Maven
A unisex name of Yiddish origin, meaning expert or connoisseur.
Maven by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Maven. In the US, 98 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mavinunderstanding; one who understands9 in the US (2017)
- Masynstone worker; a modern respelling of Mason100 in the US (2017)
- Maherkindly or generous one15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayesson of may; patronymic form9 in the US (2017)
- Malvinfriend of the mill; a form of Melvin8 in the US (2017)
- Maysen71 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maven
Names that are said the same way as Maven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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