Meaning & History
Variant of May. A famous bearer was the American actress Mae West (1893-1980), whose birth name was Mary.
Related Names
DiminutiveMolly
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie, Retha (Afrikaans) Margarita, Marie, Megi (Albanian) Amabilis, Margarita (Ancient Roman) Mariam, Maryam (Arabic) Mariem, Meriem (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Margarid, Margarit, Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri, Marieta (Armenian) Məryəm (Azerbaijani) Märyäm, Maryam (Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia (Basque) Marharyta, Mariya, Maryia (Belarusian) Mary, Miriam (Biblical) Maria, Mariam (Biblical Greek) Miryam (Biblical Hebrew) Maria (Biblical Latin) Merjem (Bosnian) Mari, Mai (Breton) Margarita, Maria, Mariya (Bulgarian) Margarida, Maria, Mariona, Ona (Catalan) Maria (Corsican) Margareta, Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Marijeta, Mia (Croatian) Marie, Markéta, Miriam, Gita, Maja, Margita, Marika (Czech) Margit, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Merete, Merethe, Meta, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita (Danish) Mariyam (Dhivehi) Margaretha, Margriet, Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Annabel, Greet, Greetje, Griet, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marga, Margreet, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marije, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Marion, Mariska, Marit, Marita, Marja, Marjon, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch) Maarja, Maret, Margit, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Mall, Malle, Mare, Margareeta, Marge, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju, Merit, Reet, Rita (Estonian) Maria (Faroese) Mere, Miriama (Fijian) Maaria, Maarit, Margareta, Maria, Marja, Marjo, Marketta, Meeri, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Maila, Margareeta, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Reeta, Reetta (Finnish) Amable, Marguerite, Marie, Myriam, Annabelle, Manon, Margaux, Margot, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse, Mégane (French) Maria, Maike, Mareike (Frisian) Margarida, María, Maruxa (Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri, Megi (Georgian) Malia, Margareta, Margarete, Margarethe, Margit, Margitta, Margret, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Greta, Gretchen, Grete, Gretel, Grit, Madita, Maike, Maja, Malea, Mareike, Marga, Margaretha, Margot, Margrit, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marion, Marita, Meike, Meta, Mia, Mitzi, Ria, Rita (German) Margrith (German (Swiss)) Margarita, Maria, Meri, Marieta, Marietta, Marika (Greek) Maryamu (Hausa) Malia (Hawaiian) Margalit, Miriam, Miryam, Margalita (Hebrew) Mariamne (History) Margaréta, Margit, Mária, Gitta, Gréta, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska, Rita (Hungarian) Margrét, María, Gréta, Mæja (Icelandic) Maryam (Indonesian) Máighréad, Máire, Máiréad, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Mairéad, Máirín, Mallaidh, Maureen (Irish) Margherita, Maria, Miriam, Greta, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Mia, Miriana, Rita (Italian) Märiyam, Meruert (Kazakh) Amabilia (Late Roman) Maija, Margarita, Marija, Grēta, Māra, Mārīte, Megija, Rita (Latvian) Margreet (Limburgish) Gretel, Madicken, Madita (Literature) Margarita, Marija, Greta, Marytė, Rita (Lithuanian) Marija (Macedonian) Mariam (Malay) Marija (Maltese) Margaid, Moirrey, Paaie, Voirrey (Manx) Malle, Meggy, Molle (Medieval English) Mere, Miriama (Māori) Margit, Margrete, Margrethe, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Grete, Grethe, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Marit, Marita, Merete, Merethe, Mette, Mia, Mie, Rita (Norwegian) Margarida, Maria (Occitan) Maryam, Morvarid (Persian) Magrite (Picard) Małgorzata, Maria, Miriam, Gosia, Greta, Maja, Małgosia, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena, Rita (Polish) Margarida, Maria, Miriam, Anabela, Mariazinha, Rita (Portuguese) Maryam (Quranic) Margareta, Maria (Romanian) Margarita, Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Marya, Miya (Russian) Márjá (Sami) Mele (Samoan) Maria (Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra, Maisie (Scottish) Maighread, Mairead, Màiri, Moire, Marsaili, Peigi (Scottish Gaelic) Marija (Serbian) Margaréta, Margita, Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama (Slovak) Margareta, Marija, Marjeta, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Manja, Mare, Marica, Marjetka, Maruša, Meta, Metka, Mia, Mija (Slovene) Maryan (Somali) Marja (Sorbian) Margarita, María, Míriam, Anabel, Mariela, Marieta, Marita, Mía, Mirian, Miryam, Rita (Spanish) Marely, Maritza, Mariel (Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel (Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu (Swahili) Margareta, Margit, Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Greta, Madicken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Margaretha, Marika, Marit, Marita, Märta, Märtha, Merit, Meta, Mia, My, Rita (Swedish) Märyam, Maryam (Tatar) Mele (Tongan) Meryem (Turkish) Marharyta, Maria, Mariia, Mariya (Ukrainian) Greti (Upper German) Mariyam, Maryam (Urdu) Meryem (Uyghur) Magrite, Mareye (Walloon) Mair, Marged, Mari, Mererid, Mared, Megan (Welsh) Mariama (Western African)
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Entry updated June 13, 2019