May (name)

For other uses, see May (disambiguation).

May
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Latin or Arabic
Meaning	the month of May, Flower
Other names
Related names	nickname for Mary or Margaret, Maia

May is an English feminine given name. It is derived from the name of the month, which comes from Maia, the name of a Roman fertility goddess.^[1] The name May is also used as a pet form of Mary and Margaret.

May is also an Arabic given name which have many meanings including: "Water" "Rose Water" "Old Wine" "Little Monkey" and "The Prettiest women of her time"^{[citation needed]}.^[2] People with the given name May include:

Given name

• May (singer), Korean singer
• May J., Japanese singer
• May Allison, Canadian runner
• Lady May Cambridge, descendant of the British Royal Family
• Aunt May (from the Spider-Man comic book series)
• Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, American artist
• May Robson, Australian actress
• May Sarton, American poet and novelist
• Soong May-ling, a former First Lady of the Republic of China
• May Whitty, English actress
• May Panou Papoulia, spouse of the President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias
• Princess May, nickname of Mary of Teck

See also

• May (surname), surname origin, and people with the surname
• Baron May, nobility, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Mary

References

1. ^ MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of May
2. ^ Ibid.

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