Makaius

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Makaius by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Makaius. 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 best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Makaius

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

  • Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
  • Makaiogift of god; hawaiian form of matthew68 in the US (2017)
  • Mariusof mars; warlike18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Makariosblessed or happy7 in the US (2017)
  • Macariusblessed, happy6 in the US (2017)
  • Mathiusgift of god; a form of Matthew6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makaius

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