Given name & surname
Macaire
“one who is blessed”
Macaire is a variant of Makarios. One Greek interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Macaire is a variant of Makarios. One Greek interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Macaire is a variant of Makarios. An origin associated with Makarios is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Macaire developed from Macarius. In French usage, Macaire developed from Μακάριος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Macaire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 5 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Macaire’s family of names
In French usage, Macaire as a surname has a diminutive in MACRON. Macaire shares a linguistic root with Makari. Macaire has a related form in Makarios.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Macaire has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Makaricognate
- Macarioequivalent
- Makarequivalent
- Macariequivalent
- Macariusroot · English, Latin
- Makárequivalent
- Macarieequivalent
- МакарRussian
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People named Macaire
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