Macai

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Macai by the numbers

Macai was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Macai

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 Macai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
  • Masaithe Maasai people32 in the US (2017)
  • Mataigift of god; a form of Matthew25 in the US (2017)
  • Machai9 in the US (2017)
  • Macari6 in the US (2017)
  • Machi6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Macai

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

  • Mackayson of macay; scottish surname used as given name6 in the US (2017)
  • Makhai58 in the US (2017)
  • Mahkai28 in the US (2017)
  • Maika18 in the US (2017)
  • Maikah6 in the US (2017)
  • Makay5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Macai

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