Mayjer

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mayjer by the numbers

Mayjer was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Mayjer

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

  • Mayera form of Meir; one who shines or brings light64 in the US (2017)
  • Mayjor10 in the US (2017)
  • Majer8 in the US (2017)
  • Majorgreater; military rank used as given name1,042 in the US (2017)
  • Meyerbringer of light; a form of Meir84 in the US (2017)
  • Maherkindly or generous one15 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Mayjer

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

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