Meaning: (Persian, Latin) child of light, pearl; nickname for Margaret
See also: Name Meanings - Ryan
Meaning: (Latin) The great
Character: Magnus Hanso, mentioned on the hatch map
Meaning: (Celtic/Gaelic) Follower fof St. Columbus
Character: Malcolm, the police officer Boone speaks with
Meaning: (English) untidy, scarecrow
Charlotte Malkin, Richard's daghter
Joyce Malkin, Richard's wife
Meaning: (French) pearl; this is a French variation of Margaret
Character: Margo Shephard, Christian Shepherd's wife, Jack Shepherd's mother
Meaning: (Latin) warlike, hammer, defender; a variation of the name Marcius, which is associated with Mars, the Roman God of war; Mark the Evangelist wrote the Gospel of Mark; mark is a unit of weight and currency; a mark is a slang term for the victim of a con
Character: Marc Silverman, the boy Jack Shepherd saves in WR, and the best man at his wedding
Mark Hutton, the bank employee at the bank Kate robs
Mark Wickman, the name that "Dr. Candle" gives in the Pearl Orientation video
Flashback Cast & Summary - ?
Name Meanings - Wickman
Character: Edward Mars, the federal marshall who captures Kate
See also: Name Meanings - Edward
Meaning: (Arabic) a lady; Saint Martha was the sister of Lazarus and witnessed his resurrection
Character: Redshirt who died in the crash. Memorialized at the fuselage funeral.
Martha Toomey, Sam Toomey's wife, the woman who tells Hurley the history of the numbers
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - NUMBERS
Meaning: (Celtic, Anglo-Saxon) beautiful sea; good friend
Name Meanings - Wickman
Meaning: Mary: (Hebrew) Bitter; Mary is the mother of Jesus
Character: Mary Ford, Sawyer's mother
See also: Name Meanings - Ford
Meaning: Mary: (Hebrew) Either "wished for child," "rebellious" or "bitter"; Mary is the mother of Jesus
Jo: (Hebrew) God is gracious (shortened version of Joanne. It could the shortened variation of a number of names.)
Character: Mary Jo, the lottery girl
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - NUMBERS
Meaning: (English) One who builds with stone or brick;
Character: Detective Mason, investigator in Peter Talbot's death
Meaning: (Hebrew) Gift of the Lord; Matthew the Evangelist was a disciple of Jesus, and wrote the Gospel of Matthew
Character: Matthew Reed, the psychiatrist that treats Ana-Lucia
Matthew, an Other
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - COLLISION
Meaning: (Irish) Son of Cormac, Cormac means raven
Character: Jason McCormick, one of Kate's fellow bank robbers
Meaning: (Irish) "Mc" denotes "son of;"
The word Dervish: refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious fraternities, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars.
Character: Valerie McDervish, mentioned on the tape as the woman who washed and prepared Charlotte Malkin's body for autopsy
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - ?
Name Meanings - Valerie
Meaning: (Scottish) Variation of MacBeth meaning "Man of Life," "Man of Religion."
Character: Ian McVay, the mortician/coroner that discovered that Charlotte Malkin was still alive
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - ?
Meaning: (Greek, Gaelic, Welsh) mighty, strong able, pearl
Character: Megan Pace, Cahrlie and Liam's Mother, Charlie's sister-in-law, Liam Pace's daughter
Meaning: (Greek) Honeybee
In Greek mythology, Melissa was a nymph who saved Zeus from Cronos, and was turned into a worm for her trouble. Zeus turned her into a bee later.
Character: Melissa Dunbrook, the district attorney who prosecutes Kate
Meaning: (Hebrew) He who is like God; Archangel Michael is one of the principal angels in Abrahamic tradition; his name was said to have been the war-cry of the angels in the battle fought in heaven against Satan and his followers.
Mike, leader of Locke's commune
See also: Name Meanings - Dawson
Meaning: (French) female variation of Michael: he who is like God
Character: Michelle, stewardess on flight 815
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - EXODUS 3
Meaning: (Russian) Russian derivation of Michael; He who is like God;
Archangel Michael is one of the principal angels in Abrahamic tradition; his name was said to have been the war-cry of the angels in the battle fought in heaven against Satan and his followers.
Meaning: (Latin) Soldier
Taken with his last name, Miles Straum - sounds like maelstrom
Character: Miles Straum
See also: Name Meanings -
Straum
Meaning: (Scotish) From the occupation of a miller
Character: Joanna Miller, the drowning victim
See also: Redshirts & Supporting Cast - Joanna
Meaning: (English) Power
Character: Redshirt who died in the crash. Memorialized at the fuselage funeral.
Meaning: (Lithuanian) Hermann Minkowski was a mathematician that proposed that all time exists in the same plane, helping with the theory of relativity.
Character: George Minkowski, the communications officer on the frieghter
See also: Historical references - Hermann Minkowski
Meaning: (Greek) advisor, solitary, nun
Character: Monica, one of Kate's aliases
See also: Flashback Cast & Summary - I DO
Meaning: (French) Yves Montand is a seminal French actor who was in the film Wages of Fear, about a group of fugitives who hired to drive a truckload of nitroglyceride.(thanks to Tarf!)
Character: Montand, a member of Danielle's crew
See also:
Character: Ray Mullen, the farmer that Kate stays with
See also: Name Meanings - Ray
Character: Munson, fellow prisoner with Sawyer
Meaning: (Gaelic) Sea Warrior
Character: Jennifer Murphy Gale
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This list is updated after each episode.
