Meaning & History
Derived from the name of the month of May, which derives from Maia, the name of a Roman goddess. May is also another name of the hawthorn flower. It is also used as a diminutive of Mary, Margaret or Mabel.
Related Names
DiminutiveMolly
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie, Retha(Afrikaans) Margarita, Marie, Megi(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Mariem, Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Margarid, Margarit, Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri, Marieta(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Märyäm, Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Marharyta, Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Margarita, Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Margarida, Maria, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Margareta, Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Marijeta, Mia(Croatian) Marie, Markéta, Miriam, Gita, Maja, Margita, Marika(Czech) Margit, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Merete, Merethe, Meta, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Margaretha, Margriet, Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Annabel, Greet, Greetje, Griet, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marga, Margreet, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marije, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Marion, Mariska, Marit, Marita, Marja, Marjon, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maarja, Maret, Margit, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Mall, Malle, Mare, Margareeta, Marge, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju, Merit, Reet, Rita(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere, Miriama(Fijian) Maaria, Maarit, Margareta, Maria, Marja, Marjo, Marketta, Meeri, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Maila, Margareeta, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Reeta, Reetta(Finnish) Amable, Marguerite, Marie, Myriam, Annabelle, Manon, Margaux, Margot, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse, Mégane(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) Margarida, María, Maruxa(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri, Megi(Georgian) Malia, Margareta, Margarete, Margarethe, Margit, Margitta, Margret, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Greta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Grit, Madita, Maike, Maja, Malea, Mareike, Marga, Margaretha, Margot, Margrit, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marion, Marita, Meike, Meta, Mia, Mitzi, Ria, Rita(German) Margrith(German (Swiss)) Margarita, Maria, Meri, Marieta, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Margalit, Miriam, Miryam, Margalita(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Margaréta, Margit, Mária, Gitta, Gréta, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska, Rita(Hungarian) Margrét, María, Gréta, Mæja(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máighréad, Máire, Máiréad, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Mairéad, Máirín, Mallaidh, Maureen(Irish) Margherita, Maria, Miriam, Greta, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Mia, Miriana, Rita(Italian) Märiyam, Meruert(Kazakh) Amabilia, Margarita(Late Roman) Maija, Margarita, Marija, Grēta, Māra, Mārīte, Megija, Rita(Latvian) Margreet(Limburgish) Gretel, Madicken, Madita(Literature) Margarita, Marija, Greta, Marytė, Rita(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Margaid, Moirrey, Paaie, Voirrey(Manx) Mere, Miriama(Maori) Malle, Meggy, Molle(Medieval English) Margit, Margrete, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Marit, Marita, Merete, Merethe, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita(Norwegian) Margarida, Maria(Occitan) Maryam, Morvarid(Persian) Magrite(Picard) Małgorzata, Maria, Miriam, Gosia, Greta, Maja, Małgosia, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena, Rita(Polish) Margarida, Maria, Miriam, Anabela, Mariazinha, Rita(Portuguese) Maryam(Quranic) Margareta, Maria(Romanian) Margarita, Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Marya, Miya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra, Maisie(Scottish) Maighread, Mairead, Màiri, Moire, Marsaili, Peigi(Scottish Gaelic) Marija(Serbian) Margaréta, Margita, Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama(Slovak) Margareta, Marija, Marjeta, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Manja, Mare, Marica, Marjetka, Maruša, Meta, Metka, Mia, Mija(Slovene) Maryan(Somali) Marja(Sorbian) Margarita, María, Míriam, Anabel, Mariela, Marieta, Marita, Mía, Mirian, Miryam, Rita(Spanish) Marely, Maritza, Mariel(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel(Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu(Swahili) Margareta, Margit, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Greta, Madicken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Margaretha, Marika, Marit, Marita, Märta, Märtha, Merit, Meta, Mia, My, Rita(Swedish) Märyam, Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Marharyta, Maria, Mariia, Mariya(Ukrainian) Greti(Upper German) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Magrite, Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Marged, Mari, Mererid, Mared, Megan(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)
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