Maze
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 24 babies a year in the US.
Maze by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Maze. In the US, 24 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
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 Maze
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 Maze. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maeof the sea; a form of May or Mary108 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maziepearl; a form of Margaret or Mazal124 in the US (2017)
- Mazyresembling a maze; bewildering9 in the US (2017)
- Mavethe intoxicating one; a form of Medb3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayebeloved; a variant of Mae or May6 in the US (2017)
- Mazi37 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maze
Names that are said the same way as Maze, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Maze
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