Mais
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Mais by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mais. 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 10 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Mais
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 Mais. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mavissongbird thrush336 in the US (2017)
- Maisypearl; a diminutive form of Margery81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marisof the sea; maritime62 in the US (2017)
- Maicherry blossom; or month of may19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maysthe month of may or from the hawthorn3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Mais
Names that are said the same way as Mais, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Mais
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