Given name & surname
My
“mu, the Greek letter μ”
My is a feminine given name, meaning “mu, the Greek letter μ.” It is used in Italian and Swedish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
My through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,340
- 239 boys · 1,101 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,775 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 0% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,775 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 91 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,159 as a first name in 2020; 399 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
My’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mariaequivalent
- Maryequivalent
- Amyequivalent
- Mariequivalent
- Emyequivalent
- Mariyaequivalent
- Mariiaequivalent
- Marijaequivalent
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People named My
- AmeeVietnamese singer and actress (born 2000)
- Lisa NilssonSwedish singerborn 1970
- My LarsenDanish female curlerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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