German Girl Names Starting With "M"
Authentic German feminine names beginning with the letter M.
Madeline
/MAH-DEH-LEE-NEH/Meaning: English form of Madeleine.
Origin: German
Madicken
/MAH-DEE-CKEH-N/Meaning: Swedish diminutive of Margareta, popularized by author Astrid Lindgren in her children's books.
Origin: Scandinavian
Madita
/MAH-DEE-TAH/Meaning: Created as a German equivalent of Madicken for the German translation of Astrid Lindgren's books.
Origin: German
Maerwine
/MAH-EH-RVEE-NEH/Meaning: Friend
Origin: German
Magda
/MAH-GDAH/Meaning: Short form of Magdalena
Origin: German
Magdalena
/MAH-GDAH-LEH-NAH/Meaning: Latinate form of Magdalene.
Origin: German
Magdalene
/MAH-GDAH-LEH-NEH/Meaning: Of Magdala
Origin: German
Maia
/MAH-EE-AH/Meaning: Noble, graceful
Origin: Latin
Maike
/MAH-EE-KEH/Meaning: Frisian diminutive of Maria.
Origin: German
Maja
/MAH-YAH/Meaning: Good mother, great, illusion
Origin: German
Malea
/MAH-LEH-AH/Meaning: Variant of Malia
Origin: German
Malia
/MAH-LEE-AH/Meaning: Hawaiian form of Maria.
Origin: Latin
Manuela
/MAH-NOO-EH-LAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Manuel.
Origin: German
Marcella
/MAH-RCEH-LLAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Marcellus.
Origin: German
Mareike
/MAH-REYEKEH/Meaning: Frisian and German diminutive of Maria.
Origin: German
Marga
/MAH-RGAH/Meaning: Diminutive of Margarete or Margaretha.
Origin: German
Margaret
/MAH-RGAH-REH-T/Meaning: Pearl
Origin: German
Margareta
/MAH-RGAH-REH-TAH/Meaning: Form of Margaret in several languages.
Origin: German
Margarete
/MAH-RGAH-REH-TEH/Meaning: German form of Margaret.
Origin: German
Margaretha
/MAH-RGAH-REH-TAH/Meaning: Dutch form of Margaret, as well as a Swedish and German variant form.
Origin: Greek
Margarethe
/MAH-RGAH-REH-TEH/Meaning: Pearl
Origin: Greek
Margherita
/MAH-RGHEH-REE-TAH/Meaning: Italian form of Margaret.
Origin: German
Margit
/MAH-RGEE-T/Meaning: Hungarian and Scandinavian form of Margaret.
Origin: German
Margitta
/MAH-RGEE-TTAH/Meaning: German variant form of Margaret.
Origin: German
Margot
/MAH-RGOH-T/Meaning: Short form of Marguerite
Origin: German
Margret
/MAH-RGREH-T/Meaning: Contracted form of Margarete or Margaret.
Origin: German
Margrit
/MAH-RGREE-T/Meaning: German variant form of Margaret.
Origin: German
Margrith
/MAH-RGREE-T/Meaning: Swiss German variant form of Margaret.
Origin: Greek
Marguerite
/MAH-RGOO-EH-REE-TEH/Meaning: French form of Margaret.
Origin: German
Mariamne
/MAH-REE-AH-MNEH/Meaning: Ancient Greek form of Miriam, famously borne by the wife of Herod the Great.
Origin: Hebrew/Greek
Mariana
/MAH-REE-AH-NAH/Meaning: Roman feminine form of Marianus.
Origin: German
Marianne
/MAH-REE-AH-NNEH/Meaning: Variant of Mariana
Origin: German
Mariele
/MAH-REELEH/Meaning: German diminutive of Maria.
Origin: German
Marietta
/MAH-REETTAH/Meaning: Diminutive of Maria.
Origin: German
Marika
/MAH-REE-KAH/Meaning: Diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with Mari.
Origin: German
Marina
/MAH-REE-NAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Marinus.
Origin: German
Marion
/MAH-REE-OH-N/Meaning: Medieval French diminutive of Marie.
Origin: German
Marita
/MAH-REE-TAH/Meaning: Diminutive of Maria.
Origin: German
Marketa
/MAH-RKEH-TAH/Meaning: Noble, classic
Origin: German
Marlen
/MAH-RLEH-N/Meaning: Variant of Marlene
Origin: German
Marlene
/MAH-RLEH-NEH/Meaning: Beloved star of the sea, torch
Origin: German
Marlies
/MAH-RLEES/Meaning: Combination of Maria and Lies.
Origin: German
Marliese
/MAH-RLEESEH/Meaning: Combination of Maria and Liese.
Origin: German
Marlis
/MAH-RLEE-S/Meaning: Combination of Maria and Liese.
Origin: German
Marta
/MAH-RTAH/Meaning: Form of Martha used in various languages.
Origin: German
Martha
/MAH-RTAH/Meaning: Lady, mistress
Origin: Greek
Martina
/MAH-RTEE-NAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Martinus (see Martin).
Origin: German
- Martina Hingis - Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
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- Martina McBride - Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff; born July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer and songwriter. An icon in the country music world, she is known for her country pop material with a powerful soprano voice and expansive range.
Mary
/MAH-RY/Meaning: Sea of bitterness
Origin: German
Mathilde
/MAH-TEE-LDEH/Meaning: Strength in battle
Origin: Greek
Matilda
/MAH-TEE-LDAH/Meaning: Strength in battle
Origin: German
- Saint Mathilda (German queen and wife of King Henry I, noted for charity)
- Mathilda May (French-German actress)
Matthaus
/MAH-TTAH-OO-S/Meaning: A noble and historical name
Origin: Greek
Maximiliane
/MAH-XEE-MEE-LEE-AH-NEH/Meaning: German feminine form of Maximilian.
Origin: German
Mechthild
/MEH-KHTEE-LD/Meaning: German form of Matilda.
Origin: Greek
Mechtild
/MEH-KHTEE-LD/Meaning: German form of Matilda.
Origin: German
Mechtilde
/MEH-KHTEE-LDEH/Meaning: German form of Matilda.
Origin: German
Meike
/MEYEKEH/Meaning: Beloved, bitter
Origin: German
Melanie
/MEH-LAH-NEE/Meaning: Dark, black
Origin: German
Melissa
/MEH-LEE-SSAH/Meaning: Bee
Origin: German
Melitta
/MEH-LEE-TTAH/Meaning: Variant of Melissa
Origin: German
Meta
/MEH-TAH/Meaning: Short form of Margaret
Origin: German
Mia
/MEE-AH/Meaning: Beloved, bitter
Origin: Latin
Michaela
/MEE-KHAH-EH-LAH/Meaning: Feminine form of Michael.
Origin: German
Minna
/MEE-NNAH/Meaning: Love, remembrance, resolute protector
Origin: German
Miriam
/MEE-REE-AH-M/Meaning: Form of Mary used in the Old Testament, where it belongs to the elder sister of Moses and Aaron.
Origin: German
Mirjam
/MEE-RYAH-M/Meaning: Dutch, German, Finnish, Estonian and Slovene form of Miriam.
Origin: German
Mitzi
/MEE-TTSEE/Meaning: German diminutive of Maria.
Origin: German
Monica
/MOH-NEE-CAH/Meaning: To advise
Origin: German
Monika
/MOH-NEE-KAH/Meaning: Advisor, unique
Origin: German