Mete
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-TEH
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Mete is a boys' name of Turkish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Mete mean?
Turkish: Turkish name for the Xiongnu ruler Modu Chanyu
Mete Han, the Xiongnu ruler from 209 BC, is honoured in Turkey as the founder of the Turkish army.
Is Mete a girl's or a boy's name?
Mete is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mete in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Mete, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mete in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Mete in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Mete in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Mete, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Mete in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mete in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Mete
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Alfie, Theo, Marley, Milo, Enzo, Oakley, Hudson, Jude, Atlas, Jenson, Archer
Names related to Mete
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mete: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mete, updated 20 October 2026.