| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|
| Marlena | Bitter Tower | Unisex | English |
| Martha | a lady | Female | Aramaic |
| Mary | bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Matilda | battle-mighty | Female | |
| Maud | strength in battle | Female | English |
| Maude | battle-mighty | Female | English |
| Maureen | Bitter | Female | Irish |
| Mavis | a small bird | Female | |
| May | bitter | Female | English |
| Meredith | great ruler | Female | Welsh |
| Millicent | after the character in D.C. Simpson's online comic Ozy and Millie | Female | |
| Millie | English, gentle strength | Female | English |
| Minerva | after the Roman goddess of the hunt | Female | Latin |
| Minnie | Form of Williamina
| Female | English |
| Miriam | bitter | Female | Hebrew |
| Molly | Bitter
| Female | English |
| Muriel | myrrh; sea-bright; angel of June | Female | Irish |
| Myrtle | a flower, symbol of victory | Female | Greek |
| Nancy | full of grace | Female | English |
| Nell | Abbreviation of Eleanor shining light.
| Female | English |
| Nellie | the bright one | Female | English |
| Nettie | Gracious | Female | English |
| Nola | Noble or Famous | Female | Gaelic |
| Nora | Abbreviation of Eleanora light and Honora honor.
| Female | Irish |
| Norma | the pattern | Female | English |