Maple as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maple

What is the meaning of the name Maple ?

The baby name Maple is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAY-pul (/ˈmeɪpəl/).

Maple is English in Origin.

Maple is an English nature name drawn from the tree, with the word traced to Old English mapulder/mapolder and Middle English mapel, from a Germanic root. As a given name it means “maple tree,” evoking autumn color, sweetness, and resilience.

Used in the Anglophone world for over a century, Maple has gained modest traction amid the 2010s–2020s wave of botanical names, particularly in Canada, where the maple is emblematic. Variants and near-variants include Mapel and Mapple (rare); sound-alike Mabel is unrelated, deriving from Amabel “lovable.” Nicknames such as Mae work naturally. The name pairs with Rowan, Aspen, and Hazel, and finds a cross-cultural counterpart in Japanese Momiji, “maple leaves.”