Maes

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mas in ES Spain, PH Philippines, PE Peru and 5 more.

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 across 2 languages 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◐

Maes is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname13K records spelled Maes11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Maés, Mae'S, Maês, Maës, Maès

• a separate surname2.2K records spelled Maes3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands

  Also written Mae͏̈s, Maës

• Norwegian surname822 records spelled Maes6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands

  Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Maës

50 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●

Maes 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 German, patronymischer Familienname; wohl aus einem Rufnamen, im Band mit Maes/Maas/Mas-/Maß-Formen belegt, Bearer counts teils angegeben.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In Welsh, field, pitch, site, area

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

• In Breton, campagne, champ ouvert, paysage

  as a word·Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

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●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nicolaes Maesb. 1634BEDutch painter (1634-1693)
• Jef Maesb. 1905BEBelgian musician (1905–1996)
• Sylvère Maesb. 1909BEBelgian cyclist (1909–1966)
• Romain Maesb. 1912BEBelgian road bicycle racer (1912–1983)
• Pattie Maesb. 1961BEBelgian computer scientist
• Peter Maesb. 1964BEBelgian footballer and manager
• Beate Maesb. 1966DEGerman actress
• Caroline Maesb. 1976BEBelgian actress
• Femke Maesb. 1980BEassociation football player
• Nikolas Maesb. 1986BEracing cyclist

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 · 54 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maes?

We estimate roughly 77 thousand people bear Maes (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Maes have the most bearers?

We estimate about 26 thousand people bear Maes in Belgium, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled maes.

Where is Maes most common?

Maes is densest in Belgium, where the national register counts about 1 in 459 people carrying it.

How common is Maes compared with other names?

In Belgium, Maes is the 3rd most common surname of 299,621 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Maes mean?

Recorded meaning: 2. Spanish: unexplained; perhaps a variant of Maese.