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Name Valmai
Gender Feminine
Usage English (Rare), English (Australian, Rare), Welsh (Rare)
Other Forms FormsFalmai, Felmai, Valmae, Valmay, Valmaye, Valmaie
Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified

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.
Added 7/23/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou