girl's name

Maïwenn

  • Origin Breton
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (France)
  • Births on record 9,375

France

#424

2025 births

Maïwenn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 130 babies in France, ranking #424. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Maïwenn is a name of Breton origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2012, when 475 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 4,535 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1972.

Maïwenn over time

Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,540
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Maïwenn by decade in France
Decade Births
1970s 140
1980s 425
1990s 955
2000s 3,035
2010s 3,540
2020s (to 2025) 1,275

How popular is Maïwenn?

In 2025, Maïwenn was given to 130 babies in France, ranking #424 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Maïwenn is used

France #424 135 in 2025
Canada as Maiwenn #3,430 5 in 2019

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Maïwenn is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Maiwenn Maiwenn is a spelling of Maïwenn, used in Canada, where it ranks #3,430. 4,925

Names that peaked alongside Maïwenn

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Maïwenn also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maïwenn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Maïwenn

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maïwenn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Maïwenn

Is Maïwenn a girl's or a boy's name?

Maïwenn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Maïwenn most popular?

Maïwenn peaked in 2012, when 475 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Maïwenn a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maïwenn currently ranks #424 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.