Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mait is a form of Mattias. Mattias comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Mait is a short form of Mattias. In Estonian usage, Mait is a short form of Matteus.
Mait’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Mait is a short form of Mattias. In Swedish usage, Mait has a conventional equivalent in the German form Margarete. In Estonian usage, Mait is a short form of Matteus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mait
- Mait RiismanEstonian water polo player, coach and sportsperson (1956–2018)
- Mait MetsanurkEstonian writer and politician (1879–1957)
- Mait PatrailEstonian handball player (born 1988)
- Mait MalmstenEstonian actor (born 1972)
- Mait KlaassenEstonian politician and veterinary scientist (born 1955)
- Mait VaikEstonian writer, musician (born 1969)
- Mait KünnapEstonian tennis player (born 1982)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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