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. The name May is also used as a pet form of Mary and Margaret.

It can also be a variant of the Arabic name Mai مي, which either means Water or Little gazelle or little monkey.

People

 * May Allison (1890–1989), American actress
 * May Allison (runner) (born 1964), Canadian runner
 * May Arida (1926–2018), Lebanese socialite
 * May Arslan (1928–2013), member of the Lebanese Arslan family
 * May Chidiac (born 1964), Lebanese journalist and politician
 * May Chow, Canadian chef
 * Beryl May Dent, (1900–1977), English mathematical physicist
 * May Gibbs (1877–1969), Australian children's author and illustrator
 * May Golan (born 1986), Israeli politician, political activist and commentator
 * May Hezlet (1882–1978), British amateur golfer and sports writer
 * May Hollinworth (1895–1968), Australian theatre producer and director
 * May J. (born 1988), Japanese singer
 * May Kassab (born 1981), Egyptian artist.
 * May McAvoy (1899–1984), American actor
 * May Mikati (-??), wife of Najib Mikati, Lebanese prime minister.
 * May W. Newburger (1920–2012), New York politician
 * May Robson (1858–1942), Australian actress
 * May Sarton (1912–1995), American poet and novelist
 * May Sayegh (1940–2023), Palestinian poet and activist
 * May Scaff (1969-2018) Syrian actress and activist
 * Lady May Abel Smith (1906–1994), a member of the British royal family
 * May Whitty (1865–1948), English actress
 * May Yarrowick (1876-1949) Australian Aboriginal mid-wife
 * May Ziadeh (1886-1941), Lebanese-Palestinian poet and writer

Fictional characters

 * May, one of the main characters in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Merchant's Tale"
 * Aunt May, Peter Parker/Spider-Man's aunt and primary caregiver
 * May Bellamy, girlfriend of John Dortmunder in novels by Donald E. Westlake
 * May Kanker, youngest of the Kanker sisters in the animated series Ed, Edd n Eddy
 * May Kasahara, in Haruki Murakami's novel The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
 * May Lee (The King of Fighters), in The King of Fighters fighting game 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, localize version of Mii, main character in Jungle de Ikou!
 * May (Pokémon), in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, as well as the anime series
 * May, in the show Sid the Science Kid
 * May, an American Pekin duck from the Donald Duck universe