Given name & surname
Maille
Maille is used as a given name and a surname. Maille is connected with Molly.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
Maille is used as a form of Molly.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maille through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 189
- 0 boys · 189 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 20 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 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 244 as a first name in 2020; 510 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.
Maille’s family of names
Maille is a form of Molly. Maille has a related form in Mailsea. Maille has a related form in Mailsee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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