Last Name MAY

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Meaning	Nickname: The may, a young lad or girl. Also, 'the son of Matthew.' Just like English form Matthew took the nickname Mat, so the French form Maheu took the nickname May. Good, pleasant. Probably given to a child born in that month. May, in the Saxon, is a daisy, a flower; the fifth month in the year, beginning with January. Gaelic, 'mai' or 'maith,' good, pleasant, fruitful; 'Mad,' Welsh. From 'Ma' we have 'mai,' the earth, the producer; 'ma,' mother, tender, kind. Plum blossom. Rose, eye brow, pretty, beautiful, cute, lovely ,charming, younger sister.

Origin	English, Scottish, Chinese, Jewish, Dutch, Danish, German, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	270 (2000 US census)	264 (1990 US census)

Count	101,726 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.54%, or 87016 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.45%, or 9613 total occurrences, as black,
0.94%, or 956 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.66%, or 671 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.41%, or 1434 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.01%, or 2045 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Belarus middle names form the same way as Russian ones, in part due to general common history of the Russian and Belarus nationalities, and in part due to very close integration of all nationalities during the Soviet Union times. Follow the

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte