Given name & surname
Maine
“from the mainland; from the state of Maine”
Maine is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “from the mainland; from the state of Maine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “from the mainland; from the state of Maine.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9
- 0 boys · 9 girls
- Most popular year
- 1898
- 9 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 9 in 1898. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 178 as a first name in 2020; 3,452 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.
Maine’s family of names
Maine has a related form in Mayne. In English usage, Maine as a surname has a related form in Main. In Greek usage, Maine as a surname is a transliteration of Μάινε.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maine
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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