Names That Mean Plum

Homophonous with Mae and May, the beautiful (literally) Mei is poised to climb the charts. The hero of the 2022 Disney/Pixar film Turning Red is a Chinese-Canadian teen named Meilin "Mei" Lee, which may boost the name ever further.

Most ella names are hot, but this is one that won't catch fire because of the disagreeable connotations of prunes.

This sweet, fruity French name debuted in the American charts in 2020 (but dipped out again the following year). Although it's offbeat, the spunky nicknames Prue and Nell(ie) definitely work in its favor.

Refers to a particular variety of Japanese plum, the Prunus salicina, although in a literal translation it would mean "sour peach."