Mack

Where Mack comes from

(In sense one) From either the male name Mack or mack, itself from mackerel, which comes from Old French maquerel, from Dutch makelaar. Compare French mec.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mack
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    Mack Sennett born
    Canadian-American actor, producer and director
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #123 among boys — 104 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1900
    Peak, #96
    250 babies named Mack — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #143.
  5. 1996
    Mack Horton born
    Australian freestyle swimmer
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Max.
Namesakes
  • Mack Sennett · Canadian-American actor, producer and director, 1880–1960
  • Mack Horton · Australian freestyle swimmer, born 1996
  • Mack Swain · American actor, vaudevillian, 1876–1935
  • Mack Mattingly · American politician, born 1931
  • Mack Reynolds · American science fiction writer, 1917–1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.