Maler
From Malto, meaning "hill people".
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Page 49 of 180Males
Variant of Male.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMaley
* As an Irish surname, variant of Malley, see O'Malley. * As a Carpathian Rusyn surname, variant of Mljec, from млєц (mljec, “to mill”), from Proto-Slavic *melti. * As a Czech and Slovak (Malý), Polish (Mały, Maly), and
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionMali
Inherits its name from the Mali Empire, in turn from Mandinka or Dyula mali (“hippopotamus”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMalia
Borrowed from Hawaiian Malia (“Mary”) and in some cases from Mālia (“calm”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMalik
From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMalin
The surname is from a Middle English diminutive of the given name Mary.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMalka
Borrowed from Hebrew מַלְכָּה (malká, “queen”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMalla
Borrowed from Nepali मल्ल (malla). Borrowed also from Catalan Malla, a habitational surname from the municipality of Malla, Barcelona.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMallu
From Malayalam, Malayali. Compare Gujju (“a Gujarati speaker”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMally
Variant of Malley.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMalmö
From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimatel
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMalta
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μελίτη (Melítē)bor. Latin Melitabor. Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā) Maltese Maltabor. Italian Maltabor. English Malta Borrowed from Italian and Maltese Malta, from Arabic مَالِطَا (māliṭā), from La
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsMalti
Borrowed from Sanskrit मालती (mālatī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaluf
Variant of Maalouf. Borrowed from Arabic معلوف (maʕlūf).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMalvi
From Malvi माळवी (māḷvī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMalwa
Borrowed from Hindi मालवा (mālvā), from Sanskrit मालव (mālava).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMaly
From Czech Malý, Slovak Malý, and Polish Mały.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsMalyn
From Ukrainian Ма́лин (Mályn).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMalé
Borrowed from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMam
From Welsh Mam (“Mum, Mom”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMamta
From Hindi ममता (mamtā, “maternal love”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMan
From man.
6 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsMan.
Clipping of Manitoba.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManak
Borrowed from Sanskrit मानक (mānaka).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManal
Borrowed from Arabic مَنَال (manāl).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManan
Borrowed from Sanskrit मनन (manana, “contemplation, deliberation, pondering”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManas
From Hindi मानस (mānas).
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordManat
From Arabic مَنَاة (manāh).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManav
Borrowed from Sanskrit मानव (mānava, “human being”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManby
From the Old Norse personal name Manni + býr (“farmstead; town”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManc
Clipping of Mancunian.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMand
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Dutch and German Mand, from a short form of the personal name Amand. * Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੰਡ (maṇḍ), a Sikh surname.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionManda
Borrowed from Hindi मन्दा (mandā). Also from a Czech derivative of the female personal name Magdalena.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMande
The name in Mande.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMandi
Borrowed from Hindi मंडी (maṇḍī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMando
Clipping of Mandarin, probably influenced by the use of Canto for Cantonese.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMands
Source etymology material for Mands; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMandy
Apheretic form of Amanda + -y.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManer
From the German surname Mäner, from Middle High German mener (“cattle driver”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManes
Borrowed from Latin Manēs, from Ancient Greek Μάνης (Mánēs).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsManey
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maine (“descendant of Maine”), a personal name of obscure origin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMango
From Mango ma21 ŋo21.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMani
Borrowed from Greek Μάνη f (Máni).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordMania
From Latin Mānia, related to mānes (“spirits of the dead”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManix
Variant of Mannix.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManji
Variant of Latin Mangi, q.v.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManju
From Sanskrit मञ्जु (mañju, “beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManko
Borrowed from Ukrainian Манько (Manʹko).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManks
Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsManly
English and Irish surname, variant of Manley.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMann
As a German surname, from the root of man.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManna
Borrowed from Italian Manna. Possible etymologies include the feminine form of Manno, or a nickname or metonym based on manna (sense 1).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsManne
Various origins: * Borrowed from Telugu మన్నె (manne); this surname is mostly found in Telangana. * Variant of the Dutch surname Mann. * Borrowed from French Manne, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of a kind
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsManny
Diminutive with -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManod
From Welsh.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManor
English surname, variant of Mayner, of Norman origin, from a Proto-Germanic personal name composed of the elements *maginą (“power, might”) + *harjaz (“army”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsManpo
Borrowed from Korean 만포(滿浦) (Manpo).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMansa
From Punjabi.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMansi
Borrowed from Northern Mansi Ма̄ньси (Mānʹsi).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManso
From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish surname, from manso (“tame, mild”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManu
Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man and mann.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsManus
Shortened form of McManus.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordManx
Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsMany
Borrowed from French Many or a variant of Maney. The town in Louisiana is named after a Colonel Many.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManz
* As an Alemannic German surname, pet form of the personal name Mangold. * As a German surname (Bavaria, Austria), pet form of the personal name Manhart, Manhardt. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, Germanized from Manc, a sh
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionManzi
Borrowed from Italian Manzi.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordManzo
Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Manzo.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMao
From Mandarin 毛 (Máo).
