Given name & surname · also Polish
Mach
“work”
Mach is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English, Polish, Czech, Old Czech, and 1 other language.
Original PolishMacha
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a Jewish surname, it goes back to a word meaning “work.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Mach has more than one origin: in one tradition, it comes from Polish; as a Jewish surname, it comes from German Mache.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Mach as a surname developed from MACHE. In English usage, Mach as a surname is an affectionate form of Matthew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mach through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 6 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 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 as a first name in 2020; 4,879 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mach’s family of names
In Old Czech usage, Mach has a diminutive in MACHEK. In English usage, Mach as a surname developed from the German form MACHE. In Polish usage, Mach as a surname has a related form in Macha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mach has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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