Male

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Male by the numbers

Its American peak was 223 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Male

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

  • Maligarland; necklace132 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Malekking or angel26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maceclub-shaped weapon; from a spice plant9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mategift of god; a form of Matthew7 in the US (2017)
  • Mase4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Malec5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Male

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