Mesai
Maisamma, also known as Mesai and additionally spelt Mesko, Amma in Telugu or Aai in Marathi is a Hindu folk goddess. She is mainly worshipped as a South Indian mother goddess, predominantly in the rural areas of Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra. She is believed to protect the cattle. Among the cattle sheds, a niche is white-washed and decorated with "Kukuma" and called "Maisamma Goodu".
Meaning & Origin of Mesai
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maisamma, also known as Mesai and additionally spelt Mesko, Amma in Telugu or Aai in Marathi is a Hindu folk goddess. She is mainly worshipped as a South Indian mother goddess, predominantly in the rural areas of Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra. She is believed to protect the cattle. Among the cattle sheds, a niche is white-washed and decorated with "Kukuma" and called "Maisamma Goodu".
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The Story of Mesai
Mesai first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2015, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2018: 6 births, good for #10,757 nationwide. About 69% of every Mesai on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Mesai last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Mesai
Mesai is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2015 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Mesai's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #10,757. Use the chart and map above to compare Mesai's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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