Fun Facts About the Name Mavy
- 19 babies named Mavy: U.S. records list 19 babies given the name Mavy from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mavy Mean?
Mavy is a rare given name, and no derivation for it is documented with certainty, so its meaning is best described as uncertain. The explanation most often offered is that it is a shortened or respelled form of Mavis, an English name taken from the Old French mauvis, the song thrush. Read that way, Mavy would carry the same literal sense: "song thrush." A less common suggestion is that it is a pet form of Mabel, from Latin amabilis, "lovable," through the Old French Amabel. Those two parent names have unrelated origins, and neither link is confirmed for Mavy itself.
Mavy Name History & Origins
Mavy appears chiefly in modern use, usually as a shortened or altered form of a longer name rather than as a name with a long continuous tradition of its own. The final -y spelling follows the ordinary English habit of making a familiar or pet form of a longer name.
The name it is most often connected with, Mavis, comes from the Old French mauvis, the song thrush; before it became a personal name, it was simply the French word for the bird. English speakers took it up as a given name in the 1800s, when it remained uncommon, and Mavy is rarer still. If Mavy instead comes from Mabel, its background lies in the medieval French Amabel, a form of the Latin amabilis, "lovable," which was used in England from the Middle Ages onward. Which of these, if either, is the actual source of Mavy is not established.
How Popular is the Name Mavy?
Mavy has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #11,560 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,560 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #14,695 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #17,529 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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