Updated January 23, 2020

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : High tower
  • Hebrew : Woman from Magdala; variation of Magdalene
  • English : Flower; month of May
  • Latin : Great
  • Hebrew : Bitter; rebellion
  • French : Dark; dark-haired
  • Irish : Bitter
  • English : Month of May
  • Hebrew : Bitter
  • Latin : Great

Girl name variations

Madeline

Madeline

- 2% this year
Feminine
Common
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Marlene

Marlene

+ 36% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Magdalene

Magdalene

+ 34% this year
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Magdalen

Magdalen

+ 88% this year
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Magdalena

Magdalena

+ 8% this year
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Maigarena

Maigarena

0 % this year
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Mayalen

Mayalen

0 % this year
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Madeleine

Madeleine

0 % this year
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Madleen

Madleen

0 % this year
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Madalynn

Madalynn

- 7% this year
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Madelynne

Madelynne

+ 62% this year
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Madelaine

Madelaine

+ 3% this year
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Madalena

Madalena

+ 24% this year
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Madelon

Madelon

0 % this year
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Madelyn

Madelyn

+ 8% this year
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Madlin

Madlin

0 % this year
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Madigan

Madigan

- 33% this year
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Marleen

Marleen

- 13% this year
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Marlena

Marlena

+ 20% this year
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Marline

Marline

0 % this year
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Maighdlin

Maighdlin

0 % this year
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Maudlin

Maudlin

0 % this year
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Malina

Malina

- 15% this year
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Magda

Magda

- 33% this year
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Mady

Mady

0 % this year
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Maddy

Maddy

+ 62% this year
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Maddie

Maddie

+ 19% this year
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Matty

Matty

+ 17% this year
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Mala

Mala

0 % this year
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Mae

Mae

- 1% this year
Feminine
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Lena

Lena

+ 12% this year
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Lene

Lene

0 % this year
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Magdaline

Magdaline

0 % this year
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Maddalena

Maddalena

+ 10% this year
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Mary

Mary

0 % this year
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Mari

Mari

+ 5% this year
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Merry

Merry

- 6% this year
Neutral
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Marie

Marie

- 1% this year
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Maria

Maria

+ 9% this year
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Miriam

Miriam

- 1% this year
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Marian

Marian

+ 22% this year
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Mame

Mame

- 18% this year
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Mamie

Mamie

+ 17% this year
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Maymie

Maymie

0 % this year
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Mayme

Mayme

0 % this year
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Mally

Mally

+ 50% this year
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Molly

Molly

- 7% this year
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Common
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Polly

Polly

+ 8% this year
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Mara

Mara

- 16% this year
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Maretta

Maretta

0 % this year
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Marel

Marel

0 % this year
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Marella

Marella

+ 60% this year
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Maren

Maren

- 11% this year
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Marlo

Marlo

+ 8% this year
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Mariette

Mariette

0 % this year
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Marieta

Marieta

0 % this year
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Meriel

Meriel

0 % this year
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Mimi

Mimi

+ 32% this year
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Minette

Minette

0 % this year
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Minnie

Minnie

- 13% this year
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Minny

Minny

0 % this year
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Mitzi

Mitzi

0 % this year
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Madonna

Madonna

0 % this year
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Marilla

Marilla

+ 145% this year
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Marla

Marla

+ 5% this year
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Marya

Marya

- 29% this year
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Muriel

Muriel

+ 16% this year
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Manon

Manon

+ 43% this year
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Manette

Manette

0 % this year
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Marija

Marija

0 % this year
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Marika

Marika

0 % this year
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Maire

Maire

- 22% this year
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Mare

Mare

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Marquita

Marquita

0 % this year
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Maure

Maure

0 % this year
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Mairin

Mairin

- 50% this year
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Mair

Mair

0 % this year
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Maura

Maura

+ 30% this year
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Maureen

Maureen

+ 56% this year
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Moira

Moira

- 26% this year
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Moire

Moire

0 % this year
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Moya

Moya

0 % this year
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Muire

Muire

0 % this year
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Masha

Masha

+ 50% this year
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Mairi

Mairi

0 % this year
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Mariya

Mariya

- 4% this year
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Mashia

Mashia

0 % this year
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Mash

Mash

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Mariath

Mariath

0 % this year
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Mora

Mora

- 17% this year
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Moreen

Moreen

0 % this year
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Moria

Moria

0 % this year
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Moriah

Moriah

- 3% this year
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Maurin

Maurin

0 % this year
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Maurine

Maurine

0 % this year
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Morena

Morena

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Maurizia

Maurizia

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Mo

Mo

0 % this year
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Mai

Mai

- 5% this year
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Maia

Maia

+ 3% this year
Feminine
Uncommon
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Maya

Maya

+ 3% this year
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Maye

Maye

+ 120% this year
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Rare
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Mayes

Mayes

+ 36% this year
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Mays

Mays

- 58% this year
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Maize

Maize

+ 9% this year
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How Popular Is The Name May

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, French, Danish, Dutch, and German : from a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew) or any of its many cognates, for example Norman French Maheu.
  • English, French, Dutch, and German : from a nickname or personal name taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then.
  • English : nickname from Middle English may ‘young man or woman’.
  • Irish (Connacht and Midlands) : when not of English origin (see 1–3 above), this is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhaigh ‘descendant of Miadhach’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘honorable’, ‘proud’.
  • French : habitational name from any of various places called May or Le May.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Mayen, a place in western Germany.
  • Americanized spelling of cognates of 1 in various European languages, for example Swedish Ma(i)j.
  • Chinese : possibly a variant of Mei 1, although this spelling occurs more often for the given name than for the surname.
  • Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, is named after the Dutch explorer Cornelius Jacobsen May.