Maclane
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Maclane by the numbers
Maclane was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Maclane
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 Maclane. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maclanson of allan; scottish clan name9 in the US (2017)
- Mclane7 in the US (2017)
- Malonedescendant of the servant of john7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maclinson of the fair one; a form of MacLean28 in the US (2017)
- Macklanson of the servant of Saint Columba14 in the US (2017)
- Maclainson of the servant of Saint Columba14 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maclane
Names that are said the same way as Maclane, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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