Makye

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makye by the numbers

Makye was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Makye

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

  • Makya20 in the US (2017)
  • Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
  • Masynstone worker; a modern respelling of Mason100 in the US (2017)
  • Mayera form of Meir; one who shines or brings light64 in the US (2017)
  • Makoafearless or bold40 in the US (2017)
  • Malakyemy messenger; variant of malachi30 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Makye

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

  • Mackiea form of macky; son of mac; scottish diminutive5 in the US (2017)
  • Makhi189 in the US (2017)
  • Mahki49 in the US (2017)
  • Maki14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makye

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