Mai

Chinese surname with several origins:

• from Mandarin 麥／麦 (“wheat”),
• from Mandarin and Cantonese 買／买 (maai⁵, “buy”)
• Cantonese form of 米 (see Mi).
• Romanized from 马 (mǎ) (see Ma)
• Romanized from 梅 (méi) (see Mei)

As a German surname, variant of May.

Mai

1. A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
2. A surname from Chinese of Chinese or German origin.

• AIM, AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MIA, Mia, aim, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mia

Cognate with German Maul.

• Maal (Northern Bavarian)
• Meu (East Central Bavarian)

• IPA^(key): /mai̯/ (West Central)

Mai n

1. mouth

Cognate with German Mai.

Mai

1. May

Mai

1. a female given name, variant of Maj

Short form of Maia, from Maarja / Maria; also associated with the month mai (“May”).

Mai

1. a female given name

Mai

1. May (month)

• Damɛ

From Latin maius.

Mai

1. May

From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin (mensis) Maius, the Italic goddess of growth.

• IPA^(key): /maɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Mai m (strong, genitive Mais or Mai, plural Maie)

1. May (month)

• Maibaum

• (Gregorian calendar months) Monat im gregorianischen Kalender (Gregorianischen Kalender);
  
• (common) Januar / Jänner, Februar / Feber, März, April, Mai, Juni (Juno), Juli (Julei), August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember
  
• (archaic, poetic) Hartung, Hornung, Lenzing, Launing / Ostermond / Ostermonat, Wonnemond, Brachet, Heuert / Heumonat, Ernting / Erntemond / Erntemonat, Scheiding, Gilbhart, Nebelung, Julmond ^{(Category: de:Gregorian calendar months)}

• “Mai” in Duden online
• “Mai” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Mai

1. Rōmaji transcription of まい

Maī

1. genitive/vocative singular of Maius

Mai

1. a female given name, short for Maja, Maria, or from the month

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梅.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• Homophone: mai

Mai

1. a surname from Chinese
2. a female given name from Chinese

From Middle Welsh Mey, from Latin Maius.

• IPA^(key): /mai̯/

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• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Homophone: mai; mae (South Wales)

Mai m

1. May

• cyntefin

• (Gregorian calendar months) Ionawr, Chwefror, Mawrth, Ebrill, Mai, Mehefin, Gorffennaf, Awst, Medi, Hydref, Tachwedd, Rhagfyr ^{(Category: cy:Months)}