Given name · also Basque Maite

Maïté

Maïté is a feminine given name from Basque Maite. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Maïté comes from Basque Maite, and ultimately from Basque.

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How it developed

In French usage, Maïté is a diminutive of Marie-Thérèse.

Maïté’s family of names

In French usage, Maïté is a diminutive of Marie-Thérèse. In French usage, Maïté has a conventional equivalent in the Basque form Maite.

Walk Maïté’s family in the name graph

MaïtéMaitêMaitéMarie-ThérèseMaite

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Maïté

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Maïté’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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