Name
MAY

Name MAY

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 62,357 births of May in the countries below, which represents an average of 439 births of children bearing the first name May per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 283 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom May   
In Italiano Nome May   
Available variant : Mây
Variations : Mae , Maé , Maë , Mai , Maï , Maye , Mei , Meï


Information about the first name May

The first name May is listed in our categories :The first name May has been assigned to:
0.30% to boys
99.70% to girls
The country where the first name May is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 3 letters including 2 vowels and 1 consonant

Anagrams of the first name May

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of May : Amy, Mya, Mýa, Yam, Yma

Anacyclics of the first name May

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name May: Yam

May in Japanese *

Romajimei
Katakanaメー
Hiraganaめー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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May in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name May

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English mowen, mayen, moȝen, maȝen, from Old English magan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-.
  • Cognate with Dutch mag (“may”, first and third-person singular of mogen (“to be able to, be allowed to, may”)), Low German mögen, German mag (“like”, first and third-person singular of mögen (“to like, want, require”)), Swedish må, Icelandic mega, megum. See also might.
Etymology src :
  • French mai, so called because it blossoms in the month of May.
Etymology src :
  • Shortening of maid, from maiden.
Etymology (See also) src :
  • Appendix:English modal verbs
  • Appendix:English tag questions
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • may (uncountable)
  • The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • may (third-person singular simple present mays, present participle maying, simple past and past participle mayed)
  • (poetic, intransitive) To gather may, or flowers in general.
  • (poetic, intransitive) To celebrate May Day.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • may (plural mays)
  • (archaic) A maiden.
Alternative forms src :
  • Ma (abbreviation)
  • (female given name): Mae
Anagrams src :
Pronunciation src :
  • enPR: mā, IPA(key): /meɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Cinco de Mayo
Proper noun (Usage notes) src :
  • May (or Mae) is often used in conjoined names (e.g., Lillie Mae, Katie Mae, Fannie Mae).
General
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English May, Mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Māius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess.
Middle French
Noun src :
  • May m (plural Mays)
  • May (month)
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • French: maiGuianese Creole: mèHaitian Creole: me→ English: may→ Iranian Persian: مه‎ (me)
Vietnamese
Etymology src :
  • From may (“lucky”). Compare Hạnh with the same meanings.
Etymology src :
  • Cognate with Muong băl.
Etymology (See also) src :
  • khâu
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • may • (𦁼, 埋, 枚)
  • to sew
Etymology (Adjective) src :
  • may • (𢆧, 埋, 𱜿, 𱝁, 枚, 𠶣)
  • lucky
  • Synonym: hên
Etymology (Nounmay • (?, ?)) src :
  • (now rarely in isolation) a cold breeze
Pronunciation src :
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ma(ː)j˧˧]
Pronunciation src :
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ma(ː)j˧˧]
  • Homophone: may
Proper noun src :
  • May
  • a female given name
SE Swedish
Etymology src :
  • From English May.
Proper noun src :
  • May c (genitive Mays)
  • a female given name
 

Popularity of the name May

Number of MAY births per year

Popularity of the name May
Popularity of the name May

Total births of May by country

Births with the first name May
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
141
43,751
NONorway
1945 - 2022
0
8,727
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
2,083
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
1,985
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
1,928
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
21
1,374
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
453
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
355
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
0
280
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
3
266
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
225
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
4
150
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
146
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
0
89
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
1
70
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
2
58
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
59
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
48
CLChili
2010 - 2021
8
35
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
38
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
37
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
14
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
5
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
0
1
Popularity of the name May

Total births of May by country (last available year)

Births with the first name May
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
89
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
59
FRFrance
2022
0
41
DEGermany
2022
0
24
IEIreland
2022
0
14
NONorway
2022
0
12
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
10
QCQuebec
2022
0
8
ONOntario
2019
0
7
ARArgentina
2015
0
6
CLChili
2021
2
2
ITItaly
2021
0
3
SESweden
2022
0
3
ABAlberta
2022
0
2
ATAustria
2021
0
1

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Personalities with the first name May

There are 91 personalities with the first name May

Doris Lessing (Doris May Tayler) src

United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Screenwriter Writer Poet Playwright Novelist Essayist Prosaist Autobiographer Science fiction writer

Louisa May Alcott src

United states of america
Novelist Suffragist Writer Teacher Poet Domestic worker Nurse Children's writer

Liza Minnelli (Liza May Minnelli) src

United states of america
Actor

Anna May Wong src

United states of america
Stage actor Television actor Film actor

Lilian De Suède (Lillian May Davies) src

Sweden United kingdom United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Model

May Whitty (Mary Louise Whitty) src

United kingdom
Actor Stage actor Film actor

Eleanor Tomlinson src

United kingdom
Actor Model Film actor

Samantha Kerr (Samantha May Kerr) src

Australia
Association football player

Edna May Oliver (Edna May Nutter) src

United states of america
Actor Character actor Stage actor Film actor

May Robson (Mary Jeanette Robison) src

United states of america United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Stage actor Film actor


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name May
Full list of personalities with the first name May

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name May

There are 480 actors and actresses with the first name May
May Scheffel
May Calamawy
May Qwinten
May Andersen
May Mei
May Kwong
May Skaf
May Mei-Mei Lo
May Chin
May Buchgraber
May Lloyd
May Quigley
May Pang
May Keller
May Heatherly
May Spils
May Reimers
May Britt
May Ugarek
May Wynn
May Cluskey
May Ollis
May Boss
May Sandart
May Kaiser
May Pusey
May Takasugi
May Sarton
May Dale
May Barton

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name May
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name May

Rankings of first name MAY by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#1510CL Chili2021
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#310IE Ireland2022
#311NO Norway2022
#559QC Quebec2022
#660GB United Kingdom2021
#703CH Switzerland2021
#759AR Argentina2015
#997FR France2022
#1341ON Ontario2019
#1489DE Germany2022
#1504SE Sweden2022
#1538US United State of America2022
#2003AB Alberta2022
#2064CL Chili2021
#2612IT Italy2021
#4324AT Austria2021
Other boys' names around May
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Other girls' names around May
MAXXINEMAXYMAXYMMAXYMEMAXYMMMAXYMMEMAXYNMAXYNEMAXYOSHIMAXZIEL MAY MÂYMAYAMAYÀMAŸAMÁYAMÃYÃMAYAAMAYAAHMAYAANMAYAANTONIA

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