Baby boy names beginning with M – with origins and meanings
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Let us help you sift through some of the best baby boy names that start with the letter M. Find out their origin and meaning and decide whether your newborn could be a Mabry, Merlin or a Murad
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1. Mablevi
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: do not deceive
2. Mabry
- Origin: Cornish
- Meaning: mud hill; also used as a girl’s name
3. Mace
- Origin: Old French
- Meaning: club or mace; symbolic of power
4. Macon
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: to create or perform
5. Maddison
- Origin: English
- Meaning: variant of Mathieson, meaning son of Matthew or Muade; also used a girl’s name
- Also: Madison
6. Madoc
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: fortunate
7. Magnus
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: great
- Also: Manus (Irish form)
8. Maitland
- Origin: French
- Meaning: possibly a reference to Mautalant, a town in France
9. Makepeace
- Origin: English
- Meaning: derived from the medieval English of mak(en), to make, and pais, peace.
10. Malachi
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: messenger of God
11. Malcolm
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: disciple of Columba
- Also: Mal, Calum
12. Malise
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: servant of Jesus
13. Mallory
- Origin: French
- Meaning: the unlucky one
14. Malone
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: servant of Saint John
15. Manasseh
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: bringing forgetfulness
16. Manfred
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: man of peace
- Also: Manny
17. Manish
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: intelligence
18. Manley
- Origin: English
- Meaning: shared wood; a surname used as a first name
19. Manny
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: God is with us
- Also: Emanuel, Immanuel, Manfred, Manuel
20. Manuel
- Origin: Spanish
- Meaning: form of Emanuel
21. Marcellus
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: dedicated to Mars
- *Also:*Emanuel
22. Marcus
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Latin form of Mark
23. Marius
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: derived from Mars, the god of war
- Also: Mario (Italian form)
24. Mark
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: possibly derived from the name of Mars, the god of war
- Also: Marcus, Marc (French form), Marcel (French form)
25. Marland
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: by the lake
26. Marlon
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: little hawk
27. Marlow
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: driftwood; also used as a girl’s name
- Also: Marlowe
28. Marmaduke
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: servant of Madoc
- Also: Duke
29. Marques
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: noble
- Also: Marqis, Marquez
30. Marsden
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: valley causing a boundary
31. Marsh
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: Swamp
32. Marshall
- Origin: Old French
- Meaning: someone who looks after horses
33. Marston
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: town near the marsh
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34. Martin
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: warlike
- Also: Marty, Martyn (Welsh form)
35. Marvin
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: friend of the sea
- Also: Mervyn
36. Marwood
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: lake near the woods
37. Mashawn
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: vivacious
38. Mason
- Origin: Englsih
- Male: stone worker
39. Matheson
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: gift of God
- Also: Mathieson
40. Matthew
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: gift of God
- Also: Mat, Matt, Matthias, Mathias (Greek forms)
41. Matthias
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: gift of God
- Also: Marty, Martyn (Welsh form), Matthew
42. Maurice
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: a Moor
- Also: Morrie, Maurie, Mo, Morris
43. Maverick
- Origin: English
- Meaning: trailblazer
44. Maximilian
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: The greatest
- Also: Maximilien, Max, Maxie
45. Maxwell
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: great stream; surname used as a first name
- Also: Max
46. Mayer
- Origin: Latin/Hebrew
- Meaning: bright, shining, larger
- Also: Meyer, Myer
47. Maynard
- Origin: Norman/English
- Meaning: strong, hardy
48. Mayo
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: yew tree plain
49. Meguru
- Origin: Japanese
- Meaning: blessing
50. Melbourne
- Origin: English
- Meaning: mill stream
51. Melchior
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: king of light; one of the three wise men who worshipped the baby Jesus in Bethlehem
52. Melville
- Origin: Norman
- Meaning: derived from any of several places called Malleville in Normandy, France
53. Melvin
- Origin: English
- Meaning: gentle lord
- Also: Melvyn, Mel
54. Mercer
- Origin: English/Scottish
- Meaning: merchant
55. Mercury
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: in Greek mythology, Mercury was the messenger to the gods
56. Meredith
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: great leader
- Also: Meridith, Merry
57. Merlin
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: sea fortress; small falcon
58. Merrill
- Origin: English
- Meaning: pleasant hill; surname used as a first name
- Also: Merryll, Meryl
59. Merton
- Origin: English
- Meaning: settlement by the lake
60. Mervyn
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: sea fort
- Also: Mervin, Merfyn, Marvin
61. Micah
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: who is like Jehovah
62. Michael
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: who is like God
- Also: Mike, Mick, Micky, Michel (French form), Miguel (Portuguese and Spanish forms), Mikhail (Russian form), Mischa
63. Milan
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: union
64. Miles
- Origin: Old German
- Meaning: uncertain but is possibly merciful
- Also: Myles, Milo
65. Milford
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: the mill by the ford
66. Miller
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: one who grinds grain
- Also: Milner
67. Milne
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: occupant of the mill
68. Milton
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: mill town
69. Milward
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: keeper of the mill
70. Mischa
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: keeper of the mill
- Also: Mikhail
71. Mitchell
- Origin: English
- Meaning: who is like God
- Also: Mitch
72. Mo
- Origin: American
- Meaning: dark skinned
- Also: Maurice
73. Modred
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: A counsellor
74. Mohan
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: attractive
75. Monroe
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: from red marsh
- Also: Monro, Munro, Munroe
76. Montague
- Origin: French
- Meaning: pointed hill
- Also: Montagu, Monty
77. Montgomery
- Origin: Norman
- Meaning: derived from the place Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery in Normandy, Fra
- Also: Montgomerie, Monty
78. Montrale
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: fussy
79. Moray
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: lord and master
- Also: Murray
80. Morgan
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: born of the sea
81. Morley
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: meadow on the moor
82. Mortimer
- Origin: French
- Meaning: dead or stagnant marshland water
- Also: Mort and Morty
83. Morton
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: settlement on or by the marsh
84. Moses
- Origin: probably Egyptian, not Hebrew
- Meaning: Uncertain
85. Mosi
- Origin: Egyptian
- Meaning: born first
86. Mozart
- Origin: Italian
- Meaning: to cut off or to take one’s breath away from the Italian word, mozzare
87. Muhammad
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: to praise: the name of the prophet who founded the Islamic religion
- Also: Mohammad and Mohammed
88. Muhsin
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: Charitable
89. Muir
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning: beside the moor
90. Mungo
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: beloved; the name of the patron saint of Glasgow
91. Munir
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: brilliant
- Also: Muneer
92. Murad
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: desired
93. Murdo
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: seaman
94. Murdock
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: leader of the sea, sailor
- Also: Murdoch
95. Murray
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning: lord and master
- Also: Moray
96. Mustafa
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: chosen
97. Mykelti
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: he who is like God
98. Myron
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: fragrant
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
Illustration: Emma Winchester
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