Given name & surname
Male
“one who is industrious and hardworking”·“a ruler; the firstborn son”
In German use, Male is a short form of Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.” In German use, Male is a variant of Mali. One Indian interpretation is “a ruler; the firstborn son.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Male is a short form of Amalia. One German interpretation is “one who is industrious and hardworking.” In German use, Male is a variant of Mali. One Indian interpretation is “a ruler; the firstborn son.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Male is a short form of Amalia. An origin associated with Amalia is Germanic. In German use, Male is a variant of Mali. Mali has been associated with Welsh and Indian naming traditions.
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How it developed
In German usage, Male is a short form of Amalia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Male through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,530
- 1,530 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 223 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 18 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 223 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 27,911 as a first name in 2020; 13,499 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.
Male’s family of names
In German usage, Male is a short form of Amalia. In German usage, Male has a related form in Mali. In German usage, Male has a related form in Mali.
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Around the world
Male has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 4
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.
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