202 Japanese Baby Names with Meanings, Starting With M

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Name	Gender	Meaning
Maren	Girl	Of the sea; Star of the sea; True love; Ocean loving
Miya	Girl	A beautiful temple; Shrine; Palace; Beauty; Fruit; To watch; To care for; Night; Wished for child
Mari	Girl	Donation; Mother; Genuine; Village; Reason; Logi
Mika	Girl	Beautiful fragrance; Who is like God?
Manha	Girl	A direction; A path of life; Gift from Allah; Many leaves
Mei	Girl	Beautiful; Chinese plum
Maiya	Girl	Good mother; Circle; Increasingly; Illusion
Mai	Girl	Water; Love; Dance; Beloved
Mikai	Unisex	Beautiful sea; Who is like God?
Mirai	Girl	The future; The time that is yet to come; Wait; Beauty; Thunder

Mekai	Unisex	The well on the other side
Mishika	Girl	Love of God; A medicinal plant; Blossom; Beautiful; Fragrance; Flower
Muna	Unisex	Desire; Wish; Spring; First; Vision; Bud
Mahina	Girl	Moon; Month; Light; Genuine; Male; Dance; Full; Queen; Apple tree
Mase	Unisex	Between; Rapids; Current; Genuine
Meiko	Boy	Sprout child; Bright child; Bud child
Mayumi	Girl	Beautiful; Genuine; Reason
Maisha	Girl	Life; Dance; Sand
Mea	Girl	Mine; Red; To bud; To sprout; Love; Tower on the north wall of Jerusalem
Makaya	Unisex	Eagle hunter; God's gift; Truthful

Misa	Girl	Beautiful sea; Three; Fine sand; Happiness; Who is like God
Mio	Girl	A beautiful cherry blossom
Machi	Boy	Ten thousand; Hemp; Wisdom; Pure; City; Man battle
Meeko	Unisex	Little mischief; Blessing; Bud; Child
Myriah	Girl	A fragrant resin obtained from a tree; Wished for child; Love; White jasmine; Mirror; Good
Makana	Girl	Gift; Dance; Play music
Miana	Unisex	Roman God of war, Mars; Goddesslike; Pashtun tribe
Minas	Boy	The moon; Will helmet; Sensitivity; Bright; Established one
Minato	Boy	Harbor
Meko	Unisex	Bud; Sprout

Mikiyah	Unisex	Who is like Yahweh; Tree trunk; Field
Midori	Girl	Green
Mizuki	Girl	Auspicious; Hope; Felicitious omen; Hope
Maru	Boy	Round; Cloud; Honey
Mugen	Unisex	Infinite
Mayuka	Girl	Love; Affection; Friend; Companion; Flower
Miyuki	Unisex	Beautiful fortune; Deep snow; Beautiful reason for history; Happiness and good fortune
Meron	Girl	Love; Affection; Theory
Maro	Boy	Mars; The god of war; Warlike; Male; Myself
Mairi	Girl	Bitter; Dance; Plum

Mariko	Girl	Genuine village child; Ball child; Truth child; Long-distance child; Jasmine child
Mikasa	Girl	Three bamboo hats
Megumi	Girl	Favor; Love; Affection
Mitsuki	Girl	Beautiful moon; Light; Hope; Beauty; Rare; Brightness; Shine; Rejoice
Miyu	Girl	Beautiful; Fruit; Good result; Truth; Excellence; Superiority; Gentleness; Evening; Bind
Merina	Unisex	Bud; Village; Vegetable; Green
Miki	Boy	Beautiful; Chronicle; Three trees together; Small; Who is like God; Trunk
Miori	Unisex	Beautiful beginning; Village; Beauty; Cloth; Weaving
Miriya	Unisex	Myrrh; Mirror; Good; Rebellious
Mayo	Boy	Elegant

Maka	Girl	Earth; Scatter; Beloved one
Mikki	Girl	Who is like God; Quick; Nimble;
Minami	Girl	The one who lived in the south region; One who is from South; Beautiful wave or ocean
Mita	Girl	The dearest friend; Companion; Earth mother; Three rice paddies
Masato	Boy	Right; Proper; Elegant; Graceful; Real; Genuine; True; Person
Masahiro	Boy	Broad-minded; Fairness
Masaki	Girl	Right tree; Proper
Masao	Boy	Right; Proper; Government; Hero, manly; Man; Husband
Mori	Unisex	Forest or woods; Moor or North African
Meru	Boy	Black; Dark; Bee

Musashi	Boy	Warrior; Military; A style of court rank utilized by samurai
Micai	Unisex	Beautiful ocean; Beautiful sea; Who is like Yahweh
Mayu	Unisex	Real; Genuine; Excellence; Superiority
Mieka	Unisex	Beautiful fragrance
Miriah	Unisex	Myrrh; Mirror; Good; Rebellious
Mareo	Boy	He who is rare
Maaya	Unisex	Curious; Annoying; Stubborn; Kind; Lost; Bewildered; Cheerful
Momo	Unisex	Peach; Resolute protector
Miura	Unisex	Three bays; August bays
Manami	Unisex	Love beauty; Love sea; Love fruit; Truth name beauty 50

Mieko	Girl	Child of beauty and favor
Miesha	Girl	Life; Strawberry; Gauze; Thin silk; Sand; Livelihood; Living
Mishita	Girl	A sweet person; Good-natured; A name of Goddess Laxmi; Fruit below; Three aspirations
Miyako	Girl	Beautiful night child
Miche	Unisex	Who is like God; The righteous way
Misato	Unisex	Beautiful village; Beautiful hometown
Marai	Girl	Rebelliousness; Beloved; Truth; Blossom; Vedas; March
Miu	Girl	A beautiful feather
Momoko	Girl	Peach; Hundred; Child
Minako	Girl	Beautiful child

Mahana	Unisex	Sun; Warmth; Heat; White jasmine; Great; Excellent; Vast; Huge
Meina	Girl	Strawberry; Raindrop; Power; Strength
Mima	Girl	Dove; Daytime; Beautiful, Horse; Eighth sign of the zodiac, Flax
Miren	Girl	Sea of bitterness; Rebelliousness; Wished for child; Beloved; Love; Beautiful lotus
Mama	Girl	One who is born on Saturday; True; Reality; Mother
Misaki	Girl	Beautiful; Blossom; Sand chronicle; Ocean blossom
Moria	Girl	Sacred olive tree; Fate; Destiny; Beloved; Second; Love; Affection; Seen by God
Moriya	Girl	A Japanese God; Protector of the forest; Defender of the valley; Keeper of the dwelling
Michiko	Girl	Beautiful and wise child
Miria	Girl	Sea; Ocean; White jasmine; Love; Affection; Admirable; Peace; Female ruler; Mirror

Momoka	Girl	Hundreds of flowers
Minori	Girl	Abundant
Maiko	Girl	Child; Dance; Good mother
Moe	Girl	Mother Mary; The Holy Virgin; An unmarried girl; Bud; Sky; Wished for child; Moorish
Mi	Unisex	Honey; Mother; Beautiful; Noodles; Rebelliousness
Mikiya	Unisex	Tree trunk; Field
Mikka	Unisex	Who resembles God; Three trees together; Fragrance; Quick and nimble
Miwa	Girl	Beautiful; Harmony; Three; Circle; Peace; Ring; Wheel; Harmony; Flower
Mao	Girl	Real and genuine; My lady; Good mother; Wished for a child
Min	Girl	Sharp-minded; Quick-responding person; King; Ruler; Protection; Sensitivity

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