By Pamela Redmond Satran

　　Let’s forget about the vowel-starting baby names that have dominated the current era.

　　When it comes to consonants, the J names of the 80s — Jennifer and Jason, Jessica and Joshua — were followed by the K names of the 90s were followed by the L names that are both popular and stylish today: Lila and Liam, Lucia and Laszlo.

　　So what might be coming up but names that start with M?  Sure, we’ve had dominant M names — think Mary and Michael — in the past, but the next wave of M names are more unusual examples.

　　And after the lovely, lilting L names, we are ready for M’s fuzzy warmth.  There are so many marvelous, miraculous M-starting names that are already being discovered by stylish parents: Mila and Milo, Maisie and Maxwell.

　　But today we’d like to focus on the M names of the future, those waiting in the wings for revival.  Some of our favorites:

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　　girls

　　Mabel

　　Mae or May

　　Maeve

　　Magdalene

　　Magnolia

　　Maile

　　Maisie

　　Mamie

　　Manon

　　Maple

　　Marcella

　　Margo or Margot

　　Marguerite

　　Marigold

　　Marin or Marine

　　Marjorie

　　Marlow or Marlowe

　　Martha

　　Matilda

　　Maude

　　Mazarine

　　Melisande

　　Mercy

　　Merritt

　　Millicent

　　Millie

　　Minerva

　　Minnie

　　Mirabel or Mirabelle

　　Mirren

　　Muriel

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　　boys

　　Macon

　　Madigan

　　Magnus

　　Malachi or Malachy

　　Malcolm

　　Marco

　　Marlon

　　Mars

　　Marshall

　　Martin

　　Matteo

　　McCoy

　　Memphis

　　Mercer

　　Mercury

　　Milan

　　Miller

　　Moe

　　Monroe

　　Montgomery

　　Morris

　　Moses

　　Murphy

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