May
\me\⚥French unisex name: girls and boys
At a glance
| Gender | Feminine and masculine (unisex) |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | \me\ |
| Compound names | May-Line |
Origin and meaning
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May From Middle English May, Mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Maius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess.
Where it is mostly given
- Great Britain
- United States
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Norway
- Sweden
- Arabia/Persia
Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Sayoxime (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France)), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).