Maeleigh

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 52 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
52
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maeleigh by the numbers

Maeleigh was given to 52 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 65 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Maeleigh

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

Sounds like Maeleigh

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

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