May (given name)
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | American latin american |
| Meaning | the month of May, Flower |
| Other names | |
| Related names | nickname for Mary or Maya, 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.
People[]
- Lady May Abel Smith (1906–1994), member of the British Royal Family
- May Allison (1890–1989), American actress
- May Allison (athlete) (born 1964), Canadian runner
- May Chow, Canadian chef
- May Gibbs (1877–1969), Australian children's author and illustrator
- May Golan (born 1986), Israeli politician, political activist and commentator
- May Hollinworth (1895–1968), Australian theatre producer and director
- May J. (born 1988), Japanese singer
- Georgia May Jagger (born 1992), British model, Mick Jagger's daughter.
- Annie May Hurd Karrer (1893-1984), US plant physiologist
- Elsie May Kittredge (1870–1954), US botanist
- May McAvoy (1899–1984), American actor
- May W. Newburger (1920–2012), New York politician
- May Robson (1858–1942), Australian actress
- May Sarton (1912–1995), American poet and novelist
- Dame May Whitty (1865–1948), English actress
Fictional characters[]
- May, one of the main characters in Chaucer's The Merchant's Tale
- Aunt May, Peter Parker/Spider-Man's aunt and primary caregiver
- May Bellamy, girlfriend of John Dortmunder in novels by Donald Westlake.
- May Lee (The King of Fighters), a character from The King of Fighters series
- Melinda May, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent played by Ming-Na Wen in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and subsequently appearing in Marvel comics.
- May (Guilty Gear), a character in the Guilty Gear video game series
- May (Pokémon), a character in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire as well as the anime series
- May, a character from the show Sid the Science Kid
- May Kasahara, a character in Haruki Murakamis book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
See also[]
- May (surname), surname origin, and people with the surname
- Baron May, nobility, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Mary
- Mei (given name), also spelled as May
- Mae (given name)
References[]
- ^ "Origin and Meaning of May". MFnames.com. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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