Girl · Spanish place-name, uncertain
Macarena
Say it: mah-kah-REH-nah
Meaning
From the Virgen de la Esperanza Macarena of Seville, named after the Macarena district, whose own name is of uncertain origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Spread from Seville through the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 172 babies given this name since 1971
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 94,000 girls
- 17 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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