Maijor

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maijor by the numbers

Maijor was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Maijor

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

  • Majorgreater; military rank used as given name1,042 in the US (2017)
  • Mayjor10 in the US (2017)
  • Mainor7 in the US (2017)
  • Maisonstone worker; a modern respelling of Mason274 in the US (2017)
  • Maikolwho is like god; a form of Michael19 in the US (2017)
  • Maicolwho is like God; a form of Michael13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maijor

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

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