Mae

MAY

Diminutive of Mary or Margaret, Hebrew, Latin

"beloved, bitter, drop of the sea; pearl"

Mae Origin and Meaning

Variation of Ellamae

Mae Rank in US Top 1000

# 530 in the US

Mae Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 20 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Mae

• 530 US 2024
• 20 Nameberry 2025
• 385 Future 2028
• 443 England 2024
• 74 Netherlands 2024

20 Names Similar to Mae

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Famous People Named Mae

• Mary Jane "Mae" West American actress
• Mae Carol Jemison first African,American woman astronaut
• Mae Clarke (born Violet Mary Klotz) American actress
• Mae Questel American actress, voice of cartoon character Betty Boop
• Mae Margaret Whitman American actress
• (Johnnie) Mae Young American professional wrestler
• Mae Mei Lapres Canadian model
• Anna Mae Bullock birth name of American singer Tina Turner
• (Annie) Mae Busch Australian actress
• Mae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig) American actress
• Mary Wayne "Mae" Marsh American actress
• Mae Moore Canadian singer,songwriter
• Vanessa Mae Vanakorn Nicholson, British violinist
• Kealia Mae Ohai Watt American soccer player
• Mae Akins Roth (b. 2005) daughter of actors Matt Roth and Laurie Metcalf
• Mae Sandler (b. 2007) daughter of actors Kathryn Hahn and Ethan Sandler
• Mae Madeleine Wellesley (b. 2010) daughter of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro and model Jemma Kidd
• Mae Elizabeth Waterman (b. 2010) daughter of reality TV personality Jen Schefft ("The Bachelorette") and Joe Waterman
• Mae Webb (b. 2014) daughter of actress Kate Ritchie and Stuart Webb
• May June "Mae" West British author, daughter of serial killers Fred and Rose West

The name Mae in Pop Culture

• Mae Mobley character in Kathryn Stockett's "The Help"
• Mae Braddock character in movie "Cinderella Man"
• Mae "Maeby" Funke character on TV's "Arrested Development"
• Mae Caldwell character in movie "Secondhand Lions"
• Mae character in "Where'd You Go, Bernadette"
• Mae Loxley character in Mr. Selfridge
• Lula Mae Barnes Holly Golightly's real name in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
• Mae minor character in the video game "Gravity Rush"
• Mae Sherman sister of Nikki Sherman in the Main Street books by Anne M Martin
• Mae (Margaret) Borowski main character in the video game "Night In The Woods"
• Mae Nasser a character in the Ziva Payvan series written by EJ Fisch
• Mae American rock band
• Ethel Mae Potter Mertz character in the TV show "I Love Lucy"