Fantasy OC - PC Names - Female

Maitreya -- with an I -- is the Sanskrit name of a messianic future Buddha, according to the Buddhist tradition. Without the I, it's most closely associated with Canadian teen actress Matreya Fedor. Either way, it's one of the new unusual spiritual names unusual choice with a warm, almost maternal sound.

If you're looking for an international nature name in disguise, here's a distinctive avian opportunity.

New twist to the Maur- names, a bit cosmetic sounding.

Mavis, another word for the song thrush, is also a relative of the Welsh word for strawberries, mefus. Mavis has something of a British World War II feel, a friend of Beryl and Doris, but it was quite popular in the U.S. a couple of decades earlier, peaking in the Roaring Twenties. With the renewed interest in names ending in 's' — and in bird names — Mavis could make a return, especially with the new interest in Maeve, and in fact, it reentered the US Top 1000 after a 50-year absence in 2016.

A sunny sounding name, Mayella is a smoosh name with various meanings, depending on which etymological root you follow for May. The name is perhaps most associated with Mayella Ewell in Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, a character whose loneliness and desperation spark the main plot of the book. This may well put parents off using the name and it is only ever given to a handful of girls every year.

Spelling variation of Meital.

Mazarine is a deep blue color also used as a first name in honor of Cardinal Mazarin, a leader of France in the 17th century. As a first name, Mazarine is as charming as it is unusual.

A name that has many close, more familiar relatives, like Mira and Myra.

Medora is a Greek name much less common here than, say, Melanie or Melissa. It has some literary references, including as the beautiful and passionate heroine of Lord Byron's poem The Corsair, and in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, there is a character named Marchioness Melora Manson.

Newswoman Megyn Kelly, who aroused the ire of Donald Trump during the 2016 Presidential debates, put this spelling on the map. But this is not the newsiest spelling of a name that has many better variations.

Star in Orion that might make a fine name, except people will always assume it's Melissa, with a typo.