4 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsMaoli
Senses 1 and 2 are borrowed from Hawaiian maoli. Compare Maori (the indigenous people in New Zealand).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaor
Borrowed from Hebrew מָאוֹר (ma'or, “light, luminary”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaore
From Maore Comorian Maore.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaori
Borrowed from Māori māori (“aborigine, native; normal, ordinary, plain”). Doublet of Maoli.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMaoz
Borrowed from Hebrew מָעוֹז (Māʾōz).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMapel
Variant of Maple.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMapes
Possibly a plural form of French Mape.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaple
English surname, from the noun maple.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMapps
Probably a variant of Mapp.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMapu
Borrowed from Manipuri ꯃꯄꯨ (mapu, “master, supreme being”)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMar
From Scottish Gaelic Màrr, probably based on a Brythonic personal name Marsos.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsMara
From Hebrew מָרָא (mara, “bitterness”), derived from Hebrew מַר (mar, “bitter”). The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.
6 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsMarah
Borrowed from Arabic مَرَح (maraḥ).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMaraj
Ultimately from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja). Doublet of maharaja.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMarak
Borrowed from Czech Mařák.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaran
From Mara + -an.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMaraw
Borrowed from Hopi Maraw (“member of the Maraw society”), from maraw (“a kind of insect”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarbs
Clipping of Marbella + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMarc
Borrowed from French Marc, from Latin Marcus.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMarca
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Marca.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarch
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *Māwortis? Proto-Italic *Māmart-? Old Latin Māvors Latin Mārs Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin Mārtius Latin mārtius Old Fren
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsMarci
Variant of Marcy.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarco
From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsMardy
From Welsh.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMarek
Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Marek.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaren
From Danish Maren, from Latin Marina.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordMarfa
Transliteration of Russian and Ukrainian Ма́рфа (Márfa). Doublet of Martha. The town is named after a character in Jules Verne's novel Michael Strogoff.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionMargo
A phonetic rendering of Margot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMari
From Akkadian 𒈠𒌷𒆠 (ma-riᵏⁱ), from Mer, an ancient storm/patron deity of Mesopotamia and Syria. Also see Nûr-Mêr.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaria
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm)bor. Aramaic מריםbor. Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā)bor. Latin Mariabor. English Maria Borrowed from Latin Maria, borrowed from Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā), borrowed from Arama
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMarie
The French Marie, equivalent of Mary; also an Early New English spelling of Mary, from Middle English Marie. Doublet of Mary.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsMarin
The county was either named after Chief Marin, of the Coast Miwok tribe, or derived from the Spanish name of its eastern bay known as Bahía de Nuestra Señora del Rosario la Marinera in 1775.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsMario
Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMaris
From Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge (the founding site of Cambridge University's Plant Breeding Institute), from Etruscan Maris.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMarj
See Margaret, Marjorie, etc.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMark
From Middle English Mark, from the Latin praenomen (i.e. first name) Mārcus, derived from Mārs, the Roman god of war, originally Māvors, from Proto-Italic *Māwortis.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsMarko
Etymology tree English Mark Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English Marko From Mark + -o.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMarku
Borrowed from Albanian Marku.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarky
Etymology tree English Mark Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Marky From Mark + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMarla
American back-formation from Marlene, first used in the 1930s.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMarma
From Burmese မရမာ (ma.ra.ma).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarne
From French Marne; in the sense of the German town and the place in Iowa named after it, from German Marne.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMaron
Borrowed from Latin Maron, from Ancient Greek Μάρων (Márōn), from Classical Syriac ܡܪܘܢ (mārūn). Compare Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܡܪܐ (mar, “lord, master”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsMaros
From Hungarian Maros. Doublet of Mureș.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordMaroz
From Belarusian мароз (maróz, “frost”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarr
* As a Scottish surname, from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, itself named after the clan (see also Clan Mar). * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Old Norse marr (“marsh, pool, fen”). * As a Chine
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionMarra
Borrowed from Italian Marra.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMars
From Middle English Mars, from Latin Mārs (“god of war”), from Old Latin Māvors.
