Maite (first name)
Maite or Mayte is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Maite is a Spanish contraction from María Teresa ( Maria Theresia ). The name can also come from Basque and then means "the lovable" (as a Basque form for Amanda ).
Name bearers
- Maite Kelly (* 1979), Irish pop singer
- Mayte Martín (* 1965), Spanish flamenco and bolero singer and composer
- Mayte Martínez (* 1976), Spanish athlete
- Mayte Mateos (* 1951), Spanish singer, dancer and painter
- Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (* 1963), South African diplomat and politician (ANC)
- Maite Perroni (born 1983), Mexican singer and actress
- Maite Zúñiga (actually María Teresa Zúñiga Domínguez; * 1964), Spanish middle-distance runner
- Judith Maïté Hellebronth (* 1986), German-Uruguayan actress
pet name
- Marie-Theres “Maite” Nadig (* 1954), Swiss ski racer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Duden, The large first name dictionary, Dudenverlag, Mannheim, 1998, ISBN 3411060816
- ^ Friedrich-Wilhelm Weitershaus, The new big name book, Mosaik Verlag, 1992, ISBN 3576105409