Girl Dog Names

Marva

Feminine form of Marvin; also a Dutch abbreviation of Marine Vrouwen Afdeling

Mary

English form of Maria, from Hebrew Miryam; the meaning is uncertain, possibly from Egyptian mry, "beloved".

Maryam

Arabic form of Miryam (Mary), used in the Quran and in several other languages.

Marygold

English given name, a variant spelling of Marigold, from the word for the flower.

Marylin

Recorded as a feminine given name in American usage

Marylou

Combination of the names Mary and Lou

Maryn

No meaning is documented in the sources checked

Masa

Spanish for 'dough'; also recorded as a Japanese given name

Mascha

A feminine given name recorded in German

Masha

Russian diminutive of Mariya

Mashka

Masumi

A unisex Japanese given name

Masya

A Yiddish feminine given name

Matana

Cheyenne animate noun meaning "breast"; also recorded as a Hebrew feminine given name.

Matilda

From the Germanic Mahthilt, "strength in battle", from maht "might" and hilt "battle"

Mattie

A diminutive form of Matilda, meaning 'battle-mighty'.

Maud

Medieval English and French form of Matilda

Maudie

Diminutive of Maud

Maura

Feminine form of Maurus; anglicized form of Máire

Mavis

From mavis, a poetic name for the song thrush, from Old French mauvis

Maxine

English feminine elaboration of Max

Maya

Sanskrit for "illusion, magic"; also a variant of Maia and a Hebrew-derived name from mayim, "water"

Mayana

No meaning is documented in the sources checked

Maybel

A nonstandard spelling of Mabel, a female given name from Latin

Maybell

Variant of Mabel

Maybelle

Variant of Mabel.

Maybellene

A variant of the name Mabel, meaning lovable

Maycee

No documented meaning; recorded as a modern American given name

Maylee

A given name recorded in modern American English

Maylin

No documented meaning; recorded as a given name in English and Spanish

Maymay

Filipino given name, a diminutive of May or of Mary

Mayra

Hispanic variant of Myra

Mayu

Japanese name from ma, "real, genuine" or "full", with yu, "excellence" or "evening"

Mayzel

A Jewish surname

Mazie

Variant of Maisie, a Scottish pet form of Mary or Margaret

Mazy

Recorded as a feminine given name in archaic Romani

Meara

An English surname, a shortened form of O'Meara

Medora

Created by Lord Byron for a character in his poem The Corsair (1814)

Meena

Alternate transcription of Hindi and Marathi Mina and Tamil Mina

Meera

Alternate transcription of the Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada name Mira

Megan

Welsh diminutive of Margaret, from Greek margarítēs, "pearl"

Meggi

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Meggy

Medieval diminutive of Margaret.

Megi

Albanian and Georgian form of Maggie

Megumi

Japanese, from megumi, written 恵 "favour, benefit" or 愛 "love, affection"

Mei

From Chinese 美 "beautiful" or 梅 "Chinese plum", or from Japanese 芽 "bud" with 依, 生 or 衣

Meika

Recorded as a rare feminine given name in German

Meike

A German name derived from 'Margarete,' meaning 'pearl'.

Meiko

Japanese given name, borrowed into English from Japanese めいこ (Meiko).

Meina

A comune in the Province of Novara, in the Italian region of Piedmont

Meira

Feminine form of the Hebrew name Meir

Meischa

Meisha

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Mela

A feminine given name recorded in English, Galician and Polish; also a Sanskrit word for a fair or gathering.

Melani

An Italian name recorded in Spanish, Albanian and ecclesiastical use

Melanie

From Greek melaina, "black, dark"

Melany

Variant of Melanie, from the Greek melania, "blackness"

Melba

From the surname of the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba, a stage name taken from the city of Melbourne

Meli

Not documented as a word with a meaning in the sources checked

Melia

Means "ash tree" in Greek, from μέλι (meli) meaning "honey".

Melina

Elaboration of Mel, from Greek μέλι (meli) meaning "honey"

Melisande

Melissa

From greek μέλισσα (mélissa), "bee", from μέλι (meli), "honey"

Melita

Latinized form of the Greek name Melite; also the Latin name of Malta

Mella

Meaning 'a honey bee' in Italian

Melli

Italian for honey or sweet

Mellie

Variant of Melly, recorded as a given name in English

Melly

Recorded as an English feminine given name; no meaning documented

Melodie

French word for melody; recorded as a feminine given name in English.

Melora

Melvina

Recorded as a given name in English (feminine)

Mendi

Recorded as a feminine given name in Hungarian

Meray

Recorded as a masculine given name in Turkish

Mercedes

Spanish female name from Latin merces, "wages, reward", hence "mercies"

Mercie

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Meri

Means "sea" in Finnish; also a Georgian, Armenian and Greek form of Mary

Merilee

Recorded as a feminine given name in popular culture

Merily

No documented meaning; recorded as an Estonian given name

Merla

Blackbird in Italian

Merli

Italian surname; also recorded as a feminine given name in Estonian

Merlyna

Merri

Recorded as a feminine given name in Indigenous Australian use

Merrigan

Meryl

Variant of Muriel, from Scottish and Irish Gaelic, meaning "bright sea"

Metis

Means "wisdom, skill, cunning" in Greek

Mette

Danish diminutive of Margaret

Mia

Diminutive of Maria; also the Italian word mia, meaning "mine"

Miah

Anglicised form of Bengali মিঞা, from Persian میان; also a modern variant of Mia.

Micha

Form of Micah, and a short form of Michael

Michell

English variant of Mitchell

Michonne

Midori

From japanese 緑 (midori), meaning "green"

Mieke

Diminutive form of the name Maria, often used in Dutch

Mieko

From Japanese 美 (mi) "beautiful", 恵 (e) "favour, benefit" and 子 (ko) "child".

Mielle

English given name (modern, rare), feminine, on a user-submitted record

Miette

French for 'crumb', often referring to small and adorable things.

Miffy

A fictional rabbit in Dick Bruna's picture books, called nijntje in Dutch

Mignon

French for 'cute' or 'delicate'

Mignonne

French word meaning cute or adorable

Mikaela

Swedish and Finnish feminine form of Mikael, meaning "who is like God?"