Given name & surname
Mayne
“a powerful and great man”
Mayne is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a powerful and great man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a powerful and great man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mayne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 10 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1898
- 5 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 104 as a first name in 2020; 3,931 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.
Mayne’s family of names
Mayne has a related form in Mane. Mayne has a related form in Main. Mayne has a related form in Maen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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83% boys · 17% girls