Meaning and Origin of: Mai

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : Brightness
  • Native American : Coyote
  • Vietnamese : Flower
  • English : Month of May
  • Hebrew : Bitter
  • Latin : Great

Girl name variations

Maie
May
Mae
Maia
Maya
Maye
Mayes
Mays
Maize

Family name origins & meanings

  • Vietnamese : unexplained.
  • Chinese : origin unknown, although ancient accounts record its use in Guangdong and Henan provinces from an early date. The character for Mai also means ‘wheat’.
  • Dutch, Danish, German, and French : variant of May.