May
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| Gender: | female | |
| Pronunciation: | may | |
| Meaning: | great mother | |
| Related Names: | Mae, Margaret, Mary, Maya, Maye, Maylene, Mei |
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ORIGIN AND HISTORY
The name May comes from the Greco-Roman goddess Maia, who was the goddess of the springtime. [1] The meaning of Maia is probably “great mother,” and she was a consort of Zeus and the mother of Hermes. The fifth month of the year, May was named after this goddess. May can also be a shortened form of other names, such as Margaret, [1] Mary or Matthew. [1]
POPULARITY
The name May was very popular in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, but it has lost its status is recent years. It ranked highest at number 57 on the list of most popular girls’ names in 1883, but in 1983, it only appeared at number 963. May has not appeared in the top 1000 names in the United States since 1983. [1] It has seen more popularity in other countries, such as Norway, where May reached as high as 172 in 1997. [1]
May is a very popular surname. It is listed as number 239 on the list of most common surnames in the United States. Most people with the surname May are to be found in Texas, California, Florida and Ohio. [1] The first people with the surname May arrived in the United States in the seventeenth century, and perhaps even arrived via the Mayflower. [1]
FACTS
- January 26th is celebrated as a name day for May in Ukraine.
- Perhaps because it is a short and simple name, May is often used as a middle name, and also in combination with other names to create names like Claramae or Annemae.
NAMESAKES
- May: 2002 film
- Fannie May Fine Chocolates
- Mae: rock band
- Sallie May Loans: student loans
FAMOUS PERSONS
- May Christie: writer
- May Irwin: actress
- May Stevens: artist
- Mae West: actress
- Buckshot May: baseball player
- Elizabeth May: writer
- Lee May: baseball player
- Jodhi May: actress
MONTH NAMES
NOTES
OTHER MAY'S
May Montoya, May Austin, May Adina, May Lawson, May Castro, May Williams, May Minor, May Day, May Sloan, May Newton, May Short, May Newsome, May Velazquez, May Hicks, May Carlson, May Greene, May Clements, May Lockhart, May William, May Herring, May Sandoval, May Shannon, May Lester, May Abraham, May Larson, May Roberts, May Harris, May Mcallister, May Carroll, May Monroe, May Galvan, May Thomas, May Kinney, May Sellers, May Douglas, May Jordan, May Brock, May Wang, May Nieves, May Webb, May Houston, May Tanner, May Holden, May Allen, May Levine, May Reyna, May Bean, May Childs, May Hardin, May Carr, More results
Author: Sarena Emily Levinson
| Gender | female + |
| Length | 3 + |
| Meaning | great mother + |
| Meaningnc | great mother + |
| Name | may + |
| Origin | Greek + |
| Popularity | 0 + |
| Pronunciation | may + |
| Rank in 2000s | 0 + |
| Related | Mae +, Margaret +, Mary +, Maya +, Maye +, Maylene +, and Mei + |
| Similar | month + |
