May (given name)

May is an English feminine given name. It is derived from the name of the month, which comes from Maia, the name of a Roman fertility goddess.^[1] The name May is also used as a pet form of Mary and Margaret.

People

• May J. (born 1988), Japanese singer
• May Allison (1890–1989), American actress
• May Allison (athlete) (born 1964), Canadian runner
• May Chow, Canadian chef
• Elsie May Kittredge (1870–1954), US botanist
• Lady May Abel Smith (1906–1994), member of the British Royal Family
• May McAvoy (1899–1984), American actor
• May W. Newburger (1920–2012), New York politician
• May Robson (1858–1942), Australian actress
• May Sarton (1912–1995), American poet and novelist
• Dame May Whitty (1865–1948), English actress
• May Gibbs (1877–1969), Australian children's author and illustrator
• Georgia May Jagger (born 1992), British model, Mick Jagger's daughter.
• Annie May Hurd Karrer (b. 1893), US plant physiologist

Fictional characters

• Aunt May, Spider-Man's aunt and primary caregiver
• May Bellamy, girlfriend of John Dortmunder in novels by Donald Westlake.
• May Lee (The King of Fighters), a character from The King of Fighters series
• Melinda May, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent (played by Ming-Na Wen) in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and subsequently appearing in Marvel comics.
• May (Guilty Gear), a character in the Guilty Gear video game series
• May (Pokémon), a character in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire as well as the anime series
• May, a fictional character played by Laura Wilson from television series The Tribe (1999–2003)
• May, a character from the show Sid the Science Kid

See also

• May (surname), surname origin, and people with the surname
• Baron May, nobility, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Mary
• Mei (given name), also spelled as May
• Mae (given name)

References