Given name
Mayim
“water”
Mayim is a feminine given name from Hebrew, meaning “water.”
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Mayim is a diminutive of Maryam.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mayim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48
- 0 boys · 48 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2016.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mayim’s family of names
In English usage, Mayim is a diminutive of Maryam.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mayim
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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