Mae (first name)
Mae is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name is the English variant of May .
Variants include Madge , Maggie , Mamie , Marge , Margie , Mariel , Marinda , Mayme , Meg , Peg, Peggie , Peggy , Midge and Molly .
Well-known namesake
- Mae Clarke (1910-1992), American film actress
- Mae Glover (1906–1985), American blues singer
- Mae Jemison (* 1956), American astronaut
- Mae West (1893–1980), American film actress and screenwriter
- Mae Whitman (* 1988), American actress
- Mae Young (1923-2014), American wrestler
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Mae. Accessed May 1, 2019 .