Given name & surname

Makka

Makka is a feminine given name from Danish. It is used in Greenlandic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Makka comes from Danish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Danish Margrethe.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Makka through the years

Babies since 1880
6
0 boys · 6 girls
Most popular year
2020
6 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20200.0
Makka in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2020–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Makka’s family of names

In Greenlandic usage, Makka was borrowed from the Danish form Margrethe. In Greenlandic usage, Makka has a related form in Máka. In Greek usage, Makka as a surname is a transliteration of Μάκκα.

Walk Makka’s family in the name graph

Makka眞下ΜάκκαΜακκάMeccaMákaMargrethe

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Makka has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.

DanishGreekJapanese

Danishwhere Makka comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Spellings & scripts 3

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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