Muslim Boy Names Starting with M
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| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
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Mishaal
المشعل، المصباح أو الشعلة
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Torch, beacon, flame (literal: a lit torch or lamp) | Boy | Arabic |
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Mehrshad
مِهْر شاد: سرور الشمس أو فرح الحب
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Joy or happiness of the sun; 'Mehr' (sun, affection) + 'shad' (happy, joyful) | Boy | Persian |
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Marzban
حارس الحدود
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Guardian of the frontier; border-warden (from Persian marz 'border' + bān 'guardian') | Boy | Middle Persian/Persian |
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Muhaymin
المهيمن — الحافظ، الرقيب، الشاهد الحامي
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Guardian, Overseer, The Protector — from the Arabic root h‑m‑n, used in the Qur'an as one of God's attributes (Al‑Muhaymin) meaning 'The Watchful Guardian' or 'The Overseeing Protector.' | Boy | Arabic |
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Miskīn
مِسْكِين (المتوجّه للفقر والاحتياج)
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Humble, one of the poor in need of compassion (used devotionally to indicate humility) | Boy | Arabic (attested in Sufi and devotional usage across Islamic cultures) |
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Muzammil
الْمُزَّمِّلُ: الملفوف أو المغطّى
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Wrapped in garments; the enshrouded one (Arabic: المزّمل) — an epithet attested in the Qur'an referring to one who is wrapped or cloaked. | Boy | Arabic |
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Mevludin
مولود/مولِد: مولود بمعنى المولود أو المولد (الولادة/الاحتفال بالولادة)
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Born; related to mawlid (birth/celebration of birth), especially of the Prophet (from Arabic mawlūd/mawlid) | Boy | Bosnian/Turkish (from Arabic) |
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Moinuddin
مُعِينُ الدِّين (معين الدين) — مددگارِ دین
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Helper or supporter of the faith; literally 'assistant of the religion' (Arabic/Persian compound from معين and الدين). | Boy | Arabic/Persian (used widely in South Asian Sufi contexts) |
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Mujaddid
مجدّد: الذي يجدد، المصلح أو مبتدع التجديد (بتعريف العلماء)
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Renewer; one who renews or restores (religion, practice, reformer) — from Arabic root ج-د-د meaning 'to renew' | Boy | Arabic |
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Munabbih
مُنَبّه — الذي ينبّه أو يوقظ، مذكّر
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Warner, admonisher, one who alerts or awakens attention | Boy | Arabic (used in Urdu/Bengali literary contexts) |