Given name & surname
Maclane
“the son of John's servant”
Maclane is a variant of Maclaine. One interpretation is “the son of John's servant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maclane is a variant of Maclaine. One interpretation is “the son of John's servant.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maclane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 187
- 187 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,296 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,296 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 227 as a first name in 2020; 174 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.
Maclane’s family of names
Maclane has a related form in Maclaine.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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