Mekhai

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 38 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
38
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mekhai by the numbers

Mekhai was given to 38 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 Mekhai

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

  • Mikhaiwho is like god; variant of michael7 in the US (2017)
  • Mekhi471 in the US (2017)
  • Makhai58 in the US (2017)
  • Mekai17 in the US (2017)
  • Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
  • Mikhailwho is like God119 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mekhai

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

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