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Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmeɪ.pl̩/

Meaning & History

From the English word for the tree (comprising the genus Acer), 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.