Mag Forename

35,031st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 22,151 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Hong Kong
Highest density in:
Singapore

Mag Forename Definition:

A diminutive—generally considered rather vulgar—of Margaret. Maggie is more usual.

Mag Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hong Kong-5,8671:1,321115
Singapore-4,7941:1,311158
India
68%
 
2,1371:568,49744,021
China-1,4571:937,58133,200
Poland
 
87%
1,3191:28,830928
Egypt
63%
 
1,1711:78,4813,868
Saudi Arabia-9911:31,0923,837
United States
100%
7731:469,00012,646
Austria
100%
6541:13,019720
Bangladesh-3671:434,50016,631
Ghana-3371:80,0783,677
Russia
93%
 
3211:449,3265,115
France-2341:284,0613,973
Brazil
100%
2001:1,071,18127,520
Morocco-1911:179,8364,854
Canada
100%
1781:186,1437,295
England
 
53%
851:654,15212,679
Indonesia-851:3,034,867138,909
Malawi
100%
851:201,3218,458
Malaysia
 
58%
641:475,78021,121
DR Congo
100%
481:1,538,07540,404
Germany
51%
 
451:2,148,39712,101
Pakistan
 
60%
431:4,519,94645,816
Philippines
83%
 
381:2,789,72356,834
Mexico
 
67%
341:3,651,30716,729
Nigeria
 
52%
341:5,222,48175,428
Netherlands
 
79%
291:582,83013,221
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
South Africa
75%
 
281:1,947,59558,611
Taiwan
100%
271:880,35936,323
Slovenia-241:102,4482,904
Uganda
100%
221:1,861,67825,181
Belarus
78%
 
201:474,1193,101
Australia-191:718,8229,906
Ireland
100%
181:257,9734,315
Botswana-161:136,52810,720
Peru
83%
 
161:1,986,96620,449
Spain-151:3,101,99813,742
Italy
 
83%
131:4,697,08422,664
New Caledonia-131:20,7821,589
Scotland-121:445,8645,809
United Arab Emirates-121:595,99919,549
Papua New Guinea
 
56%
111:741,11953,497
Switzerland
 
87%
101:821,35010,525
Kazakhstan
83%
 
91:1,971,87215,474
Libya-91:691,2571,282
Venezuela
100%
91:3,355,76650,812
Croatia
100%
81:527,1345,786
Iran-81:9,812,10827,974
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Thailand
50%
 
81:8,758,227128,595
Armenia
100%
71:416,9655,243
Greece
100%
71:1,562,07810,407
Senegal-71:2,083,05113,702
South Korea-71:792,06015,859
El Salvador-61:1,056,9646,645
Afghanistan
 
67%
51:6,524,70331,933
Bahamas-51:79,8741,458
Cameroon
100%
51:4,322,10163,776
Costa Rica-51:953,59010,779
Kenya-51:9,261,42235,582
Latvia-51:403,1293,324
Liberia
100%
51:882,41221,482
Uruguay-51:685,5277,487
Yemen-51:5,259,3504,986
Algeria-41:9,544,18014,095
Belgium
100%
41:2,872,51022,632
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Haiti-41:2,681,73823,796
Laos-41:1,646,714900
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Tunisia-41:169,2267,289
Turkey-41:19,450,42745,600
Wales
100%
41:773,5778,486
Argentina-31:14,257,74823,489
Bhutan
 
67%
31:274,9764,070
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Monaco-31:12,8221,634
Sweden-31:3,285,96941,581
Zambia-31:5,284,93137,895
Azerbaijan
100%
21:4,821,47233,780
Brunei-21:209,7852,478
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
Congo
100%
21:2,504,60231,783
Cyprus-21:435,5383,859
Guatemala-21:8,054,21410,362
Lebanon-21:2,813,78613,895
Liechtenstein-21:18,928806
Luxembourg-21:282,0243,520
Nicaragua-21:3,009,16824,322
Niger
50%
 
21:9,591,99755,581
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Panama-21:1,953,27831,007
Serbia-21:3,572,8608,125
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Chad-11:13,598,39815,363
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Czechia
 
82%
11:10,656,16211,509
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Falkland Islands-11:3,142392
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Hungary
68%
 
11:9,791,7716,528
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kosovo-11:1,861,44022,170
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Turkmenistan
100%
11:5,472,8703,925
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Mag (22,216) may also be a surname.

Mag Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A diminutive—generally considered rather vulgar—of Margaret. Maggie is more usual.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Mag Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mags862,010/
Magh861,321/
Magg86332/
Maig86148/
Magz8679/
Maag8673/
Macg8652/
Maug8647/
Meag8638/
Magt8624/
Mayg8611/
Magk868/
Magc868/
Magë866/
Mmag865/
Mhag864/
Majg864/
Mahg863/
Masg863/
Mgag861/
Magš861/
Magì861/
Magx861/
Hmag861/
Maqg861/
Maïg861/
Mague753,036/
Mahag75248/
Maggs75111/
Maagh7593/
Maigh7567/
Mhags7522/
Maggz7512/
Meagh7512/
Maggh7511/
Mahug758/
Magsh755/
Maugh755/
Mmagh755/
Meags754/
Mhagz753/
Maags753/
Maygh752/
Mag's752/
Magqu752/
Magxs752/
Maugk751/
Matqg751/
Wmuag751/
Majgp751/
Majgt751/
Magsz751/
Mahgh751/
Magqe751/
Magcs751/
Magss751/
Maygp751/
Mas'g751/
Mheag751/
Mahgt751/
Mahsg751/
Mmaag751/
Muaig751/
Max67599,876/
Mac6740,426/
Mak6722,798/
Mog671,414/
Maq671,004/
Maigue67198/
McG67141/
Maygue6770/
Magowa6756/
Maggue6750/
Maisgp6710/
Maggig672/
Machgh671/
Ma-Aga671/
Maheeg671/
Mhag'z671/
Meague671/
Mashgh671/
Maggss671/
Maggth671/
Maague671/
Makgue671/
Mhaigh671/

Mag Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mag in the Russian language
Магmag-

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