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Malaki
Hebrew
Meaning
my messenger
#1258US boys · 2025View name
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299 names · US outside top 500 · 2025
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Mostly boys
Markus
Finnish · German · Scandinavian
Meaning
warlike
#1336US boys · 2025View name
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Mattias
Scandinavian
Meaning
gift of God
#1233US boys · 2025View name
Mostly girls
Melani
Greek
Meaning
black, dark
#1056US girls · 2025View name
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Mikael
Breton · Finnish · Scandinavian
Meaning
who is like God?
#1175US boys · 2025View name
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Mike
English
Meaning
who is like God?
#1234US boys · 2025View name
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