river in Eastern Europe.

Mariya

A variation of Maria, often associated with the sea, as it means 'bitterness' in Hebrew.

Marla

American back-formation from Marlene, first used in the 1930s.

Marlee

English variant of Marley

Marleigh

Variant of Marley, an English surname from Old English

Marlen

Blend of Marx and Lenin; also a variant of Marlene

Marlene

Blend of Maria and Magdalene, referring to Mary Magdalene

Marnie

Feminine given name, sometimes derived from Marina

Marousha

Marra

Italian surname from marra, "hoe", an occupational name for a farmer

Marriebelle

Marsa

Recorded as a feminine given name in Indonesian

Marscha

Marsha

Variant of Marcia

Marta

Form of Martha used in various languages

Maruschka

A given name recorded in Dutch, feminine