Macon as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Macon

What is the meaning of the name Macon ?

The baby name Macon is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ˈmeɪkən (MAY-kən),ˈmækən (MAK-ən).

Macon is English, French in Origin.

Macon is an English given name taken from a surname and place-name. The surname descends from Anglo-Norman French maçon ‘mason, stoneworker’, giving the straightforward occupational meaning ‘stonemason’. As a toponym, it matches French Mâcon in Burgundy, from Latin Matisco (Gaulish in origin), and the American city of Macon, Georgia, honoring statesman Nathaniel Macon; these have fed modern usage as a place-derived first name.

In the United States the name appears in records from the 1800s, following the habit of using family surnames as given names, with modest but steady use into the 21st century. Typically masculine yet occasionally unisex. Variants and related forms include Maçon/Mâcon in French, and cognates Mason, Masson, and Mayson; short form Mac is common. Associations include Burgundy’s Mâcon wine region and several U.S. counties, adding a geographic, genteel Southern flavor.