At a Glance: Name: Mace – Meaning: the weapon called a mace; as a surname, a short form of Matthew – Origin: English/Old French – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: MAYS
Mace is an English/Old French boy's name meaning “the weapon called a mace; as a surname, a short form of Matthew”. It appears in our list of 200+ Best Unique Baby Boy Names.
Meaning & Origin of Mace
Meaning: The weapon called a mace; as a surname, a short form of Matthew.
Origin: English/Old French.
A common claim: Sometimes said to mean 'gift of God' through a Hebrew link to the spice mace. Actually: That conflates two unrelated things: the culinary spice mace (from Latin/Greek 'macis') and the surname's real link to Matthew ('gift of Yahweh' in Hebrew) via the pet form Macé — the weapon sense and the Matthew-surname sense are separate origins, and the spice is unrelated to either.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Mace
Phonetic: MAYS IPA: /meɪs/
Popularity of Mace
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1880–2024.
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