| comment/origin etc. | famous bearer of this name |
| Maaike |
| Mabel |
| Mabelia |
| Mabella |
| Mabelle |
| Macaire |
| Macha |
| Macia |
| Madalen |
| Madalena |
| Maddalena |
| Maddi |
| Maddie |
| Maddy |
| Madelaine |
| Madeleine |
| Madeleine-Angelique |
| Madelina |
| Madeline |
| Madez |
| Madita |
| Madonna |
| Madwina |
| Mae |
| Maei |
| Maela |
| Maéline |
| Maeva |
| Maéva |
| Mafalda |
| Magali |
| Magalie |
| Magari |
| Magda |
| Magdalaine |
| Magdalen |
| Magdalena |
| Magdalène |
| Magdalina |
| Maggie |
| Maggy |
| Magloria |
| Maglorina |
| Maglorine |
| Magnolia | (from the flower) |
| Mahaud |
| Mahault |
| Mahaut |
| Mahulena |
| Mai |
| Maia |
| Maialen |
| Maidominika |
| Maika |
| Mailie |
| Mairéid |
| Mairi |
| Maja |
| Majella |
| Malena
|
| Malka |
| Manda |
| Mangal | (from India) |
| Manja |
| Manon |
| Manuela |
| Marcela |
| Marceline |
| Marcelle |
| Mareike |
| Marga |
| Margaret |
| Margarethe |
| Margarita |
| Marged |
| Margery |
| Margiad |
| Margit |
| Margot |
| Margrethe |
| Marguerite |
| Marguerite-Jeanne |
| Marguerite-Victoire |
| Maria | (most often chosen: Germany 2001)
|
| Maria-Elena |
| Maria-Milagros |
| Mariana |
| Mariane |
| Marianne |
| Marianne-Agnes |
| Maribel
|
| Marie |
| Marie-Amelie |
| Marie-Anne |
| Marie-Anne-Francoise |
| Marie-Antoinette |
| Marie-Catherine |
| Marie-Claude |
| Marie-Elisabeth |
| Marie-Emilie |
| Marie-Hélène |
| Marie-Henriette-Anne |
| Marie-Jeanne |
| Marie-Josee |
| Marie-Josephine |
| Marie-Léa |
| Marielle |
| Marie-Louise |
| Marie-Louise-Charlotte |
| Marie-Madeleine |
| Marie-Marguerite |
| Marie-Prudence |
| Marieta |
| Marie-Therese |
| Marietta |
| Marijke |
| Marilina |
| Marilyn |
| Marina |
| Marine | (most often chosen: France 1991)
|
| Marioara
|
| Marion |
| Marissa |
| Marjorie |
| Marjut |
| Marketa |
| Marla |
| Marlen |
| Marlene | | (Marlene Dietrich, german actress, *1901 +1992)
|
| Marta | (scriptural, Lc 10,38 - 42) | (St. Martha, sister of Lazarus and Mary of Bethania) |
| Martha | (scriptural, see Marta) |
| Martina |
| Martine |
| Mary |
| Marylu |
| Maryse |
| Marzanna |
| Mascha |
| Matilda |
| Martina |
| Mathilda |
| Mathilde | | (St. Mathilde *895 +968) |
| Maud |
| Mauranne |
| Maurine |
| Maxima |
| May |
| Mayotte |
| Mayumi |
| Meera |
| Mehetabel |
| Meike |
| Meir |
| Melanie | (greek origin, "black+") |
| Melina |
| Melissa |
| Mélusine |
| Menella |
| Menna |
| Mercedes |
| Mercy |
| Meret |
| Merlene |
| Meryl |
| Michaela |
| Michele |
| Michelene |
| Michelle |
| Michiko | (japanese) |
| Miep | (dutch) |
| Mila |
| Milada |
| Mildred |
| Milena |
| Mina |
| Minette |
| Minfong | (asian) |
| Minh-Ha | (vietnamese) |
| Minnie
|
| Mira |
| Miranda |
| Mireille |
| Miriam |
| Mollie |
| Molly |
| Monica |
| Monika |
| Monique |
| Morag |
| Morella |
| Moricette |
| Morine |
| Morvana |
| Munia |
| Muriel |
| Muriele |
| Murielle |
| Mylène |
| Myra |
| Myriam |
| Myriame |
| Myrielle |
| Myriem |
| Myrna |
| Myrtille |