May Forename

1,267th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 747,143 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Myanmar
Highest density in:
Hong Kong

May Forename Definition:

A female name. a 19th-C pet-form of Margaret or Mary, sometimes used as an independent name and associated with the name of the month (cf. June, April).

May Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Myanmar-140,4461:37078
China-138,0931:9,8921,657
Philippines
 
99%
93,4171:1,135233
Egypt
100%
68,7081:1,338224
Hong Kong-57,2811:13525
United States
100%
40,7101:8,9051,010
Vietnam
 
57%
38,9921:2,375240
Iran
100%
20,7761:3,778485
England
100%
17,9451:3,099429
Indonesia
 
85%
16,5031:15,6312,224
Norway
100%
14,3921:35782
Malaysia
 
96%
13,5011:2,255212
Canada
100%
8,9511:3,702646
Sudan-7,9321:4,766759
Israel
 
97%
7,7571:1,083242
South Africa
 
64%
4,7241:11,5441,890
Singapore
100%
4,2741:1,471188
Thailand
100%
3,9391:17,7882,527
Scotland
100%
3,9071:1,369243
Saudi Arabia-3,2641:9,4401,366
Nigeria
 
98%
2,8311:62,7214,206
Sweden
100%
2,5751:3,828479
Macau-2,3401:26063
Ireland
100%
2,1591:2,151315
Jamaica-1,9231:1,499362
Australia-1,8391:7,427812
Tanzania
 
93%
1,8381:28,7212,573
India
 
61%
1,4301:849,56558,473
New Zealand-1,3841:3,277548
Netherlands
100%
1,2861:13,1431,438
Papua New Guinea
 
86%
1,1351:7,183750
Kenya-1,0841:42,7193,093
Ghana-1,0681:25,2681,746
Kuwait-9211:4,110539
Brazil
100%
7341:291,87511,435
Wales
100%
7341:4,216541
Russia
81%
 
6581:219,2003,153
Uganda
 
96%
6251:65,5313,508
Zimbabwe
 
71%
5751:26,8242,772
Solomon Islands
100%
5271:1,102212
Mexico
 
57%
5231:237,3703,901
France
100%
5121:129,8252,539
Afghanistan
 
68%
4791:68,1082,846
Peru
51%
 
4751:66,9292,916
Bangladesh
100%
4581:348,16914,530
Denmark-4501:12,554945
Venezuela
100%
4411:68,4853,585
Spain
100%
4271:108,9693,024
United Arab Emirates-4011:17,8351,836
Germany
 
86%
3951:244,7543,478
Taiwan
100%
3721:63,8978,918
DR Congo
71%
 
3701:199,5348,795
Mauritius-3671:3,536620
Japan-3491:366,7229,510
Liberia
 
95%
3481:12,6781,030
Vanuatu-3451:759206
Qatar
100%
3191:7,4281,207
Congo
83%
 
3131:16,0041,788
Morocco
100%
3001:114,4953,629
Belgium
100%
2981:38,5572,159
Pakistan
 
85%
2981:652,20713,633
Colombia
62%
 
2871:166,4774,285
Bahrain-2661:5,070791
Chad
75%
 
2471:55,0545,059
Senegal
 
98%
2401:60,7562,221
Poland
 
74%
2361:161,1323,078
Fiji-2301:3,8801,022
Finland
100%
2231:24,5881,237
Oman-2111:19,4721,699
Northern Ireland
100%
2021:9,124732
Switzerland
100%
2011:40,8631,993
Seychelles-1871:49699
Haiti
100%
1461:73,4724,485
Ecuador-1441:123,1042,706
Zambia-1441:110,1034,973
Chile
 
74%
1291:136,4903,014
Iraq
100%
1261:277,9204,117
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
1211:11,2511,630
Malta-1191:3,608560
Guam-1151:1,397311
Cambodia
 
66%
1051:154,9845,614
Argentina
 
80%
1041:411,2813,388
Bahamas-921:4,341756
South Korea-921:60,2653,770
Guyana
100%
871:8,7731,376
Panama
100%
821:47,6413,250
Jordan-811:108,9732,118
Italy
 
