Mai

proper nouncommon in dialogue

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

proper noun

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.

Etymology

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.

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