Given name & surname
Maison
“a stoneworker”·“one who works with stone”
Maison is a variant of Mason. Interpretations include “a stoneworker” (English) and “one who works with stone” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maison is a variant of Mason. Interpretations include “a stoneworker” (English) and “one who works with stone” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maison is a variant of Mason. An origin associated with Mason is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Maison is a variant of Mason. The history of Mason gives this family its wider story. Mason’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Maison through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,390
- 4,575 boys · 815 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 325 babies
- 2025
- 174
- #1,294 for boys · #5,499 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 90% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 151 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,294 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 33.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 304 in 2016. It also appeared in 23 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (16). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,485 as a first name in 2020; 787 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.
Maison’s family of names
Maison has a related form in Mason. In French usage, Maison as a surname has a conventional equivalent in AXXAM.
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 2
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.
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