89%
751:814,1617,482
Syria-601:321,7682,598
Costa Rica
50%
 
591:80,8132,868
Dominican Republic-561:186,2737,851
Kazakhstan
 
71%
561:316,9085,770
Portugal-551:189,2884,092
Guatemala-531:303,9333,600
Tunisia
100%
461:14,7151,249
Slovenia
100%
431:57,1802,200
Honduras
100%
421:209,9404,791
Lesotho
93%
 
401:51,0005,316
Jersey-391:2,564418
Niger
 
59%
381:504,84210,169
Botswana
67%
 
371:59,0395,548
Belarus
 
69%
331:287,3452,195
Greece
100%
331:331,3505,347
Barbados-321:9,0561,021
Belize
100%
311:11,4291,625
American Samoa-261:2,148357
Bermuda-261:2,493518
United States Virgin Islands-261:4,221726
Armenia
 
75%
251:116,7502,752
Latvia-251:80,6261,731
Marshall Islands
 
95%
251:2,049312
Cameroon
 
55%
241:900,43824,542
Azerbaijan
100%
221:438,3169,573
Cyprus
100%
221:39,5941,941
French Polynesia-221:12,6321,507
Nicaragua
100%
221:273,5616,085
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
221:5,072876
Ivory Coast
 
86%
201:1,153,79732,566
Mauritania
100%
201:204,7626,015
Saint Lucia
100%
201:8,8911,267
Cayman Islands-171:3,606715
Cook Islands
100%
171:1,068174
Uruguay
100%
171:201,6263,724
Grenada
100%
161:6,7581,006
Lebanon
100%
161:351,7235,446
Austria
100%
151:567,6135,057
Czechia
 
96%
151:710,4112,940
Aruba-131:7,9831,397
Antigua and Barbuda-121:8,2831,404
El Salvador-111:576,5264,842
Bolivia-101:1,060,1403,387
Turkey
100%
101:7,780,17128,511
Bulgaria
100%
91:776,7109,666
Northern Mariana Islands-91:6,074908
Uzbekistan
100%
91:3,420,7168,576
Croatia
100%
71:602,4396,285
Greenland-71:8,053908
Curaçao-51:31,161859
Namibia-51:480,8366,391
Saint Kitts and Nevis-51:10,9721,354
Algeria
100%
41:9,544,18014,095
Brunei-41:104,8921,566
Burkina Faso
50%
 
41:4,594,86756,462
Dominica-41:18,868592
Laos-41:1,646,714900
Libya-41:1,555,3271,779
Madagascar-41:5,907,3524,093
Malawi-41:4,278,07813,569
Mongolia-41:733,70410,632
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Puerto Rico-41:887,5754,962
South Sudan
100%
41:2,887,7551,822
Swaziland-41:325,0442,285
Yemen-41:6,574,1885,851
Cuba-31:3,835,5178,849
Monaco-31:12,8221,634
Nauru
100%
31:3,976333
Paraguay
100%
31:2,412,2689,978
Ukraine
100%
31:15,166,63617,541
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Faroe Islands
100%
21:24,5641,836
Georgia-21:1,869,23320,119
Moldova-21:1,780,5707,407
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
British Virgin Islands-11:31,2501,787
Eritrea
100%
11:4,752,977997
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
Hungary
 
87%
11:9,791,7716,528
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Isle of Man
100%
11:85,023723
Kyrgyzstan
100%
11:5,973,27746,622
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-11:5,829386
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Tajikistan
100%
11:8,374,9227,831
Tonga-11:107,436779
Tuvalu-11:11,13189

The alternate forms: Måy (2), Mây (1) & Maÿ (1) are calculated separately.

May (1,051,639) may also be a surname.

May Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. a 19th-C pet-form of Margaret or Mary, sometimes used as an independent name and associated with the name of the month (cf. June, April).

