Given name & surname · also Middle English

Mailer

“prince + king”

Mailer is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Welsh surname, it goes back to a word meaning “prince + king.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Mailer has more than one origin: as an English surname for an enameler, it comes from Old French esmal; as a Welsh surname, it goes back to a word meaning “prince + king”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old French esmal.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mailer’s family of names

In English usage, Mailer as a surname has a related form in MEYLOR.

Walk Mailer’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

If you love Mailer, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Old English · Royal

Kingswood

“king”

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Old English · Royal

Kington

“king”

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Old English · Royal

Conybeare

“king”

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Old English · Royal

Kennington

“royal”

No U.S. birth series

88% boys · 12% girls

Royal

malkō

“king”

No U.S. birth series

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Ukrainian · Royal

Manko

“a king”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Mailer