Assyrian names, carefully explained

Individual source check pending

Marta

Lady, mistress of the house.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Martha · Marto · Marthe

Historical personal name

Marutha

Marutha is historically attested as a personal name; its proposed literal meaning is not verified here.

Maruta · Marutho · Maruthas

Historical personal name

Maryam

Mary/Maryam, attested in Syriac tradition; literal etymology is not verified here.

Mariam · Miriam · Maria · Mary · Meryem

Individual source check pending

Matti

Gift of the Lord.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Mattai · Matta · Matay · Matthew

Individual source check pending

Merodach-baladan

Marduk has given an heir.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Marduk-apla-iddina · Merodachbaladan

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Mikha

Who is like the Lord?

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Micah · Mikhah · Micha

Individual source check pending

Mikhael

Who is like God? — a question, asked as a name.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Michael · Mikhail · Mikael · Mikhayel

Individual source check pending

Mikhal

Who is like God?

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Michal · Mikhaela

Individual source check pending

Milka

Queen.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Milcah · Milkah

Individual source check pending

Mina

Blue enamel, azure — Persian mina.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Meena · Minah

Individual source check pending

Mishael

Who is what God is?

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Mishayel · Meshach

Individual source check pending

Mullissu

The Assyrian form of Ninlil — the lady wind, wife of Ashur.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Mulissu · Mylitta

Individual source check pending

Mullissu-mukannishat-Ninua

Mullissu is the one who brings Nineveh to its knees.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Mullissu-mukannišat-Ninua

Individual source check pending

Musha

Drawn out of the water — or, from the Egyptian, simply child.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Mousha · Moshe · Musa · Moushe · Mushe

Individual source check pending

Naaman

Pleasant, gracious.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Naʿman · Nauman · Numan

Individual source check pending

Nabonidus

Nabu is exalted.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nabunaid · Nabonid

Individual source check pending

Nabopolassar

Nabu, guard the heir.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nabupolassar

Individual source check pending

Nabu

The Announcer — god of writing, of the scribe's reed and of wisdom.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nebo · Nabo · Nebu

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Nabukadnasar

Nabu, guard my firstborn.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nebuchadnezzar · Nabuchodonosor

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Nahiro

Luminous, clear-shining.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nahira · Nahir

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Nahra

River.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nahro · Nahar

Individual source check pending

Nahrain

The two rivers — from Beth Nahrain, the land between them.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nahren · Nahrin · Nahrein

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Nahum

Comfort, consolation.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nakhum · Nahoum · Naum

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Namra

Leopard.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nimra · Nemro

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Nanaya

A goddess of love and desire; the root of the name is uncertain.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nanai · Nanaia · Nana

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Nanna

The moon — the Sumerian name of the god the Assyrians called Sin.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nannar · Nanar

Individual source check pending

Nanshe

A goddess of Lagash who read dreams and protected the widow and the orphan.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nanše

Individual source check pending

Naomi

Pleasant.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nuʿmi · Noemi

Historical personal name

Naqia

The pure one (Aramaic Naqiʾa); Zakūtu is the Akkadian equivalent.

Naqiʾa · Nakia · Naqiya

Individual source check pending

Naram-Sin

Beloved of Sin.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Naramsin

Individual source check pending

Nardin

Spikenard — the costly ointment poured over Christ's feet at Bethany.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nardeen · Nardine · Nardeena

Individual source check pending

Nargis

Narcissus — the white flower of early spring.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Narges · Nergis · Narjis

Historical personal name

Narsai

Narsai is an attested personal name; the catalogue's Persian derivation is not independently checked here.

Narsay · Narses · Narsi

Individual source check pending

Nasrin

Wild rose.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nesrin · Nisreen · Nasreen

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Nathaniel

God has given.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Natanael · Nathanael · Natanyel

Individual source check pending

Nekhemya

The Lord comforts.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nehemiah · Nehemya

Individual source check pending

Nergal

Lord of the great city — meaning the city of the dead.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nergel

Individual source check pending

Nimrod

A mighty hunter before the Lord — the first king on earth, by the Book of Genesis.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nimrud · Namrud · Nemrod

Individual source check pending

Nineb

Of Nineveh — a modern name drawn from the city, and from the god Ninurta whose form Ninib scholars once read.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nineve · Ninib · Ninev

Individual source check pending

Ningal

Great lady.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Nikkal

Individual source check pending

Ninhursag

Lady of the sacred mountain.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninhursaga

Individual source check pending

Ninkasi

The lady who fills the mouth — goddess of beer.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninkasy

Individual source check pending

Ninlil

Lady wind.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninlel

Individual source check pending

Ninmah

Exalted lady.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninmakh

Individual source check pending

Ninos

Founder of Nineveh — the city's own name worn as a man's.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninus · Nino · Ninose

Individual source check pending

Ninshubur

Lady of the east — Inanna's loyal minister.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninšubur

Individual source check pending

Ninsun

Lady wild cow.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninsuna · Ninsumun

Individual source check pending

Ninurta

Lord of the earth — god of war and of the plough, both.

Provisional catalogue meaning; not yet individually verified.

Ninib · Ningirsu · Ninorta