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A contraction of both Mary and Margaret; not, as some have stated, a flower-name.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Some derive this name from the flower, or from the Gaelic maith, good, pleasant, fruitful. It may also sometimes come from the old word may, a maid, from Norm. Sax. mai, i. q. mag, cognatus; also virgo, Sco. mai, a maid, virgin. In records we have Le Mai, and in Hebrew R. Le May.

His daughter sheene; The fayrest may she was that ever went.

Spenser, Shepherd’s Calendar, November.

The name has also been given to children born in the month of May, like Marchina to a child born in March. The Scottish name May is said to be from Margery; the English name is no doubt often a contraction of Mary.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A Teutonic name, meaning: The month: a maiden: springtime. Some authorities give this as a form of Mary.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

May Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Måy892/
Mây891/
Maÿ891/
Maya861,792,170/
Mays8648,725/
Mahy8635,541/
Maye8620,081/
Mayi8615,929/
Mayo8610,302/
Mayu867,235/
Mhay861,033/
Mayy86961/
Maiy86739/
Maay86254/
Mayz86184/
Mayt8664/
Mauy8663/
Mayh8634/
Mayd8631/
Majy8630/
Mmay8616/
Mgay8614/
Hmay8612/
Mayj8610/
Mayú867/
Mayé865/
Mayã863/
Mayà862/
Mayï861/
Mayá861/
Mayí861/
Mayô861/
Mayp861/
Ma801,106,298/
My80668,606/
Mayah7520,645/
Mahya758,165/
Mayis754,783/
Mgaya753,710/
Mayed752,134/
Mayaa752,098/
Maiyo752,081/
Mayou751,852/
Mayet751,786/
Mauya751,626/
Mahiy751,396/
Mayad751,154/
Mayat75844/
Mayas75797/
Mayez75761/
Maaya75752/
Mayoo75552/
Mayau75518/
Mayeh75470/
Mayes75456/
Mayos75414/
Mahyu75395/
Mahay75314/
Mayee75263/
Mayus75261/
Mayaz75234/
Mayid75230/
Mahey75225/
Maayi75173/
Majiy75152/
Mayie75141/
Mahyo75141/
Mayap75132/
Mayit75113/
Mayha75109/
Mayih75106/
Mahyi7584/
Mahye7583/
Mayss7579/
Mayoh7571/
Mgayo7571/
Mayuh7570/
Mhaya7564/
Mayip7562/
Mayut7561/
Mayup7560/
Mayod7550/
Mayot7548/
Mauye7546/
Mmaya7543/
Maaye7529/
Mauyo7524/
Mmayo7522/
Mmayi7521/
Mhaye7521/
Moaya7520/
Mayiz7518/
Maych7518/
Mayyo7517/
Mayuu7517/
Mayud7516/
Mayio7515/
Mayii7514/
Mayhu7514/
Mgayi7513/
Mmaye7512/
Maïya7511/
Mayho7511/
Mayij7511/
Mhayo7510/
Mayyi759/
Mayje759/
Maiiy759/
Mayhe759/
Mayuo758/
Hmayo758/
Mayhi757/
Maytt757/
Maiys757/
Mayop756/
Maysh755/
Mhays755/
Maydh755/
Maayh755/
Hmaya754/
Maahy754/
Mgayu754/
Mayds754/
Mayst754/
Mauyt754/
Mayep753/
Mahyy753/
Mahyd753/
Hmaay753/
Hmayu752/
Mayaş752/
Mhayu752/
Mahhy752/
Majyi752/
M'Aya752/
Mhayi752/
Mahyz752/
Maihy752/
Mmayu751/
