Mace - Meaning of Mace

What does Mace mean?

[ 1 syll. ma-ce, mac-e ] The baby boy name Mace is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is MEYS †. Mace's origin is Old French. Mace is a contraction of the name Macy (English).

Mace is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1902, 0.007% of baby boys were given the name Mace. Its ranking then was #776. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is now of irregular use. Within all boy names in its group, Mace was nonetheless the most popular in 2011. Mace has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Mace include Maas (Dutch), Mac (English and Scottish), Machk, Mack (English and Scandinavian), Macks, Macs, Mahesh (Indian), Maies, Maik (German), Maj (English), Maje, Majic, Mak, Maks (Hungarian), Mamés, Mannes (Dutch), Manox, Manque, Mans (Scandinavian), and Manse.

† English pronunciation for Mace: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"