Mael

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mal in IN India, US United States, DE Germany and 6 more and Maël in ES Spain.

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

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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 name17K records spelled Mael10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Maël, Maél, Mäël, Mäel, Mãēl

• Indonesian given name567 records spelled Mael6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Maël, Maèl, Mäel, Máel

• Albanian given name447 records spelled Mael2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania

  Also written Maël

• a separate given name271 records spelled Mael3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Switzerland

  Also written Maël, Máel

• Norwegian Bokmål given name222 records spelled Mael11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Belgium

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Maël, Maêl, Mæĺ, Maeĺ

• Hindi given name169 records spelled Mael5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Philippines, India

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Maël, Mãèl

• Finnish given name160 records spelled Mael4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Maël

• Polish given name158 records spelled Mael2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland

  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●

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 word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In wlm, prince

  as a word·kaikki.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 word·Orotariko 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.

Over time●

CA Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) — 31 years between 1991–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaillb. 948IEHigh King of Ireland, King of Mide
• Mael Rouxel-Labbéb. 1988FRPh.D. Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis 2016
• Mael Amenvedzib. 1991USbasketball player
• Mael Corbozb. 1994USAmerican soccer player
• Mael Schärzb. 2008CHSwiss diver
• Mael KaudreFRfootballer
• Máel Muire Ua GormáinIEIrish abbot of Knock
• Mael Ruanaidh Ua DubhdaIrish king
• Mael Ruanaidh na Paidre Ua hEidhinIrish king
• Mael Isa Mac MaelColuimIrish chronicler

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 433 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mael?

We estimate roughly 48 thousand people bear Mael (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Mael have the most bearers?

We estimate about 45 thousand people bear Mael in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled mael.

How common is Mael compared with other names?

In France, Mael is the 301st most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

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.

What does the name Mael mean?

Recorded meaning: Origine celtique, signifie « prince ».