Maynor

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maynor by the numbers

Maynor was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 46 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Maynor

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

  • Mynor30 in the US (2017)
  • Mayjor10 in the US (2017)
  • Mainor7 in the US (2017)
  • Majorgreater; military rank used as given name1,042 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)

Names about as common as Maynor

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