Given name & surname
Mayor
“a large man”·“a farmer”·“one who is shining bright”
Mayor is a variant of Mayer. Interpretations include “a large man”, “a farmer”, and “one who is shining bright”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mayor is a variant of Mayer. Interpretations include “a large man”, “a farmer”, and “one who is shining bright”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mayor is a variant of Mayer. Mayer has been associated with Latin, German, and Hebrew naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mayor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 26 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 7 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 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020; 2,520 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.
Mayor’s family of names
Mayor has a related form in Mayer. In English usage, Mayor as a surname has a related form in Meyer. In Russian usage, Mayor as a surname is a transliteration of Майор.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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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