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Updated May 24, 2023

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : High tower
  • Hebrew : Woman from Magdala; variation of Magdalene
  • English : Flower; month of May
  • Latin : Great
  • English : Month of May
  • Hebrew : Bitter
  • Latin : Great

Girl name variations

Madeline

Madeline

- 2% this year
Feminine
Common
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Marlene

Marlene

+ 36% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Magdalene

Magdalene

+ 34% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Magdalen

Magdalen

+ 88% this year
Feminine
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Magdalena

Magdalena

+ 8% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Maigarena

Maigarena

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Mayalen

Mayalen

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Madeleine

Madeleine

0 % this year
Feminine
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Madleen

Madleen

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Madalynn

Madalynn

- 7% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Madelynne

Madelynne

+ 62% this year
Feminine
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Madelaine

Madelaine

+ 3% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Madalena

Madalena

+ 24% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Madelon

Madelon

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Madelyn

Madelyn

+ 8% this year
Feminine
Common
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Madlin

Madlin

0 % this year
Feminine
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Madigan

Madigan

- 33% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Marleen

Marleen

- 13% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Marlena

Marlena

+ 20% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Marline

Marline

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Maighdlin

Maighdlin

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Maudlin

Maudlin

0 % this year
Feminine
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Malina

Malina

- 15% this year
Feminine
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Magda

Magda

- 33% this year
Feminine
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Mady

Mady

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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Maddy

Maddy

+ 62% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Maddie

Maddie

+ 19% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Matty

Matty

+ 17% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Mala

Mala

0 % this year
Feminine
Rare
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May

May

+ 27% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Lena

Lena

+ 12% this year
Feminine
Common
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Lene

Lene

0 % this year
Feminine
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Magdaline

Magdaline

0 % this year
Feminine
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Maddalena

Maddalena

+ 10% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Mai

Mai

- 5% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Maia

Maia

+ 3% this year
Feminine
Uncommon
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Maya

Maya

+ 3% this year
Feminine
Common
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Maye

Maye

+ 120% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Mayes

Mayes

+ 36% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Mays

Mays

- 58% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Maize

Maize

+ 9% this year
Feminine
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How Popular Is The Name Mae

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘front’ or ‘before’; not common in Japan. Some occurrences in America could be shortened versions of longer names beginning with this element.
  • Hawaiian : unexplained.
  • English : variant of May.

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