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Meaning of the nameMayk

Mayk is a spelling of the name Maik, which means “who is like God?”.

Meaning

“who is like God?”

Meaning of the name Maik, of which Mayk is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Maik · Behind the Name: Mike · Behind the Name: Michael

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People (2022)
2,501
Rank in Brazil
#4,422
Median age
24 years
2010 Census
2,015
people

Mayk in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mayk, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,062 people).

26 women 2,475 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Mayk is most common

States with the highest share of people named Mayk in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Pará 0.003%
  2. Amazonas 0.003%
  3. Goiás 0.003%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. Paraná 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3910.001%
Minas Gerais2890.001%
Pará2750.003%
Goiás1810.003%
Rio de Janeiro1330.001%
Paraná1250.001%
Amazonas1220.003%
Pernambuco1000.001%
Espírito Santo970.003%
Mato Grosso930.003%
Maranhão860.001%
Santa Catarina720.001%
Bahia580.000%
Ceará570.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul470.002%
Rio Grande do Sul440.000%
Rondônia430.003%
Tocantins420.003%
Piauí410.001%
Paraíba380.001%
Alagoas370.001%
Rio Grande do Norte350.001%
Distrito Federal310.001%
Sergipe270.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Mayk

It swaps the I for Y; Wiktionary records Mayk, in Azerbaijani, as a transliteration of Mike.

About the name Maik

In the German entry of Wiktionary, Maik appears as a phonetic variant of Mike, which Behind the Name defines as a short form of Michael. Michael comes from Hebrew Miḵaʾel, 'who is like God?', a rhetorical question, according to Behind the Name; it is also the name of an archangel in the Bible. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Maick, Mayck, Mayki, Maique and other spellings among the spelling variants of Maik. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,696 people named Maik, with a median age of 25.

Other spellings of Maik

SpellingPeople (2022)
Maik4,696
Mayk2,501
Maick1,858

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Maik · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Mike · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Michael · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Mayk · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maik · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Mayk

What does the name Mayk mean?

Mayk means “who is like God?”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Maik, of which Mayk is a spelling.

How many people are named Mayk in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,501 people with the first name Mayk, which ranks it number 4,422 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Mayk a boy's or a girl's name?

Mayk is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 26 women and 2,475 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mayk?

Mayk is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Mayk most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Mayk (275 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Mayk?

Maik and Maick. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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