Majour

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Majour by the numbers

Majour was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Majour

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 Majour. 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)
  • Majur6 in the US (2017)
  • Mansurvictorious, helped by god3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mansourvictorious or aided by God3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Masoudfortunate, happy, blessed8 in the US (2017)
  • Mayurpeacock6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Majour

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

Names about as common as Majour

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