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Mayor
Say it: mah-YOR
Meaning
From Spanish mayor 'elder, greater' (Latin maior), probably first marking an eldest daughter.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A common given name among Castilian and Leonese women from the 10th to the 15th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 19 babies given this name since 2016
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 243,800 boys
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.