Mayjor

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mayjor by the numbers

Mayjor was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Mayjor

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

  • Majorgreater; military rank used as given name1,042 in the US (2017)
  • Maynor29 in the US (2017)
  • Maijor17 in the US (2017)
  • Mayjer5 in the US (2017)
  • Maysonstone worker; a respelling of Mason288 in the US (2017)
  • Mayera form of Meir; one who shines or brings light64 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mayjor

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

Names about as common as Mayjor

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