83%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English Pronounced Pron. MAY-pəl [key·IPA] Meaning & History From the English word for the tree, derived from Old English mapul. This is the name of a girl in Robert Frost's poem Maple (1923) who wonders about the origin of her unusual name. PopularityDetails Last ranked #936 in 1902 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic youthful natural wholesome delicate refined strange simple nerdy Categories Animal Crossing characters, autumn, brown, currently out of the US top 1000, English nature names, English nouns, flora, food, green, islands, isograms, nature, Nintendo characters, orange, plants, red, Shining characters, sweetness, sweets, trees, word names, yellow