List of English Baby Names Meanings Starting with Ma

Manning

(MAN-ing)

Manning is from an old Norse word — manningi — meaning a brave or valiant man; and one of the first forms of the name was Mannin; another cartography was Mannygn. One historian gives a Saxon origin for the family, which he calls "ancient and noble".

Meaning: Son of the hero Origin: English

Magnolia

(mag-NO-lee-ə)

The name Magnolia is a French baby name. In French the meaning of the name Magnolia is: Flower.

Meaning: Magnolia flower Origin: English

Manford

(MAN-fərd)

Manford Name Meaning. English: possibly a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.

Meaning: Protected ford Origin: English

Mansfield

(MANS-feeld)

The name Mansfield arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Mansfield family lived in Mansfield, a parish in Nottinghamshire. The place-name itself is a combination of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon terms, and literally signifies the field by the hill called Mam, from the Celtic word for a mother or a breast.

Meaning: Coming from a hilly pasture Origin: English, Germanic

Manson

(MANS-ən)

Manson is a surname of Scottish origin. It is an Anglicised version of the Scandinavian name Magnusson, meaning son of Magnus, and a Sept of Clan Gunn. It is particularly common in the far northeast of Scotland in the county of Caithness and in Orkney and Shetland. ... Amy Manson (born 1985), Scottish actor.

Meaning: Fierce one Origin: English

Madai

Biblical Meaning: The name Madai is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Madai is: A measure, judging, a garment.

Meaning: Middle Origin: English

Mahali

The name Mahali is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Mahali is: Infirmity, a harp, pardon.

Meaning: Sick Origin: English

Mahli

Biblical Meaning: The name Mahli is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Mahli is: Infirmity, a harp, pardon.

Meaning: Sick Origin: English

Mahon

The name Mahon is an Irish baby name. In Irish the meaning of the name Mahon is: Bear.

Meaning: Bearcalf Origin: English

Maitland

Maitland Name Meaning. Scottish and English: of uncertain origin, possibly a nickname for an ungracious individual, from Anglo-Norman French maltalent, mautalent 'bad temper' (Late Latin malum 'bad' + talentum 'inclination', 'disposition').

Meaning: Bad tempered Origin: English