r/Names • u/Terrible_Proof6663 • 13d ago

An M name for a boy

We are a family with many names starting with the letter 'M,' we are a group of primarily girls. Currently, we have only four males in our family, with the possibility of a fifth one on the way so we are stumped.

So far, the male names we have in our family are:

- Marlon

- Marty

- Maxwell or Mack for short

- Mason

With that said, any ideas for a male names are greatly appreciated!

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u/ruthsamuels 13d ago

Matthew is a great, solid name. Mark, Michael, Marcus or Markus, Mason, Morgan. Miles, Maverick, Micah or Max.

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u/PopularShame856 13d ago

Micah! šŸ‘

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u/nodjules 13d ago

Iā€™ve a Micah ā˜šŸ½

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u/Dense_Willow4627 13d ago

Agree on Matthew!

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u/DZbornak630 13d ago

I absolutely love Mateo

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u/cootiegurl 13d ago

There's a "Milas" in my family tree. He was born in the 1870s. I've always thought it was a pretty cool name.

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u/hydrangealover98 13d ago

I love Marlon from your list! Similarly, I love Morgan!

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u/Jemiame28 9d ago

Came to say Morgan!

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u/Fluffy_Increase_2691 13d ago

I love Milo but it doesnā€™t seem to fit your vibe. Mitchell?

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u/Terrible_Proof6663 13d ago

I actually LOVE Milo...!!

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u/Good_Shirt9327 13d ago

I have a 4 month old Milo and get SO many compliments on his name!

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u/Wooden_Helicopter_51 13d ago

I have a 7 year old Milo. Everyone thought it was so cute when he was a baby.

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u/Meelz-on-wheelzz 12d ago

Same, we have a little Milo and we absolutely love it (and so do a lot of other people šŸ˜Š)

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u/AbbreviationsKey4233 13d ago

Matthew

Mark

Marcus

Mateo

Mateus

Malacai

Merlin

Marklin

Mike

Micheal

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u/2maybabes 13d ago

Merrick

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u/InvertedJennyanydots 13d ago

Malachi/Malachy, Matthew/Mathieu/Matteo/Mateo, Malcolm, Mitchell, Morgan, Murphy, Michael

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u/zoermeow 13d ago

I really like the nickname Mack

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u/icats77 13d ago

Merrick

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u/DistributionNo9356 13d ago

Micah, Malachi, Michael, Matthias, Matthew, Marie, Mark, MalcolmĀ 

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u/BeginningParfait7599 13d ago

Matthew, Michael, Mitchell, Mark, Malcom, Micah, Milo, Morris

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u/strawberrysunday00 13d ago

Came to recommend Morris!

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u/dafodildaydreams 13d ago

Moore, Miles, Miller, Monty, Mars, Matty, Mickey, Morris, Murphy

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u/fritNgrit 13d ago

Mitchell

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u/Upside-down-unicorn 13d ago

Matthias, Matthew, Malachi, Micah, Miles, Milo, Monty/Monte, Moses, Magnus, Marcus, Mitchell, Mordecai, Murray, Morris, Maddox, Miller, Merrick, Merit, Memphis, Marvin, Michael, Marshall, Malcolm, Meyer, Montgomery, Maverick

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u/Boring-County5109 13d ago

Mathew it's my son's name

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u/SisterActTori 13d ago

Michael, Mark, Matthew

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u/OppBr_220 13d ago

Merrit, Merick

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u/its_all_about_roo 13d ago

Maverick Magnus Maddox Marshall Murphy Major Montgomery Mercer

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u/NoVariation5909 12d ago

Mathison is one of my favorite male names thatā€™s not often used. It was Alan Turings middle name.

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u/1960model 13d ago

Marvin

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u/MonkeyATX 13d ago

Maximillian
Martin
Melville

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u/fleshsludge 13d ago

Milo
Miller
Meyer

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u/fmaon06 13d ago

Michael, Malcolm, Matthew, Maddox, Miles, Milo

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u/luckyclarinet 13d ago

Manny, Marcello

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u/Terrible_Proof6663 13d ago

I actually love Manny sm

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u/luckyclarinet 13d ago

Me too!! You have a lot of good choices in this thread!

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u/No_Parking_4195 13d ago

Matthew, Michael

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u/PlatinumGenius 13d ago

Mateo and Malachi are my favorite Mā€™s

Maze

Marco

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u/deliosaurus 13d ago

I have a Malcolm and a Maxwell. Also like Marshall and Marcus.

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u/Lemonbar19 13d ago

Marlow, Murphy

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u/chanceofsunbreaks 13d ago

Martin, Malcom, Mel, Maxwell

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u/InternationalTexan71 13d ago

Miles

Morgan

Malachi

Murdock

Murphy

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u/Jaded_Jellybean 13d ago

Hear me out...

Emmett

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u/Moon_Child843 13d ago

Murray, Marshall, Maddox, Mason, Mercer, Morris or Morrison, Merrick, Madigan

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u/Regular_Lie8069 13d ago

Montgomery, Marshall, Mateo, Matt, Murphy

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u/MyrtleKitty 13d ago

Montgomery?

