It is also frequently used in Brittany, where it is traditionally a male name. The male and female names may not be the same name in origin. The male name is a descendant of Old Welsh Morcant, possibly derived from mor (meaning "sea") and cant (meaning "circle"), with the meaning "sea chief" or "sea defender".
Moriah is a place name derived from the Bible; it's the mountain where Abraham offered his son Isaac as a sacrifice to God (Genesis 22:2). ... We do know the name comes from the Hebrew “Mōrīyyāh and possibly means “seen by Yahweh” in reference to the nail-biting near-sacrifice of Isaac upon the mountain.
Origin of the name Morris: Variant of Maurice, a borrowing from the French which is derived from the Late Latin Mauritius (Moorish), a derivative of Maurus (a Moor). The Moors were a Muslim people of mixed Arab and Berber descent; thus the name came to mean "dark" or "swarthy" in reference to their coloring.
Moses or Moshe is a male given name, after the biblical figure Moses. According to the Torah, the name "Moses" comes from the Hebrew verb, meaning "to pull out/draw out" [of water], and the infant Moses was given this name by Pharaoh's daughter after rescuing him from the Nile (Exodus 2:10).
Moses or Moshe is a male given name, after the biblical figure Moses. According to the Torah, the name "Moses" comes from the Hebrew verb, meaning "to pull out/draw out" [of water], and the infant Moses was given this name by Pharaoh's daughter after rescuing him from the Nile (Exodus 2:10).
The name Mya is a new coinage of an uncertain derivation, possibly a respelling of Mia or Maya, or influenced by Myra. The origin of Mia perhaps goes back to ancient Egypt from the word “mryâ€, which means 'beloved.' From Maya, the name could be derived from the Greek root “mai†which means 'great.'
Alternate spellings proliferate, with the name sometimes spelled Mayam Maia, Miya, Mya, or Myah. Maya is a feminine name with multiple meanings. Hindu philosophy, Māyā means "illusion" and in Hindu mythology, it is also an alternate name of the Hindu goddess Durga. ... In Old Persian the name means "generous."
Myles is a variant spelling of Miles. We know that Miles is of Norman origin, but it can't be derived from any specific Old French or Germanic word. ... The Latin word “miles†means 'soldier' or some such military attribute due to its association with Michael (the soldier angel of God).
Myra (/ˈmaɪərə/ MYRE-ə) together with its other orthographical version Mira is a feminine given name with varying meanings. ... The name was created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville 1st Barone Brooke (1554–1628). He possibly based it on Latin myrra meaning "myrrh". Myrrh is a fragrant resin obtained from a tree.
From æ• (mÇn) meaning "quick, clever, sharp", æ°‘ (mÃn) meaning "people, citizens", or other Chinese/Sino-Korean characters which are pronounced similarly. Home » Names.
