Me

loc · Latin script

Meaning: Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Me is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 58K(measured from records)
  • CLChile≈1 in 27K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 62K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

5,741 people, 2020

Sources
243 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 27K (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled M-E in CA Canada and Mê in PH Philippines.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Me counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Me is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5,7411 in 58K3.1KMe243
GB United Kingdom≈1,100 est.≈1 in 62K—Me109
CL Chile≈680 est.≈1 in 27K1——
CA Canada≈540 est.≈1 in 70K—M-E67
PH Philippines≈490 est.≈1 in 223K—Mê37
NZ New Zealand≈73 est.≈1 in 68K—Me24

5,741 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Me is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, Taiwan, United States

    Also written Mé, Më, Mè, Mê, Mē

  • Hindi name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Mè, Më, Ḿë, Mê, Mē

  • Spanish given name37 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Spain

    Also written Mé, Mê, Më, Mę, Mệ

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Portugal, United States, Italy

    Also written Mé, Mê

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Mé, Mễ, M-É, Mę, Mē

  • Indonesian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Me', Mê, Mě, Mé, Më

  • Korean surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea

    Also written 메, Mệ, 엠이, Mę, Mé

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Me is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, mbé; to me and for me, mbé, a-ngé. Bi kpégbé ge a ngé, Show thy parrot to me

    as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language

  • In kr, one drop of ink! telam, s. tongue: telamnem Uahne, keep thy tongue! telam-tutu, s. a person who stammers, a stammerer. fe'lamwa, a. being expert in the use of the tongue, bold, im- pertinent

    as a wordKanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

  • In cdo, pork dear wrought iron, manufactured iron. unrefined, uneducated, common, vulgar, plebeian, the world, the laity. vulgar tradition, folklore, (hting

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In Akan, ayamonw^ae (wos© me yam' ye nwene), diey upbraid nie ivUh or accuse me of stinginess

    as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

  • In cdo, ‘the top, the end, a small branch, tickets for vermicelli, as issued by the shop

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Me
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20203.1K#3,578
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.6K#3,578
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19855—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19541—

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Me mean, and where does it come from?
Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How common is the name Me?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,741 people named Me in 2020, about 1 in 58 thousand residents.
In which country does Me have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 5.7 thousand people named Me, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled me.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Me”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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