Major - Meaning of Major

What does Major mean?

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Major

[ 2 syll. ma-jor, maj-or ] The baby boy name Major is pronounced as MEY-JHaoR †. Major is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is Latin. The name is of the meaning greater.

Majar, Maje, Majer, Majeur, Majir, Majur, and Majyr are variants of Major.

See also the related categories, english and latin.

Major is fairly popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2017, 0.053% of baby boys were given the name Major. Its ranking then was #330. In 2018, its usage was 0.049% and its ranking #350, and it was the most commonly used within all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Major include Macaire, MacCrae, MacCray, MacCrea, Maccrea, Machaere, Machair, Machaire, Machar, Machare, Machayr, Machayre, Macrae, Macray, Magar, Magarr, Mager, Magor, Maguire, and Magur.

† Pronunciation for Major: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"