Mace

Where Mace comes from

* As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett. * As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze. * Also as a French surname, from Macé in Orne, from Late Latin Macciacum, from the personal name Maccius. * Also as a French surname, variant of Massé; see Masse.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mace
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1796
    Mace Moulton born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1902
    Peak, #744
    10 babies named Mace — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1903
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1928
    Mace Neufeld born
    American film and television producer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, a name derived from the war instrument, a mace
Namesakes
  • Mace Neufeld · American film and television producer, 1928–2022
  • Mace Moulton · American politician, 1796–1867
  • Mace Brown · American baseball player and coach, 1909–2002
  • Mace Greenleaf · American actor, 1872–1912

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.