Mahlet
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Mahlet by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mahlet. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Mahlet
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 Mahlet. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maheletgrace; forgiveness7 in the US (2017)
- Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marleepleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley657 in the US (2017)
- Maplethe maple tree31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maleacalm; peaceful42 in the US (2017)
- Maherkindly or generous one15 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Mahlet
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