Given name · Hebrew
מאי
“great”
מאי (may) is a feminine given name, possibly from German, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: May.
Meaning & origin
What it means
מאי possibly goes back to Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s, meaning “great.”
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Where it comes from
מאי possibly comes from German, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from German Mai, from Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin Maius, from Latin Maia, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).
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מאי’s family of names
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