May

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Gender Feminine
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Pronounced Pron. MAY
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Meaning & History

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.

Related Names

VariantsMadge, Mae, Maggie, Mamie, Marge, Margie, Mariel, Marinda, Mayme, Meg, Peg, Peggie, Peggy, Midge
DiminutiveMolly
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie, Retha(Afrikaans) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Margarid, Margarit, Mariam(Armenian) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maia(Basque) Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miriam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Mari(Breton) Margarita, Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Margarida, Maria, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Margareta, Marija, Marijeta(Croatian) Marie, Markéta, Madlenka, Maja, Marika(Czech) Margareta, Margit, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Maiken, Maja, Majken, Margarethe, Marianne, Merete, Meta, Mette, Mia, Rita(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Margareta, Margaretha, Margriet, Maria, Marjo, Mirjam, Annabel, Greet, Greetje, Griet, Jet, Jette, Maaike, Manon, Margreet, Marianne, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Marjan, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maarja, Maret, Margit, Mari, Mirjam, Maarika, Mare, Marika(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Maaria, Maarit, Margareta, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Marketta, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Margareeta, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Reeta, Reetta(Finnish) Marguerite, Marie, Myriam, Annabelle, Manon, Margaux, Margot, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) Margarida, María, Maruxa(Galician) Mariam, Mariami, Meri(Georgian) Margareta, Margarete, Margaretha, Margarethe, Margit, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Greta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Maike, Maja, Mareike, Margrit, Marianne, Mariele, Marita, Meike, Meta, Mia, Mitzi, Ria, Rita(German) Margarita, Maria, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia, Mele(Hawaiian) Margalit, Miriam, Margalita(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Margaréta, Margit, Mária, Gitta, Gréta, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska, Rita(Hungarian) Margrét, María, Gréta, Mæja(Icelandic) Máire, Mairéad, Maura, Moira, Mairenn, Máirín, Mallaidh, Maureen, Moyra(Irish) Margherita, Maria, Greta, Mariella, Marietta, Mimi, Rita(Italian) Amabilia, Margarita(Late Roman) Margarita, Marija, Māra, Mārīte(Latvian) Margreet, Greet(Limburgish) Margarita, Marija, Greta(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Margaid, Moirrey, Paaie, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Malle, Meggy, Molle(Medieval English) Margareta, Margit, Margrete, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Maiken, Maja, Marianne, Marit, Marita, Meta, Mette, Mia, Rita(Norwegian) Margarida, Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Małgorzata, Maria, Gosia, Małgosia, Marzena(Polish) Margarida, Maria, Anabela, Mariazinha, Rita(Portuguese) Margareta, Maria, Maricica(Romanian) Margarita, Maria, Mariya, Marya, Maryana(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Maria(Sardinian) Maighread, Mairead, Màiri, Maura, Moira, Maisie, Marsaili, Mysie, Peigi(Scottish) Marija(Serbian) Margaréta, Margita, Mária, Markéta(Slovak) Margareta, Marija, Marjeta, Mirjam(Slovene) Marja(Sorbian) Margarita, María, Anabel, Marita, Rita(Spanish) Maritza(Spanish (Latin American)) Margareta, Margit, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Greta, Maja, Majken, Marianne, Marit, Marita, Märta, Merit, Meta, Mia, My, Rita(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mair, Mairwen, Marged, Mari, Mererid, Mared, Megan(Welsh)
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