Dog Names That Start With M

Maara

Recorded as a feminine given name in Estonian

Mabel

English female name from Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear".

Mabeline

Derived from the name Mabel, which means 'lovable' or 'amiable'.

Mabelyn

Mable

Variant of Mabel

Mabli

A name of Welsh origin that means 'a young woman' or 'a young girl'

Maca

Maca is another name for Lepidium meyenii, an edible plant of the Andes

Macaron

Macaroon

Macca

Macey

Variant of Macy

Macgruff

Macgyver

Machu

Maci

Mack

A short form of the name Malcolm, meaning 'devotee of Saint Columba'.

Mackay

Variant spelling of McKay

Mackenzie

Anglicised Scottish surname, from Gaelic MacCoinnich, son of Coinneach

Mackey

Derived from Gaelic meaning 'son of the hero'

Macky

A diminutive form of the name 'Mack', often used affectionately

Maco

A name derived from the Latin word for 'mighty' or 'brave'

Macy

From an English surname, from French towns called Massy, from the Latinised name Maccius

Mad Max

Madalyn

Variant of Madeline

Madara

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

Maddalena

Italian variant of Magdalene; means 'of Magdala'.

Madden

From an irish surname, an anglicized form of Ó Madadháin, from madadh, "dog, hound"

Maddison

Variant spelling of Madison

Maddux

A Welsh-origin name; the sources checked record no meaning for it

Maddy

A diminutive form of the name Madeline, meaning 'high tower' or 'woman of Magdala'.

Madeline

English form of madeleine

Madelyn

A variant of Madeline

Madi

A name of uncertain origin, often associated with the word 'gift'.

Madina

From Arabic al-Madīna, "the city"; used in Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Kazakh, Turkish and Uyghur

Madison

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

Mado

A given name recorded in Georgian and French

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

Maestro

Italian for 'master' or 'teacher'; an honorific title of respect.

Maffin

Magenta

English word for a purplish-pink color, midway between blue and red

Maggie

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

Maggie Mae

Maggy

A diminutive form of Margaret meaning 'pearl'.

Magic

English word for supernatural forces, conjuring tricks, or the magic of games and fiction.

Magni

From Old Norse magn, meaning "might, strength".

Magnum

Latin word meaning "great"

Magnus

Latin cognomen meaning "great"

Mago

A term meaning 'sorcerer' or 'wizard' in Spanish and Italian

Magoo

Mahe

Recorded as a masculine given name in Breton

Maheegan

Mahi

A term of endearment in various cultures, often used for someone beloved.

Mahican

A Native American tribe known for their resistance to European colonization

Mahpee

Mai

Chinese surname, from the character 麥 meaning wheat or barley

Maia

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

Maico

Recorded as a masculine given name in Brazilian Portuguese

Maik

A variation of the name 'Michael', meaning 'who is like God?'

Maika

No documented meaning; recorded as a given name in Japanese and Basque

Maiko

A young woman in traditional Japanese performing arts

Maiky

Mailo

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

Majestic

The English word majestic, meaning having grandeur or beauty

Maji

A Bengali surname, also spelled Majee

Majo

Derived from Spanish and Italian, meaning 'chief' or 'major'.

Major Woofington

Maka

A name derived from the Hawaiian word meaning 'to gain' or 'to acquire'.

Makani

No documented meaning in the sources checked

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

Makenzie

A derivative of MacKenzie, meaning 'son of the fair one' or 'born of fire'

Maki

From Japanese 真 (ma) "real, genuine" with 希 (ki) "hope" or 紀 (ki) "record, chronicle"

Makka

Greenlandic form of Danish Margrethe, and Swahili borrowing of Arabic مَكَّة (makka)

Makkari

A clipping of the Finnish makuuhuone, bedroom, plus the suffix -ari

Mako

Recorded as a given name in Japanese, English (New Zealand) and Hawaiian

Makoto

From Japanese 誠 (makoto), meaning "sincerity"

Maks

Short form of Maksim, Maksym or Maksimilijan

Maky

Makya

A Hopi given name, recorded for both feminine and masculine use

Malachi

From Hebrew malʾaḵi, "my messenger" or "my angel"

Malaia

Malaika

Means "angel" in Swahili, from Arabic malak

Malak

Means "angel" in Arabic

Malakai

Malaki

Recorded as a given name in English (Modern) and Filipino