Mace
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning club-shaped weapon; from a spice plant.
Mace by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Mace. In the US, 46 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 64 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mace. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Mace
Names that are said the same way as Mace, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mayesson of may; patronymic form9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a plant or herb
Like Mace, each of these has a plant or herb in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Hadleyheather field2,726 in the US (2017)
- Reedred-haired or one who lives by reeds872 in the US (2017)
- Briarthorny shrub, bramble640 in the US (2017)
- Saigewise one; a respelling of Sage508 in the US (2017)
- Rodneyfamous island, clearing with reeds301 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mace
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