Mael

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Origine celtique, signifie « prince »

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

/maɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mael is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Réunion it is the 31st most common given name.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 3.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 194Kas Mal
  • ALAlbania1 in 14K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Mael itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈20,000 people, est.

Sources
275 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Maël in CH Switzerland, RE Réunion and Mal in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Origine celtique, signifie « prince ».

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mael 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 Mael is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#297≈20,000 est.≈1 in 3.4K45KMael275
US United States—1,716as Mal1 in 194K1.2KMal266
ES Spain—1,4021 in 36K1.4KMael20
CM Cameroon#988≈1,200 est.≈1 in 24K—Mael8
BR Brazil—6441 in 329K644—3
CH Switzerland—≈340 est.≈1 in 25K144Maël34
AL Albania—2221 in 14K220——
RE Réunion#31≈30 est.≈1 in 26K40Maël13

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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); FSO — Vornamen der Neugeborenen und Wohnbevölkerung; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion). 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)

Mael is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Maël, Maél, Mãēl, Mäël, Mäel

  • Indonesian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Peru

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Maël, Maèl, Máel, Mäel

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Maël

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Máel, Maël

  • Danish name11 spellings in the group

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Maël, Maêl, Mæĺ, Maeĺ

  • Hindi given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Maël, Mãèl

  • Estonian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Maël

  • Polish name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Maël

46 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)

Mael is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Filipino, a diminutive of the male given name Ismael

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In wlm, prince

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, ( Dv → A ). "Étang, eau dormante. On dit maela substantivement, de toute eau qui ne court pas, ou qui ne semble pas courir comme dans quelques parties des rivières. On dit adjectivement ur maela, eau dormante ou qui ne bouge pas" Dv . "Estanque, agua muerta" A . v. urmael.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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)

5001000150020002500Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, b. 948Mael Rouxel-Labbé, b. 1988Mael Amenvedzi, b. 1991Mael Corboz, b. 1994Mael Schärz, b. 2008

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Mael,Hi Mael, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 69 sources across 38 countries.

Official registers attesting Mael
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)202433K#354
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.4K#2,259
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1K#1,246
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022644—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—629#11,228
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020418#21,875
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2011410#3,084
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)2020291—
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—253#21,932
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—220#1,719
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025195—
CH SwitzerlandFSO — Vornamen der Neugeborenen und Wohnbevölkerung2024144#36

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Mael mean, and where does it come from?
Origine celtique, signifie « prince ». Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
In which country does Mael have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named Mael in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mael.
How do you pronounce Mael?
A machine transcription gives /maɛl/ (IPA) for French.
Is Mael a male or female name?
Mael is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
How common is the name Mael?
In Spain, the national register counted 1,402 people named Mael, about 1 in 36 thousand residents.
How common is Mael compared with other names?
In France, Mael is the 297th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.

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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, “Mael” — the 297th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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