Mahys751/
Maiyd751/
Majyo751/
Mhayt751/
Mhaiy751/
Mayts751/
Maïyo751/
Mayuz751/
Mayyh751/
May'h751/
May's751/
Mayht751/
Mayhy751/
Mayjj751/
M'Aye751/
Maayt751/
Ma'ay751/
Mawyo751/
Mgaye751/
Mauhy751/
Mhauy751/
Hhmay751/
Hmauy751/
Mai671,306,496/
Myo67567,066/
Mau67439,792/
Mat67209,935/
Mah67183,431/
Mae67148,834/
Mad6789,428/
Mas6788,356/
Mayowa6745,594/
Maj6742,425/
Mey6718,078/
Map6716,217/
Moa6712,908/
Maa6712,284/
Moy6711,609/
Mea679,931/
Maz677,305/
Mys676,794/
Mma673,714/
Muy673,352/
Mha672,261/
Maï672,249/
Hma671,573/
Mahaya671,443/
Myt671,211/
Muyaya671,155/
Mayaya67979/
Mayosh67804/
Myd67610/
Miy67458/
Mye67446/
Mahayu67322/
Majaya67308/
Mayaja67285/
Myy67175/
Maiaya67153/
Mujaya67144/
Mayett67143/
Mayesh67133/
Mahyah67111/
Mayush67104/
Mhy6790/
Mga6785/
Mahaye6778/
Mahajy6768/
Myi6762/
'Ma6758/
Myh6755/
Mmy6743/
Mahayo6739/
Mhayat6735/
Hmy6729/
Myz6728/
Mejaya6725/
Maayah6724/
M'A6722/
Mauyad6721/
Mojaya6721/
Mayedh6721/
Mayadh6720/
Hmayat6720/
Mauyas6719/
Maihyo6718/
Maî6717/
Maã6717/
Mhayet6717/
Mayass6715/
Moyaya6715/
Mayeed6713/
Maí6713/
Mayous6712/
Mayoos6711/
Mayitt6710/
Mayood6710/
Mayaus679/
Mmahya679/
Mayash678/
Maheyh678/
Maë677/
Mahyut677/
Maayeh677/
Myp677/
Mayuth676/
M'y676/
Mahyup676/
Mahays676/
Mayiss676/
Mayuph676/
Mmayie676/
Mayedd676/
Mhayio675/
Meyaya675/
Mayeeh675/
Mayeet675/
Mayieh674/
Mayoth674/
Mayaud674/
Mauyap674/
Máa674/
Mayess674/
Mayhad674/
Mahyet674/
Maç674/
Mmaiyo674/
Mahych674/
M'Maya673/
Møy673/
Mayapp673/
Mayhos673/
Mayidt673/
Mayees673/
Mayeht673/
Mauhya673/
Mayuch673/
Mhayas673/
Mhayes673/
Mhayie673/
Ma'yah673/
Mmayeh673/
Mmayoh673/
Mïa672/
Hmayed672/
Mayehe672/
Mayhee672/
Mayhie672/
Mayich672/
Mayouh672/
Mayout672/
Mauyed672/
Mayttt672/
Maihiy672/
Maghey672/
Ma'aya672/
Maayii672/
Méa672/
Méy672/
Mayoeh672/
Mayhah672/
Mayish672/
Mayaph672/
Mhayos672/
Mèa672/
Geemay671/
D'maya671/
Mÿa671/
Mmayah671/
Mmayaz671/
Mioaya671/
Mahyae671/
Mahysh671/
Maihyi671/
Mhayud671/
Maytht671/
Maâ671/
Mayuzz671/
Mayĸĸō671/
Maya's671/
Mauyat671/
Mauyes671/
Mauyoh671/
Mauytt671/
Mayooh671/
Mayooz671/
Mayoud671/
Mayoup671/
Mayova671/
Mayhed671/
Mayhet671/
Mayijh671/
Mayach671/
Mayahd671/
Mayizz671/
Mayeau671/
Mayatd671/
Mayatt671/
Mayaut671/
Mauhys671/
Maujiy671/
Maahay671/
Maahya671/
M'Haya671/
M'Haye671/
M'Maye671/
M'Mayh671/
Maaaay671/
Mauyeh671/
Mayooe671/
Mmgaye671/
Mayusz671/
Mayysh671/
Mayhas671/
Mayhat671/
Maya-E671/
Mayusj671/
Mawyoh671/
Mahaay671/
Mahyuh671/
Mahyeh671/
Mahyoh671/

May Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
May in the Russian language
Майmaj-

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