Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Maie has a related form in Maia. An origin associated with Maia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Maie has a related form in Maia. The history of Maia gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Maia is associated with the goddess of spring.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Maie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 197
- 0 boys · 197 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 11 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 girls is 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 192 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maie’s family of names
Maie has a conventional equivalent in the German form Maria. In Estonian usage, Maie has a related form in Maia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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