Male Names Female Names
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| Mab: | (MEEV) "drunk woman" or "wolf queen"; a goddess and fairy queen. Mabh. |
| Macha: | (MAH-ka) Old Irish goddess name meaning "battle" or "crow." One of the three war goddesses of the Tuatha De Danaan. Name is associated with the royal site of Ulster, once Emain Macha (Twins of Macha), now Navan Fort, and nearby ecclesiastical site founded by Saint Patrick, Armagh (Ard Macha "Hill of Macha"). Saint Macha is patron of Killiney. Mania, Mene. |
| M: | (MEH-duh) from Mathilde. |
| Madail: | (MAD-e-lehn) Magdalene. Madeline, Maighdlin (MEHD-leen). |
| Maeve: | (MAYV) from Old Irish Medb "intoxicating" or fragile." Medb Lethderg was a name of the goddess of sovereignty at Tara. Said to be the wife of 9 successive kings, including Conn of the Hundred Battles, his son Art, and Art's son Cormac mac Airt. Modern Irish Meadhbh. Medb. |
| Maille: | also can be Molly, from Mary; "the perfect one." |
| M: | (MAW-zhe, MAW-re or MEH-ree) "bitter"; Irish also can be Mary. The name was considered too sacred to name a child and was not used before the 17th C. Children were given Mael Muire "devotee of Mary." Moira, Maura, Maurya, Mairin (maw-REEN). |
| M: | (MAW-rayt or MAW-reed) from Greek margaron "pearl." Popular due to admiration of Saint Margaret, queen of Scots in 11th C. Peig, Peigi are popular Irish-language nicknames. Margaret, Maighread (MEH-reed). |
| Mairin: | (maw-ZHEEN, maw-REEN) Dim. of Maire, also Maureen. |
| Mairsil: | fem. of Marcel "warlike." Marcella, Mairsile. |
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