Mayen
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Mayen by the numbers
Mayen was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Mayen
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 Mayen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Masenstone worker; a modern respelling of Mason101 in the US (2017)
- Mavenexpert or connoisseur98 in the US (2017)
- Mayera form of Meir; one who shines or brings light64 in the US (2017)
- Mazendignity, glory, might16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxengreatest; a variant of maximus or max42 in the US (2017)
- Mayesson of may; patronymic form9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mayen
Names that are said the same way as Mayen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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