Given name & surname
Mak
“the son of”·“who is like God?”
Mak is a variant of Mac. One interpretation is “the son of.” Mak is a variant of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mak is a variant of Mac. One interpretation is “the son of.” Mak is a variant of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mak has more than one origin: as a Chinese surname, it comes from Cantonese; as a Polish surname, it comes from Polish Mak; as a Ukrainian surname, it comes from Ukrainian Макар.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Haitian Creole usage, Mak developed from Marc.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mak through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 186
- 186 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,050 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +40%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,050 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 586 as a first name in 2020; 5,369 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.
Mak’s family of names
In Haitian Creole usage, Mak developed from the French form Marc. Mak has a related form in Michaela. Mak has a related form in Mac.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mak
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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