Mak
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Mak by the numbers
Mak was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Mak
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 Mak. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maxgreatest; diminutive of Maximus1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Markdedicated to mars or warlike1,936 in the US (2017)
- Mackson of; a form of Mackenzie or similar patronymic430 in the US (2017)
- Macson of; a patronymic prefix42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maksgreatest; a form of Maximus7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Manspring or morning; poetic simplicity18 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mak
Names that are said the same way as Mak, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Maikvariant spelling of michael; who is like god5 in the US (2017)