Muslim Boy Names Starting with M
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| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
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Makbul
مقبول
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Accepted, approved; one whose deeds or supplications are accepted | Boy | Arabic (also used in Malay and South Asian Muslim contexts) |
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Moin
مُعِين
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Helper, supporter, one who gives aid; from Arabic مُعِين (muʿīn), literally 'assistant' or 'helper'. Historically used in Arabic, Persian, Urdu and other Muslim naming traditions. | Boy | Arabic (widely used in Persian, Urdu, Turkic contexts) |
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Mehsud
محسود؛ اسم قبيلة پشتون (نسبة إلى قبيلة محسود)
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A Pashtun tribal name (also spelled Mehsud or Mahsud); etymologically recorded in regional usage as Mehsud/Mehsūd — in Arabic-script forms commonly written as محسود — historically the name of a prominent Pashtun tribe of South Waziristan. As a personal name/surname it denotes lineage from that tribe. | Boy | Pashto/Urdu (Pashtun tribal name used in Urdu and regional contexts) |
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Mu’tasim
مُعْتَصِم — طالِبُ العِصْمَةِ أوِ الْمَعُونَةِ؛ من الجذر ع ص م
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He who seeks protection or takes refuge (in God); 'one who holds fast' — derived from Arabic root ʿ-ṣ-m | Boy | Arabic (classical; attested as regnal name among Abbasid caliphs) |
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Muʾayyad
مؤيَّد: المدعوم، المعزَّز، المَناول بالدعم
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Supported, aided, reinforced (from Arabic root أَيَّدَ meaning 'to support') | Boy | Arabic |
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Muamer
مُعَمَّر – طويل العمر، صاحب عمر مديد
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Long‑lived; one who is given a long life; derived from Arabic معمر (Muʿammar), used widely in Bosnian Muslim communities as a local form | Boy | Arabic (used in Bosnian / South Slavic Muslim communities) |
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Masud
مَسْعُود — محظوظ؛ مبارك؛ سعيد
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Fortunate; blessed; happy (from Arabic root s-ʿ-d expressing felicity and good fortune). | Boy | Arabic (widely used in Bosnian and Somali Muslim communities) |
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Majdhub
العربية: مجذوب — «المجذوب»، أي المَجذوب إلى الله أو الواقع في حالة وجد
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From Arabic مجذوب (majdhūb) — 'attracted, spiritually drawn' (used historically as an epithet for ecstatic Sufi personalities) | Boy | Arabic; attested as a descriptive epithet in classical and later Sufi literature |
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Mujo
اختصار لِـمحمد/مصطفى؛ مشير إلى «المحمود/الممدوح»
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A Bosnian hypocorism of Muhammad or Mustafa; literally referencing 'praiseworthy' through its root association with Muhammad. | Boy | Bosnian (diminutive of Arabic Muhammad/Mustafa) |
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Maziar
اسم فارسي تاريخي يُشير إلى صفة نبيلة أو حافظ للمجد
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A Persian male name of Middle Persian origin, historically attested; commonly interpreted as 'protector of glory' or associated with noble lineage in Iranian usage | Boy | Persian (Middle Persian historical) |