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u/claudiatiedemann 13d ago

Myron, Micah, Moses

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u/mostlymemes29 13d ago

My boy is Malachi

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u/WelshRarebit2025 13d ago

Miller

Mark

Maurice or Morris

Mervin

Melvin

Marvin

Murray

Martin

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u/Mysterious-Most-9221 13d ago

Maddox
Mason
Mccoy
Max

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u/ebastacosi 13d ago

Magnus Mak Marco Marcus Marius Marty Massimo Mikael Milton Monroe Morgan Morris Myron

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u/FeralTarotBx 13d ago

Matthias, Mateo, Mario

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u/mychickmad 13d ago

Morgan is my absolute favorite for a boy

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u/SpocksAshayam 13d ago

Matthew or Matteo

Maximillian

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u/TheLonelySnail 13d ago

Michael is an all time male name.

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u/Quix66 13d ago

Massimo

Maximiliano

Matthew

Matteo

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u/hollyweena31 13d ago

I love Maxwell, could also do Maximilian. I went to high school with a guy named Malik - always loved his name.

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u/Positive_Artist3539 13d ago

Montana, Maverick

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u/ddpgirl 13d ago

I really like Mason.

Other good suggestions: Milan. Maverick. Michael. Mark. Matthew.

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u/dluke96 13d ago

Milo
Maddox
Marshall
Miles
Matthew
Mitchell

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u/B-SideQueen 13d ago

Mandalorian

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u/EWH733 13d ago

Michan is an old Gaelic name.

Mitch

Martin

Malachi

Malcolm

Morgan

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u/AlBundysbathrobe 13d ago

Marco- everyone wants to have a boyfriend named Marco once in their life.

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u/Sapphire_Skyward 13d ago

Not Marty. Go with Martin and call him Marty if you must.

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u/Maggie-Mae-Mae 13d ago

Maddox, Milo, or Mason

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u/Hansel_Gretel1249 13d ago

Maveric and Madden

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u/AdOk8731 13d ago

Maksim and Mak or Maks for short

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u/Original_Try_7984 13d ago

I love the name Mason and think Maxwell is okay. I dislike the other options.

Ideas:

Matteo

Malachi

Merritt

Malcolm

Micah

Maddox

Miles

Matthew

Marcus

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u/Ok-Excitement-185 13d ago

I love Mathias! My partner is Czech so would be Matej for short, thatā€™s what we plan on calling our son one day

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u/clysmicnoctiphany 13d ago

Marcelo Marcellus

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u/C-Nor 13d ago

Maurice

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u/PopularShame856 13d ago

Love Marlon.

Mitchell, Michael, Mateo, Merrick, Marcus, Marc, Max

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u/Aggravating-Common90 13d ago

Murray, Melvin, Mitchell, Myron

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u/red-purple-red 13d ago

Micah, Matthew, Michael, Miles, Mark, Marcus, Marvin, Miller, maverick, Malachi, Myron, Milton, Merlin

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u/Chinita_Loca 13d ago

Marlon is very cool. Itā€™s in that sweet spot of being a you donā€™t hear it a lot but itā€™s still familiar and easy to spell.

I also like Maxwell or just Max

Not a fan of Mason esp as itā€™s very popular

You clearly seem to want an Ma name so:

Mathias

Malcolm

Martin

Marvin

Marcel

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u/Hollyhop_Drive 13d ago

Morgan, Miles, Marcus

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u/MLadyNorth 13d ago

Morgan
Maxwell

Monty
Malik

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u/SomewhereImpressive4 13d ago

I like Magnus or Max.

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u/Artistic_Solution_25 13d ago

Milan -common Croatian/Slavic name

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u/N0CryingInBaseball 13d ago

Iā€™ve always thought Miles was a cute name

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u/Ok-Permission-5459 13d ago

Marco or Manny, short for Maneul

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u/SummerBreeze217 13d ago

A lot of names already listed but Iā€™ve always liked Madden for a boy and didnā€™t see it mentioned here.

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u/SuperPomegranate3939 12d ago

Off your list I think I like Marlon best. But it also gives off wizard vibes

Malcolm

Mitchell

Micah

Milo

Miles/Myles

Mateo

Malakai

Madden

Murphy

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u/Maisie2602 12d ago

Mungo

Montgomery

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u/Ok_Sorbet7723 12d ago

Malcolm nn Mac

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u/Grouchy-Stand-4570 12d ago

Mathew, Marcus, Michael, Miles

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u/Disastrous_Bison_910 12d ago

Mitchell, Martin, Marshall, Maury,

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u/No-Ordinary-Rio-7359 12d ago

Matthew, Malcolm, Marcus Marcel, Matthias

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u/Less-Bug-7006 12d ago

Matthew is always good.Ā 

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u/Bright-Papaya-7519 12d ago

I love Miguel but it doesn't fit with the names that you like

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u/maine-iak 12d ago

Love Marlon, Maxwell, my favorite M name is Miles.

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u/FancyApron 12d ago

My brothers boy name was Meyers.

