Meaning, Origin And History Of The Name May

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Meaning & History

Expand Links Derived from the name of the month of May, which derives from Maia, the name of a Roman goddess. May is also another name of the hawthorn flower. It is also used as a diminutive of Mary, Margaret or Mabel.

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Family Tree·Details VariantsMadge, Mae, Maggie, Mamie, Marge, Margie, Marinda, Mayme, Meg, Peg, Peggie, Peggy, MidgeDiminutiveMollyOther Languages & CulturesMarietjie, Retha(Afrikaans) Margarita, Marie, Megi(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Mariem, Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Margarid, Margarit, Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri, Marieta(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Märyäm, Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Marharyta, Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Margarita, Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Margarida, Maria, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Margareta, Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Marijeta, Mia(Croatian) Marie, Markéta, Miriam, Gita, Maja, Margita, Marika(Czech) Margit, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Merete, Merethe, Meta, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Margaretha, Margriet, Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Annabel, Greet, Greetje, Griet, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marga, Margreet, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marije, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Marion, Mariska, Marit, Marita, Marja, Marjon, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maarja, Maret, Margit, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Mall, Malle, Mare, Margareeta, Marge, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju, Merit, Reet, Rita(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere, Miriama(Fijian) Maaria, Maarit, Margareta, Maria, Marja, Marjo, Marketta, Meeri, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Maila, Margareeta, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Reeta, Reetta(Finnish) Amable, Marguerite, Marie, Myriam, Annabelle, Manon, Margaux, Margot, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse, Mégane(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) Margarida, María, Maruxa(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri, Megi(Georgian) Malia, Margareta, Margarete, Margarethe, Margit, Margitta, Margret, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Greta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Grit, Madita, Maike, Maja, Malea, Mareike, Marga, Margaretha, Margot, Margrit, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marion, Marita, Meike, Meta, Mia, Mitzi, Ria, Rita(German) Margrith(German (Swiss)) Margarita, Maria, Meri, Marieta, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Margalit, Miriam, Miryam, Margalita(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Margaréta, Margit, Mária, Gitta, Gréta, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska, Rita(Hungarian) Margrét, María, Gréta, Mæja(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máighréad, Máire, Máiréad, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Mairéad, Máirín, Mallaidh, Maureen(Irish) Margherita, Maria, Miriam, Greta, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Mia, Miriana, Rita(Italian) Märiyam, Meruert(Kazakh) Amabilia, Margarita(Late Roman) Maija, Margarita, Marija, Grēta, Māra, Mārīte, Megija, Rita(Latvian) Margreet(Limburgish) Gretel, Madicken, Madita(Literature) Margarita, Marija, Greta, Marytė, Rita(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Margaid, Moirrey, Paaie, Voirrey(Manx) Mere, Miriama(Maori) Malle, Meggy, Molle(Medieval English) Margit, Margrete, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Marit, Marita, Merete, Merethe, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita(Norwegian) Margarida, Maria(Occitan) Maryam, Morvarid(Persian) Magrite(Picard) Małgorzata, Maria, Miriam, Gosia, Greta, Maja, Małgosia, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena, Rita(Polish) Margarida, Maria, Miriam, Anabela, Mariazinha, Rita(Portuguese) Maryam(Quranic) Margareta, Maria(Romanian) Margarita, Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Marya, Miya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra, Maisie(Scottish) Maighread, Mairead, Màiri, Moire, Marsaili, Peigi(Scottish Gaelic) Marija(Serbian) Margaréta, Margita, Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama(Slovak) Margareta, Marija, Marjeta, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Manja, Mare, Marica, Marjetka, Maruša, Meta, Metka, Mia, Mija(Slovene) Maryan(Somali) Marja(Sorbian) Margarita, María, Míriam, Anabel, Mariela, Marieta, Marita, Mía, Mirian, Miryam, Rita(Spanish) Marely, Maritza, Mariel(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel(Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu(Swahili) Margareta, Margit, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Greta, Madicken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Margaretha, Marika, Marit, Marita, Märta, Märtha, Merit, Meta, Mia, My, Rita(Swedish) Märyam, Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Marharyta, Maria, Mariia, Mariya(Ukrainian) Greti(Upper German) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Magrite, Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Marged, Mari, Mererid, Mared, Megan(Welsh) Mariama(Western African) User SubmissionsMây, May

Popularity

Details Last ranked #99 in 1931 Canada Last ranked #610 in 2024 England and Wales Last ranked #98 in 1935 New Zealand Last ranked #84 in 1986 Norway Last ranked #95 in 1956 Scotland Last ranked #962 in 1982 (f) #910 in 1903 (m) United States

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Rate·Details classic youthful natural wholesome delicate refined simple serious

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