Boy · Breton
Maël
Say it: MAH-el
Meaning
Old Breton mael 'prince, chief'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Has become a popular boys' name in France in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 443 babies given this name since 2002
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 24,000 boys
- 71 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Mael
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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