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Gender Feminine
Other Forms FormsFalmai, Felmai, Valmae, Valmay, Valmaye, Valmaie
Meaning & History
From the Welsh 'fel Mai' = like May. It was invented by best-selling Welsh author Allen Raine for her popular romance novel 'By Berwen Banks', (1899) in which Valmai is a main character: the meaning of her name is footnoted at the end of Chapter One. The first Valmais in the UK birth records appear in the year of the book's publication, and alternate Welsh spellings Falmai and Felmai arose some years later.
Raine sold over two million books in the UK and colonies, which may explain the name's Australian usage. A film was made of the book in 1920 (as By Berwin Banks), directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Eileen Magrath as Valmai.
Raine sold over two million books in the UK and colonies, which may explain the name's Australian usage. A film was made of the book in 1920 (as By Berwin Banks), directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Eileen Magrath as Valmai.