MEANING & HISTORY
What does Iris Mae mean?
The complete Iris Mae spelling is independently recorded in the given-name field. Iris has the history of Greek rainbow, also associated with the flower and coloured part of the eye; Mae has the separate history of an established variant of May.
These component accounts explain an attested compound without combining them into an invented sentence or claiming to know the family’s naming intention.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗The parts of this recorded form
These parts have their own entries. Their separate histories do not automatically create a single combined meaning.
THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Iris Mae in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
IRIS MAECSV record 2,162 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Iris Mae in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Iris Mae
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Iris♀Rainbow; also the iris flower
- Irish♀From Irish “of Ireland”; also associated with Iris
- Irma♀Whole or entire; shortened Germanic name
- Irene♀Peace
- Irenea♀Form of Irene; peace
- Ireneo♂Peaceful; related to peace
- Irvin·Surname-derived form related to Irving or Irwin
- Irwin·Boar and friend in the Eoforwine name tradition
What rhymes with Iris Mae?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Iris Mae further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Behind the Name — Iris (opens in a new tab)
Exact component and stated history.
- Behind the Name — Mae (opens in a new tab)
Independent exact component and stated history.