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What does May mean?
May 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced may. It is of English origin, and the meaning of May is "the fifth month". The month of May was named for Maia, the Roman earth goddess. Also a short form of the names Matthew and Mary. Also a Sanskrit word meaning "illusion". See also Mai. Actress Mae West; writer Maya Angelou; poet May Sarton.
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Variations
VARIANTS Mae▼, Maelee, Maelynn, Maia▲, Maj, Mala, Maya▲, Mayana, Maye▼, Mayleen, Maylene, Mei
SEE ALSO Annemae, Claramae, Ellamae, September
RELATIONS VIA MAIA, MARY, MAYA Maaja, Maiah, Mair, Maire, Maiya, Maja, Mal, Malia▲, Mame▼, Mamie▼, Manon, Manya, Mara▲, Mare, Maree, Maren▲, Maria▼, Marie▼, Marin, Marja, Marje, Marla▼, Marlo, Marya, Maryjo▼, Marylu, Marysa, Maryse, Masha, Maura, Maure, Mavra, Mayah, Mayme▼, Maymie, Mayra▼, Mayria, Miah▲, Mimi, Minny, Miya▲, Moia, Moja, Moll, Molly, Morag, Moya, Mya
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
May Madilyn (M.M.), ..
How popular is May?
May is a very popular first name for females (#472 out of 4276, Top 11%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#270 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
May entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its apex rank of #61 in the U.S. then, and is at #1645 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Ellamae, Mae (#554 IN 2018), Maelynn (#1461), Mai, Maia (#502), Maiya (#1681), Maja, Malia (#254), Mame, Mamie, Mara (#681), Maree, Maren (#607), Maria (#116), Marie (#576), Marin (#1382), Marla, Marlo (#1980), Mary (#126), Maryjo, Matthew, Maura (#1576), Maya (#61), Mayah (#1729), Maye, Mayme, Maymie, Mayra (#1501), Miah (#819), Mimi, Miya (#1129), Molly (#158) and Mya (#197) are the popular varying forms of May (#1645). Other variants, like Maire, are seldom used. These relations of May reached the top of their popularity a century ago (AVERAGE #1418) and are now much less conventional (#1315, DOWN 89%), with forms such as Mayra becoming less in vogue. The trendier baby names in this compilation are Maia, Malia, Mara, Maren, Maya, Miah and Miya.
Similar Names
May▼ is pronounced similarly to Maiyah, Mea, Meya, Mia▲ and Mo. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bay, Cay, Day, Fay▼, Gay▼, Jay, Kay▼, Mab, Macy, Mady, Mag, Mat, Max, Maxy and Ray▼. These names tend to be less frequently used than May.
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