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Mame

Diminutive of Mary or Margaret
"drop of the sea or bitter or pearl"
Linda Rosenkrantz
By Linda Rosenkrantz
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

Mame Origin and Meaning

The name Mame is a girl's name.

Has a dotty, antic feel via dotty, antic Auntie Mame.

# 944 in the US

Mame Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Mame

  • Mame Adjei
    Ghanaian,American model, Miss Maryland ("America's Next Top Model" Cycle 22)
  • Mame
    Marie Sy, Senegalese basketball player

The name Mame in Pop Culture

  • "Mame
    " musical theatre production and film
  • "Auntie Mame
    " book and classic Rosalind Russell comedy
  • Mame Powther
    blues,singing central character of "The Narrows" (1953) by Ann Petry (novel set in the black neighbourhood of Monmouth, Connecticut)
  • "Put the Blame on Mame
    " song from 1946 film "Gilda"