24 of the 44 names we publish under M are recorded as girls' names. They are grouped below by Chaldean root number, with the Devanagari spelling our transliteration engine produces for each and the meaning where we have verified one.
The full letter — girls', boys' and unisex together — is on names starting with M.
The root number is the Chaldean reduction of the whole spelling — the same calculation the live check runs, applied to the spelling shown.
4 names · traditionally favoured for Hospitality, Diplomacy, Wellness, Children's products · what root 2 means
| Name | Devanagari | Compound number | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madhu | मधु | 20 | honey |
| Manisha | मनिशा | 20 | — |
| Meena | मीना | 20 | — |
| Monika | मोनिका | 20 | — |
2 names · traditionally favoured for Education, Publishing, Wisdom-focused brands, Religious products · what root 3 means
3 names · traditionally favoured for Construction, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics · what root 4 means
| Name | Devanagari | Compound number | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malti | मालती | 13 | Jasminum grandiflorum |
| Meenakshi | मीनक्षि | 31 | — |
| Minakshi | मिनक्षि | 22 | — |
4 names · traditionally favoured for Media, SaaS / Tech, Communication, Mobility · what root 5 means
| Name | Devanagari | Compound number | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madhuri | मधुरि | 23 | — |
| Mamta | ममता | 14 | love, affection, endearment |
| Mansi | मानसी | 14 | psychic, mental, intellectual |
| Mohini | मोहिनी | 23 | enchanting, bewitching, fascinating |
1 name · traditionally favoured for Luxury, Fashion, Beauty, Hospitality · what root 6 means
| Name | Devanagari | Compound number | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mamata | ममता | 15 | love, affection, endearment |
2 names · traditionally favoured for Research, Spirituality, Independent consulting, Esoteric arts · what root 7 means
6 names · traditionally favoured for Banking, Insurance, Real estate, Long-term investment · what root 8 means
| Name | Devanagari | Compound number | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manju | मंजु | 17 | — |
| Meera | मीरा | 17 | prosperous; the devotee-poet of Krishna |
| Mehar | मेहर | 17 | — |
| Mona | मोना | 17 | — |
| Moni | मोनि | 17 | — |
| Myra | म्य्र | 8 | sweet; admirable |
2 names · traditionally favoured for Defence, Sports, Surgery, Manufacturing of cutting tools · what root 9 means
A blank meaning is one we have not verified against a citable source. We would rather leave the cell empty than fill it with a plausible guess.
Counted across all 24 names on this page.
| Root | Ruling planet | Names | Fields traditionally favoured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Root 8 | ♄ Saturn | 6 | Banking, Insurance, Real estate |
| Root 2 | ☽ Moon | 4 | Hospitality, Diplomacy, Wellness |
| Root 5 | ☿ Mercury | 4 | Media, SaaS / Tech, Communication |
| Root 4 | ♅ Uranus | 3 | Construction, Engineering, Manufacturing |
| Root 3 | ♃ Jupiter | 2 | Education, Publishing, Wisdom-focused brands |
| Root 7 | ♆ Neptune | 2 | Research, Spirituality, Independent consulting |
| Root 9 | ♂ Mars | 2 | Defence, Sports, Surgery |
| Root 6 | ♀ Venus | 1 | Luxury, Fashion, Beauty |
The chakra is a table of 108 syllables, not of letters — it is the opening sound that places a name, so one letter can spread across several birth stars.
| Opening syllable | Names | Nakshatra | Rashi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ma | 10 | 👑 Magha · pada 1 | Simha |
| Mi | 5 | 👑 Magha · pada 2 | Simha |
| Mo | 4 | 🛏️ Purva Phalguni · pada 1 | Simha |
| Me | 2 | 👑 Magha · pada 4 | Simha |
| Mu | 2 | 👑 Magha · pada 3 | Simha |
1 further name beginning with M opens on a sound the 108 syllables do not carry, so it is not in this table.
Traditionally the table runs the other way: a pandit reads the birth star and pada from the janam kundli and hands the family a syllable to start the name with. The birth chart is the authority, not the name. This is the reverse lookup, useful once you already have a name in mind.
24, out of 44 published names beginning with M. The gender is the one our corpus records for the name in common Indian usage, not a rule about who may carry it. A further 4 names beginning with M are recorded as unisex and are listed on the letter page rather than here.
They fall across 8 of the nine Chaldean roots — 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The root is the reduction of the whole spelling, so it changes with the spelling: a name written with a doubled vowel and the same name without one can reduce differently, which is worth checking before the spelling goes on a birth certificate.
It is a convention, not a rule. The pandit reads the Moon's nakshatra and pada from the janam kundli and gives the family a syllable; plenty of families treat it as a shortlist and plenty choose the name they love regardless. The names here open on Ma, Mi, Mo, Me and Mu, and the table below shows which star each of those sounds belongs to.
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