Given name & surname
Math
“resembling a bear”
Math is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “resembling a bear.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “resembling a bear.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Math through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 100
- 100 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 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 boys is 6 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a first name in 2020; 455 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.
Math’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Math has a related form in Mati. Math has a related form in Mathe.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Appears in
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