Maël

Meaning and origin of Maël

Popularity of Maël in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2022.
• Over recent years, Maël has been stable (+0.9% a year).
• In a school of 200 children born in those years, there would be 1 Maël on average, counting the spellings that sound the same.

Maël in English-speaking countries

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,156^th boys’ name22 babies in 3 years1 boy in 7,725

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,045^th boys’ name629 babies in 3 years1 boy in 8,174+30.7% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  1,410^th boys’ name56 babies in 3 years1 boy in 14,756

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Maël, Mael and Maél are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Mael435
• Maél15
• Mahël (in French)45
• Mahel (in French)30
• Maëll10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Maël

• Arthur
• Malo
• Liam
• Ayden
• Mahé
• Maé
• Lyam
• Oscar
• Nolan
• Owen
• Evan
• Malone

See also

• →French names of Celtic origin
• 9^thTop 100 French boy names