Mame
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Mame by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Mame. In the US, 14 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 American peak was 29 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Mame
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 Mame. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maeof the sea; a form of May or Mary108 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mamiebeloved; diminutive of Mary23 in the US (2017)
- Mamamother8 in the US (2017)
- Maamemother; used for girls born on Thursday7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mavethe intoxicating one; a form of Medb3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayebeloved; a variant of Mae or May6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mame
Names that are said the same way as Mame, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Maymebeloved; a variant spelling of Mae or Mayme6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mame
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