Meaning & History
Variant of May. A famous bearer was the American actress Mae West (1893-1980), whose birth name was Mary.
Related Names
VariantsMadge, Maggie, Mamie, Marge, Margie, Mariel, Marinda, May, Mayme, Meg, Peg, Peggie, Peggy, Midge
DiminutiveMolly
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie, Retha(Afrikaans) Margarita, Marie(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Margarid, Margarit, Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Marharyta, Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miriam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Margarita, Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Margarida, Maria, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Margareta, Marija, Marijeta(Croatian) Marie, Markéta, Miriam, Gita, Maja, Margita, Marika(Czech) Margit, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Mariann, Marianne, 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, Marianne, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marit, Marita, Marja, Marjan, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maarja, Maret, Margit, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Malle, Mare, Margareeta, Marge, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju, Merit, Reet, Rita(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere(Fijian) Maaria, Maarit, Margareta, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Marketta, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Margareeta, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Reeta, Reetta(Finnish) Amable, Marguerite, Marie, Myriam, Annabelle, Manon, Margaux, Margot, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse, Mégane(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) Margarida, María, Maruxa(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri(Georgian) Margareta, Margarete, Margarethe, Margit, Margitta, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Greta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Madita, Maike, Maja, Mareike, Marga, Margaretha, Margrit, Marianne, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marita, Meike, Meta, Mia, Mitzi, Ria, Rita(German) Margarita, Maria, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Margalit, Miriam, Margalita(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Margaréta, Margit, Mária, Gitta, Gréta, Mara, Mari, Mariann, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska, Rita(Hungarian) Margrét, María, Gréta, Mæja(Icelandic) Máighréad, Máire, Máiréad, Mairéad, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín, Mallaidh, Maureen(Irish) Margherita, Maria, Miriam, Greta, Mariella, Marietta, Mia, Miriana, Rita(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Amabilia, Margarita(Late Roman) Maija, Margarita, Marija, Māra, Mārīte, Rita(Latvian) Margreet(Limburgish) Gretel, Madicken, Madita(Literature) Margarita, Marija, Greta, Rita(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Margaid, Moirrey, Paaie, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Malle, Meggy, Molle(Medieval English) Margit, Margrete, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Mariann, Marianne, Marit, Marita, Merete, Merethe, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita(Norwegian) Margarida, Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Małgorzata, Maria, Miriam, Gosia, Greta, Małgosia, Marzena(Polish) Margarida, Maria, Miriam, Anabela, Mariazinha, Rita(Portuguese) Margareta, Maria, Maricica(Romanian) Margarita, Maria, Mariya, Marya(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, Miriama(Slovak) Margareta, Marija, Marjeta, Mirjam, Meta(Slovene) Marja(Sorbian) Margarita, María, Míriam, Anabel, Mariela, Marita, Mía, Rita(Spanish) Maritza(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariamu(Swahili) Margareta, Margit, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Greta, Madicken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Margaretha, Mariann, Marianne, Marika, Marit, Marita, Märta, Märtha, Merit, Meta, Mia, My, Rita(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Marharyta, Maria, Mariya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mair, Marged, Mari, Mererid, Mared, Megan(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)
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