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What does Mace mean?
Mace 
as a boys' name is pronounced mayce. It is of Middle English origin, and the meaning of Mace is "heavy staff or club". A medieval weapon used by knights to break armor. Short form of names like Macy and Mason; also an English surname that may be a form of Matthew. Macerio may be a variant of Makarios (Greek), a saint's name.
STARTS WITH Mac-
Variations
VARIANTS Maceo, Macerio, Macey
RELATED FORMS VIA MAKARIOS, MASON, MATTHEW Macaire, Madteo, Makar, Massen, Mat▼, Mata, Mateo▲, Mateus, Mathe, Matheu, Mathew▼, Matico, Mats, Matt▼, Matteo▲, Matti, Mattie, Matty, Matvey, Matz
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Mace John (M.J.), ..
How popular is Mace?
Mace is an uncommonly occurring given name for men but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#2734 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Mace reached its apex position of #1427 in the U.S. in the 1900s, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Mace appearing in the Top 2000 are Maceo, Macy, Mason (#9 FROM RECENT DATA), Mat, Mateo (#37), Mathew (#577), Matt, Matteo (#196), Matthew (#20) and Mattie. These relations of Mace were favored by parents in the 1980s (USAGE OF 2.6%) and are almost as common today (USAGE 1.8%, DOWN 30.1%). Matthew has been the most prominent, though Matteo has become popular as well, while versions like Mat are now somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Mace is alike in pronunciation to Mayes, Mays, Moise, Mose▼ and Moss. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ace▲, Cace, Cayce, Chace▼, Dace, Dice, Dyce, Ince, Jace▲, Jaice, Jayce▲, Lance▼, Luce, Mac▲, Macgee, Machen, Mack▼, Mackey, Mackie, Macon, Mads, Magee, Maier, Maik, Majed, Majer, Maks, Malek, Man, Mann, Mano, Mar, Marc▼, Marcel▲, March, Marco, Mareo, Mark▼, Maro, Marq, Marr, Mars, Mart, Max▲, Maxey, Maxie, Maxx, Maxy, Mayer, Mayne, Mayo, Mc-, Meade, Merce, Miche, Mick, Mike▼, Moe, More, Myke, Pace, Paice, Payce, Raice, Rance, Rayce, Rice, Trace, Tyce and Yance. These names tend to be more commonly used than Mace.
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