Name: May
Gender: Female
Usage: May is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name May are in general originating from Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name May across the world, see Maia.
Meaning: The meaning of the name May is: The fifth month of the year.
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Numerology of the first name May: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name May is ranked on the 707th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 810400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.012% of the population. The name May has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name May for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
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. The name May is also used as a pet form of Mary and Margaret.
People with the given name May include:
English: pet form of both Margaret and Mary. The popularity of this name, which was at its height in the early 20th century, has been reinforced by the fact that it fits into the series of month names with April and June, and also belongs to the group of flower names, being another word for the hawthorn, whose white flowers blossom in May. It has been out of fashion for a time.
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