Avamae

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Avamae by the numbers

Avamae was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Avamae

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Avamae. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ava-Maelike a bird; bird-like with May flower; compound of Ava and Mae74 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Avarae15 in the US (2017)
  • Adamae6 in the US (2017)
  • Anamae6 in the US (2017)
  • Avamariebird and beloved; combination of Ava and Marie85 in the US (2017)
  • Adamaearth or red earth; a form of Adam41 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Avamae

Names that are said the same way as Avamae, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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