What is the name meaning of MAY. Phrases containing MAY
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MAY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman French personal name Mahieu, a variant of Mathieu (see Matthew).Anglicized form of French Mailloux.Thomas Mayhew (1593–1682) came to Medford, MA, from Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, about 1632, and subsequently moved to Watertown, MA. In 1642 he established a settlement on Martha’s Vineyard, with his son Thomas, who was the first English missionary to the Indians of New England.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Norman personal name Mainard, MAYNARD means "strong and hardy."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Maynard, MAYNERD means "strong and hardy."
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Mason, MAYSON means "stone-worker."
Surname or Lastname
English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : possibly a variant of Mayhew.
Female
Spanish
Variant spelling of Spanish Maite, MAYTE means "rebellious-harvester."
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English
English : variant spelling of Maynor.Catalan : variant of Mainer.
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English
English : habitational name from Mayland in Essex, possibly named in Old English as ‘land or estate (land) where mayweed (mægðe) grows’, or alternatively as ‘(place at) the island’, from Old English ēg-land, with the initial M- derived from a preceding ðǣm, dative case of the definite article.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name May (see May).
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian name MAYLEA means "wildflower."
Female
English
Pet form of English Mabel, MAYBELLINE means "lovable."
Female
Japanese
(麻弓) Japanese name MAYUMI means "true bow (archery)."
Female
Hindi/Indian
(माया) Hindi myth name of the mother of Siddhartha, MAYA means "illusion." Compare with another form of Maya.
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English
English : patronymic from the personal name May (see May).
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : variant spelling of Mayer 1.Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic) : nickname for an older man or a distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from Spanish mayor ‘older’ (Latin maior (natus), literally ‘greater (by birth)’).Spanish and Jewish (Sephardic) : occupational or status name, from major ‘governor’, ‘chief’.Catalan : variant spelling of Major.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Meyer 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. it may be a habitational name from an unidentified place (there is a Mayhall Farm in Buckinghamshire, but it is not clear whether the family name is derived from the farm name or vice versa). Alternatively it may be a variant of Mayall, which is itself a variant of Male.
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Mabel, MAYBELLE means "lovable."
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant of Mayhew.Variant of French Mailhot.A William Mayo born in Wiltshire, England, c. 1684 was a surveyor who settled in VA about 1623 and helped survey the VA-NC boundary and found Richmond and Petersburg, VA. [newpara]The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, was founded by William Worrall Mayo (1819–1911), who immigrated to the U.S. from England, in 1845, and his sons, all gifted and innovative physicians and surgeons.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places so named in Staffordshire and Sussex. The former was named in Old English as ‘open country (feld) where madder (mæddre) grows’, while the latter was named as ‘open country where mayweed (mægðe) grows’. The surname is now most common in Nottinghamshire.
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Meital, MAYTAL means "dew drops."
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Boy/Male
Australian, Jamaican
Strong; Fierce
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the personal name Francis (Old French form Franceis, Latin Franciscus, Italian Francisco). This was originally an ethnic name meaning ‘Frank’ and hence ‘Frenchman’. The personal name owed much of its popularity during the Middle Ages to the fame of St. Francis of Assisi (1181–1226), whose baptismal name was actually Giovanni but who was nicknamed Francisco because his father was absent in France at the time of his birth. As an American family name this has absorbed cognates from several other European languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).Jewish (American) : an Americanization of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames, or an adoption of the non-Jewish surname.
Girl/Female
Scottish American
bent nose.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Swim, Ferry across (1)
Surname or Lastname
English (now most common in northern Ireland)
English (now most common in northern Ireland) : probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, most likely somewhere in Lancashire or Yorkshire.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English wester or westerne ‘western’ + mann ‘man’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a regional name for one who had migrated from further west.Americanized spelling of Westermann.
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic name, of unknown NAOISE means. In Celtic mythology, this is the name of the warrior nephew of King Conchobar and beloved of Deirdre.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Treasure
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Hard Worker
Boy/Male
Biblical
A garden.
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n.
A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.
v. t.
To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
n.
The office of a mayor.
n.
The wife of a mayor.
n.
The office, or the term of office, of a mayor.
a.
That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable.
a.
Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous.
n.
The merrymaking of May Day.
prep.
Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.
a.
That may be vitrified; vitrifiable.
a.
Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to Pronunciation, // 199-202.
n.
The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap.
a.
Capable of being vended, or sold; that may be sold; salable.
n.
A wad, or the materials for wads; any pliable substance of which wads may be made.
n.
A limited reciprocating motion of a particle of an elastic body or medium in alternately opposite directions from its position of equilibrium, when that equilibrium has been disturbed, as when a stretched cord or other body produces musical notes, or particles of air transmit sounds to the ear. The path of the particle may be in a straight line, in a circular arc, or in any curve whatever.
n.
That in or through which one walks; place or distance walked over; a place for walking; a path or avenue prepared for foot passengers, or for taking air and exercise; way; road; hence, a place or region in which animals may graze; place of wandering; range; as, a sheep walk.
n.
The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers.
n.
Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating.
n.
A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had.
n.
The celebrating of May Day.