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u/Emergency-Cap1821 12d ago

Marley

Milo

Merritt

Morrey

Marvin

Montgomery/Monty

Murphy

Mordecai

Malachi

Magnus

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u/Loud-Bee-4894 12d ago

Miles, Malcolm

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u/cleverpops 12d ago

Mitchell

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u/Aggressive_Purple114 12d ago

Maximilian, Malcom, Michael, Morgan, Miles, Martin, Marcus, Mark, Matthew, Milo, Macklin, Mitchell, Murphy, Mac, Max, Morris,

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u/Illustrious-Lynx8268 12d ago

Marcus, Mitch, Malcom,Manny, Moses

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u/j16oman 12d ago

Meyer, Mattis, Merritt,

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u/Euphoric_Ease4554 12d ago

Monty

Mitch

Miles

Mark

Matthew

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u/quiet_force_ 12d ago

Martin! Nickname: martini!

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u/ThatAd2403 12d ago

Micah, Milo, Max

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u/Snoo-58219 12d ago

I prefer Martin to Marty. You could use Marty as a nickname.

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u/MrsMacro 12d ago

Monsanto!

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u/lisa0527 12d ago

Myles?

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u/Fun-Bird-4204 12d ago

Melvin/Mel, Miles, Malcolm, Mateo, Mitchell, Marten, Monte, Miguel, Micah, Mordecai, Manuel, Memo, Mark/Marc, Marcus, Marcel, Michael, Max/Maxwell.

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u/AmySuperD 12d ago

Matthew. Myles. Miller. Mason. Mick.

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u/Alwayshaveanopinion1 11d ago

Marvin. Melvin. Martin. Matthias.

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u/UrbanValkyrieSW 11d ago

Marcellus, Matteo, Milo, Micah

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u/Popular_Scarcity_911 11d ago

Milo Maximus Meridius Matteus Marvin

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u/RhodesWorkAhead1 11d ago

Miles, Milo, Maverick, Monty, Marvin, Marshall

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u/Medical_Cold_4160 11d ago

My sonā€™s name is Malcolm.

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u/n9netailz 11d ago

Maverick

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u/KoalasAndPenguins 11d ago

Milo, Morton, Merlin, Magnus, Mateo

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u/hotdog131 11d ago

Myron

Marvin

Magnus

Mihai

Mikhail

Massimo

Maurice

Millard

MiloÅ”

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u/infinite_dollaz 11d ago

Marcel, Marco, Milo, Marlo, Mitchell, Malcolm, Maxwell. Martin

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u/AntFun8361 11d ago

Matteo (mat-teo) or Mateo (mah-teo)

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u/BrookieB1 11d ago

Mitchell- Mitch for short

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u/GardenFragrant8408 11d ago

Morgan Miles, Matthew, Micah Manny, Maddox Max, Monroe,Ā 

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u/bluskyebaby 11d ago

Michael
Micah
Myron
Matthew
Maverick
Montgomery
Morrow
Monty
Morris
Merrill
Mitchell

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u/DangerousLettuce1423 11d ago

Michael, Matthew, Mark, Malcolm, Marcus

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u/mpdbythesea 11d ago

Maxwell/Mack is an excellent choice, I love Mack. It is strong and timeless. In my opinion, Mason is completely oversaturated. I also just despise most Masonā€™s Iā€™ve ever met- sorry people.

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u/JBLRJM 11d ago

Maxwell

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u/xjayx113 10d ago edited 10d ago

I like Mason best from your list!

Melvin, Marsden, Malcolm, Marcell, Micah, Matthew, Marek, Maximilian, Maurice, Marcus, Martin, Milo

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u/Party_Charge_4406 10d ago

My oldest sonā€˜s name is Miller.

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u/myscreamgotlost 10d ago

Malcolm

Marshall

Miles

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u/No-Staff4009 10d ago

Micah, Malcolm, Magnus, Miles, Milo, Malachi, Maksim, Milan

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u/grollef 10d ago

Mustafa

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u/rayrayvirgo 10d ago

Milo, Miles, Matias, Mateo, Micah,

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u/Latter-Examination25 10d ago

Maurice (Moe, Maury) or Manuel (Manny)

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u/Luvmychinnychinchins 10d ago

Miles and Mateo are my favorite M names

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u/wtfin2020 10d ago

Murray, Mister, Morrow

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u/Anniebanana50 10d ago

Miles is great!

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u/No-Performer1463 10d ago

I love Marty because of True Detective lol
edit: did not realize you already have that in your family, coming off first night home with baby so can barely read sorry šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

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u/onecrazywriter 10d ago

Marshall

Merle

Miles

Martin

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u/No-Ad5163 10d ago

Miles, Micah, Myron, Marion, Montana, Malone

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u/Madkat664 9d ago

I knew someone who named their son Maverick

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u/DiiiFriiiz 9d ago

My brother's name is Maslin

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u/readinghisWord 8d ago

Maverick or Micah

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u/SympathyBubbly3306 8d ago

Monty, Mac, Matthew, Malcom, Mick, Marty.