Mekka

A unisex 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

Mekka by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 10 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Mekka

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

  • Meccathe holy city; a place of pilgrimage83 in the US (2017)
  • Mikkiwho is like god; diminutive of michael5 in the US (2017)
  • Makya20 in the US (2017)
  • Maika18 in the US (2017)
  • Makia12 in the US (2017)
  • Melba8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mekka

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

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