May (first name)

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May is a female given name. The name comes from Latin or Arabic and means Roman goddess of fertility .

Name days

Name days are the 20th February , the 9. April , the August 15 , the 12. September and the 8. December .

Well-known namesake

  • May Ayim (1960–1996), German poet, educator and activist of the Afro-German movement
  • May Nilsson (1921–2009), Swedish ski racer
  • May Robson (1858–1942), Australian actress
  • May Sarton , pseudonym of the American poet Eleanore Mario Sarton (1912–1995)
  • May Whitty (1865–1948), English actress
  • May Wood Simons (1876–1948), American author and suffragette

Individual evidence

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