Ancient Baby Names, Names from Old Rome or Greek Starting With M
These are ancient baby names that start with the letter M. Use the alphabet bar to switch to a different starting letter, or view all ancient baby names.
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Recorded origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac | Son Of | Male | Celtic |
| Macha | Plain | Female | Irish |
| Machaon | Myth Name (Son Of Aesculapius) | Male | Greek |
| Maeve | A Mythical Queen | Female | Celtic |
| Magnus | Great | Male | Danish |
| Mahala | Tender | Female | Hebrew |
| Maia | Myth Name (Mother Of Hermes) | Female | Greek |
| Malvina | Handmaiden | Female | Celtic |
| Marcella | Warring | Female | French |
| Marcellus | "YOUNG WARRIOR .VARIATIONS: MARCEAU,MARCEL,MARCELIN,MARCELLO." | Male | Latin |
| Marcia | "Variant Of Mark. Mars, Greek God." | Female | English |
| Marcus | Hammer | Male | Gaelic |
| Mariana | Compound Name Combining Marie And Anne, "Bitter Grace." | Female | Romanian |
| Marilla | Shining Sea. Variant Of Muriel. | Female | Celtic |
| Marina | Female | English | |
| Marius | Hammer | Male | Romanian |
| Maro | Myself | Male | Japanese |
| Marpessa | Myth Name (Daughter Of Evenus) | Female | Greek |
| Marsyas | Myth Name (A Satyr) | Male | Greek |
| Martina | Feminine Of Martin Warring. | Female | Spanish |
| Maximus | Greatest. | Male | Irish |
| Meadhbh | Happiness Or Pearl | Female | Irish |
| Medea | Myth Name (Wife Of Jason Who Murders Her Children) | Female | Greek |
| Medus | Myth Name (Son Of Medea By Aegeus) | Male | Greek |
| Meena | Fish; Precious Stone. In Hindu Myth, Meena Is A Name Of The Wife Of Shiva. MY... | Female | Indian |
| Melampus | Myth Name (Seer) | Male | Greek |
| Melanie | Dark. | Female | French |
| Melantho | Myth Name (A Serving Girl) | Female | Greek |
| Melissa | Meaning Unknown | Female | Arthurian |
| Melita | Honey | Female | Romanian |
| Menelaus | Myth Name (Brother Of Agamemnon) | Male | Greek |
| Mentor | Wise Counselor | Male | Greek |
| Merope | Myth Name (Foster Mother Of Oedipus) | Female | Greek |
| Metis | Myth Name (Resourcefulness) | Female | Greek |
| Midas | Myth Name (Turned Everything He Touched To Gold) | Male | Greek |
| Milan | "Union, Combine, Joining" | Male | Indian |
| Milo | Merciful. | Male | English |
| Minerva | Wise | Female | Greek |
| Minos | Myth Name (Son Of Zeus) | Male | Greek |
| Mira | Bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Mopsus | Myth Name (A Seer) | Male | Greek |
| Mungo | Lovable | Male | Celtic |
| Murray | From The Sea. Ancient Scottish Clan Surname. | Male | Scottish |
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