Given name & surname
Maw
“mate, relative”
Maw is a surname from Proto-Germanic. It is used in English and Uyghur.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maw goes back to Proto-Germanic *makô, meaning “mate, relative.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Maw’s family of names
Maw has a surname derivative in MAWSON. In English usage, Maw as a surname has a related form in MOW. In Uyghur usage, Maw as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Мав.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maw has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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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