4 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsMarsi
Learned borrowing from Latin Mārsī.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordMarte
Borrowed from Spanish Marte. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarty
Etymology tree English Martin Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Marty From Martin + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMartí
Borrowed from Spanish Martí.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaru
From Māori [Term?].
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMarup
From Meitei language word "Marup", meaning "friend".
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMarut
Borrowed from Sanskrit मरुत् (marut).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarv
Borrowed from Iranian Persian مَرْو (marv), from Classical Persian مَرْو (marw).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMarwa
Arabic مروة
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMarx
Borrowed from German Marx.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMary
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm)bor. Aramaic מריםbor. Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā)bor. Latin Marīa Old French Mariebor. Middle English Marie English Mary From Middle English Marie, from Old French Marie, fr
2 source sections · 13 relationship mentionsMarzo
Borrowed from Spanish and Italian Marzo. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaré
From Brazilian Portuguese Maré.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMas
Shortened from master.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMasa
From Japanese まさ (Masa).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMasan
Borrowed from Korean 마산(馬山) (masan).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMasao
Borrowed from Japanese まさお (Masao).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMash
Probably an alteration of Marsh, a topological surname from Old English mersċ ("bog, swamp, marsh"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri ("sea; standing water").
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMasha
From Russian and Ukrainian Ма́ша (Máša).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMashq
Borrowed from Arabic مَشْق (mašq), from مَشَقَ (mašaqa, “to stretch out”), due to some letters in the script being stretched out.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionMasi
Borrowed from Italian Masi.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMasih
Borrowed from Hindi मसीह (masīh), from Urdu مسیح (“Christ, messiah”), from Classical Persian مَسِيح (“messiah, Christ”), from Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ, “anointed, messiah”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsMaske
Etymology tree Late Latin mascara Latin *mascra Proto-Indo-European *mesg-der. Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ Proto-West Germanic *maskābor. Latin masca Italian mascherabor. French masquebor. German Maskebor. English Maske Borro
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMasr
From Egyptian Arabic مصر (maṣr), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr), ultimately from Hebrew מִצְרַיִם.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsMasri
From Egyptian Arabic مصري (maṣri).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMass
From Middle English messe, from Old English mæsse and Old French messe, both from Late Latin missa, from Latin mittō (“to send, dismiss”), compare French messe. In the ancient churches, the public services at which the c
2 source sections · 7 relationship mentionsMassa
Both borrowed from Italian Massa, from Latin Māssa, from massa (“mass, bulk”). Compare Massey.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMasse
From French Masse or French Massé. See also Mace.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMast
* As a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“mast (pole on a ship)”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun mast (“fodder”). * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Mast (“fat”), itself related to the
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMasud
Variant spelling of Masoud.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMasur
From Polish Mazur.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMatar
From the Spanish and Portuguese habitational surname based on several places in the Iberian peninsula, ultimately from mata (“forest, woods”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMateo
From Spanish Mateo, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū). Doublet of Matthew.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsMates
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté. * Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMatey
Variant spelling of Matej.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMatho
Diminutives + -o.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMatic
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Matić.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaton
From a pet form of the personal name Matthew, or directly borrowed from French Maton.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMatos
* As a Spanish and Galician surname, from the plural of mato (“brushwood”). See Mato. This is also found in Portuguese through placenames from the same noun. Compare De Matos. * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Matus.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMatou
From Mandarin 麻豆 (Mádòu), Wade–Giles romanization: Ma²-tou⁴.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMatsu
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin pronunciation for 馬祖 (Ma³-tsu³).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMatts
Patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of Matthew.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMatty
Diminutives + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMatz
From the German surname, pet forms of Mattheus and Matthias; see Matthew.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMatza
English occupational surname for a baker of Jewish unleavened bread.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMau
From mȧu, the rendering of Egyptian mjw (“cat”) in Karl Richard Lepsius’s 19th-century transcription system.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsMaud
From Old French Mahaut. Doublet of Matilda.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordMaui
From Hawaiian Maui, probably a contraction of Māui (a Hawaiian trickster god); or borrowed from Māori Māui.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMaung
Borrowing from Burmese မောင် (maung).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaura
Either from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsMauri
Borrowed from Italian Mauri.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMauss
From German Mauß.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMautz
Borrowed from German Mautz.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMav
Shortened from Maverick.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMavis
Coined at the end of the 19th century from mavis, a poetical name for the song thrush.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMaw
* As an English surname, from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *makô (“mate, relative”), comparable to modern match. * Also as an English surname, from archaic mew (“seagull”); compare the surname Mew. * Also as
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionMawei
From a romanization of Mandarin 馬尾 /马尾 (Mǎwěi), later reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMawer
Variant of Mower.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMawr
From Welsh mawr (“large”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMax
Borrowed from German Max, diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMaxcy
Variant of Maxey.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMaxey
From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”). Ekwall (1960) refers the first element to Old Irish Maccus, a Norse-Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Magnus.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsMaxie
From Max + -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMaxim
* As a given name, from Latin Maximus (“greatest”), superlative of magnus (“great”). Borne by several early Christian saints. * As a French or Dutch surname, from the given name. * For the machine gun, named after Americ
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMaxy
From Max + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMay
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionsMaya
Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”) or Yucatec Maya maaya, a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”).
4 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsMayan
Etymology tree English Maya Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mayan From Maya + -an.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMayen
* As a German surname from the placename (see below). * As a Hispanic/Spanish name (Mayén, common in Andalusia), possibly from Andalusian Arabic معين (“spring, well, source of water”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionMayer
* As an English surname, variant of Mear, from the noun mere (both senses). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English mire, a borrowing from archaic French mire (“physician”). Compare Myer. * Also as an English n
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsMayes
English surname, variant of May with genitival -s.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMayim
Popularized by U.S. actress Mayim Bialik, Bialik's name originated as a diminutive contraction of Maryam, her grandmother's name. It has been reinterpreted as deriving from Hebrew מים (“water”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionMayme
Borrowed from Spanish Mayme.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMayn
Borrowed from Russian Майн (Majn).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMayo
The name of the village and county in Ireland is from Irish Maigh Eo (“plain of yew trees”).
3 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMayol
Borrowed from Catalan Mayol, a variant of Mallol.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMayor
* As an English surname, variant of Mayer. * As a Spanish surname, from the adjective mayor (“older, elder”). * Also as a Spanish surname, from the archaic noun major (“mayor, chief”), itself related to the above. * As a
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMays
* As an English surname, variant of Mayes. * As a German surname, variant of Mais. * As a Dutch surname, from a short form of Thomas.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsMayu
Borrowed from Chinese 媽嶼 /妈屿.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordMayur
Borrowed from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMazak
From Zamak, influenced by the initials of the manufacturer, Morris Ashby.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMazda
Transliteration of Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā, “wisdom”).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordMaze
* As an English surname, variant of Mays. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Maye, from Irish Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), see miadh (“esteem, respect”). Compare May. * As a Breton surname Mazé, sho
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