Mael (name)

The name Mael resembles a number of old Celtic names from Brittany, Wales and Ireland.

"Mael" is a Breton boys' name meaning "chief" or "prince". The name for girls is "Maela". The Breton name is popular in French as "Maël", with French girl-forms including "Maëlys" and "Maëlle", largely after the Breton Saint Maël.

The Welsh boys name Mael was borne by the legendary son of Roycol.^{[citation needed]}

The old Irish word "máel" (now spelt "maol"), meaning "bald" and hence "monk", was sometimes put before Gaelic names to form new names and indicate a servant or follower of a saint. These variants include "Maolcholuim" (spelt "Malcolm" by the English), which means "monk/follower of Columba".^{[citation needed]}

In a Portuguese-Spanish context, Mael is a hypocoristic form for Ismael and Emanuel/Manuel.^{[citation needed]}

Máel

Máel Brigte, several people
Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair, Pretender to the Scottish throne
Máel Coluim of Moray, Scottish king
Máel Dub, Reputed Irish monk of the 7th century
Máel Dúin, several people
Máel Gualae, Irish king
Máel Ísu, several people
Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of the province of Leinster in Ireland
Máel Muire, Earl of Atholl, Scottish noble
Máel Pátraic, Irish abbot
Máel Ruain (died 792), Abbot-bishop of Tallaght
Máel Ruba (c. 642-722), Irish saint
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, High King of Ireland from 980 to 1002
Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid, High King of Ireland
Máel Snechtai, Ruler of Moray

Mael

Mael Corboz (born 1994), American football player

Maël

Maël Ambonguilat (born 1997), Gabonese Olympic swimmer
Maël de Calan (born 1980), French politician
Maël de Gevigney (born 1999), French professional footballer
Maël Gouyette (born 1999), French middle-distance runner
Maël Henry (born 2004), Canadian soccer player
Maël Illien (born 1990), French footballer
Maël Renouard (born 1979), French writer and translator
Maël Tyrode (born 2000), French Nordic combined skier

References

↑ Tanet, Chantal; Hordé, Tristan (2009). Dictionnaire des Prénoms. Paris: Larousse. p. 414. ISBN 9782035837288 – via archive.org.
↑ "Les prénoms bretons dérivés de Mael". anarvorig.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012.
↑ "Maël". Behind the Name. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
↑ de Benoist, Alain, ed. (2009). Dictionnaire des prénoms (PDF) (in French). Paris: J. Picollec. p. 308. ISBN 978-2864772163.
↑ Ó Corráin, Donnchadh; Maguire, Fidelma (1981). Gaelic Personal Names. Academy Press. pp. 129–131. ISBN 9780906187395.

[1] Tanet, Chantal; Hordé, Tristan (2009). Dictionnaire des Prénoms. Paris: Larousse. p. 414. ISBN 9782035837288 – via archive.org.

[2] "Les prénoms bretons dérivés de Mael". anarvorig.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012.

[3] "Maël". Behind the Name. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

[4] Benoist, Alain, ed. (2009). Dictionnaire des prénoms (PDF) (in French). Paris: J. Picollec. p. 308. ISBN 978-2864772163.

[5] Ó Corráin, Donnchadh; Maguire, Fidelma (1981). Gaelic Personal Names. Academy Press. pp. 129–131. ISBN 9780906187395.

Mael (name)

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