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Origin:
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820 famous people named May found on Wikipedia.
48350 female, 699 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
1645-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
57-th in year 1883
Used in: English
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.
"to take part in May Day festivities," late 15c., from May. Related: Mayed; maying.
Short form of Mary: sorrow, bitter. The fifth month of the year. Pet form of Mary and Margaret: pearl.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theresa May | 1956 | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 2 | James May | 1963 | English television presenter and journalist |
| 3 | Philip May | 1957 | British investment manager and the husband of politician Theresa May |
| 4 | Imelda May | 1974 | Irish singer |
| 5 | Elaine May | 1932 | Actress |
| 6 | Aunt May | Comic book character | |
| 7 | May Pang | 1950 | Former girlfriend of John Lennon |
| 8 | Ralphie May | 1972 | Comedian |
| 9 | Jodhi May | 1975 | British actress |
| 10 | May Britt | 1933 | Swedish actress |
| 11 | Elizabeth May | 1954 | Canadian politician |
| 12 | Mark May | 1959 | All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman |
| 13 | Sean May | 1984 | American basketball player |
| 14 | Mathilda May | 1965 | French actress |
| 15 | Karl May | 1842 | German writer |
| 16 | May Ling Su | 1973 | Filipino pornographic actress |
| 17 | Andrew J. May | 1875 | American politician |
| 18 | Kristen May | Current lead singer of rock band Flyleaf | |
| 19 | Stevie May | 1992 | Scottish footballer |
| 20 | Lyn May (kuinaza) | 1952 | Mexican actress |
| 21 | Rollo May | 1909 | US psychiatrist |
| 22 | Katie May | 1981 | |
| 23 | Bailey May | 2002 | |
| 24 | May J. | 1988 | TV Host and Singer |
| 25 | Joseph May | 1974 | British actor |
| 26 | Jonny May | 1990 | English rugby union player |
| 27 | May Andersen | 1982 | Danish supermodel |
| 28 | May Wynn | 1930 | American dancer-actor |
| 29 | Olivia Alaina May | 1985 | American actress and musician |
| 30 | Brian May | 1934 | Australian film composer |
| 31 | May Whitty | 1865 | English actress |
| 32 | May Sarton | 1912 | American poet, novelist, and memoirist |
| 33 | Billy May | 1916 | American composer, arranger and trumpeter |
| 34 | Robert L. May | 1905 | American writer |
| 35 | May Robson | 1858 | Australian actress |
| 36 | Wop May | 1896 | Canadian flying ace |
| 37 | Cliff May | 1909 | American architect |
| 38 | May Myat Noe | 1995 | Burmese model |
| 39 | Scott May | 1954 | Basketball player |
| 40 | Charmian May | 1937 | English actress |
| 41 | Deborah May | 2000 | American actress |
| 42 | May Lo | 1966 | Hong Kong actress |
| 43 | Julian May | 1931 | American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer |
| 44 | Brad May | 1971 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 45 | Teresa May | 1967 | English glamour model & pornographic actress |
| 46 | Corey May | Screenwriter, producer | |
| 47 | Norman May | 1928 | Australian sports broadcaster |
| 48 | May Mahlangu | 1989 | South African footballer |
| 49 | Rita May | British actress | |
| 50 | Lee May | 1943 | American baseball player and coach |
| 51 | Corrinne May | 1973 | Singaporean musician |
| 52 | Monica May | 1984 | American actress |
| 53 | Peter May | 1929 | English Test and County cricketer, administrator |
| 54 | May McAvoy | 1899 | Film actress |
| 55 | Donald May | 1927 | American former actor |
| 56 | Barbara May | 1961 | Austrian actress |
| 57 | May Gibbs | 1877 | Author, Illustrator, Cartoonist |
| 58 | Jack May | 1922 | English actor |
| 59 | Andrzej May | 1934 | Polish actor |
| 60 | May Hariri | 1988 | Lebanese actress |
| 61 | Simon May | 1944 | British composer |
| 62 | May Wright | ||
| 63 | Trevor May | 1989 | Baseball player from the United States |
| 64 | Bill May | 1979 | American synchronised swimmer |
| 65 | May Ziade | 1886 | Palestinian writer |
| 66 | Abby May | 1800 | American activist and social worker |
| 67 | Fiona May | 1969 | Athletics competitor |
| 68 | Mike May | 1954 | American alpine skier |
| 69 | LaRuby May | 1975 | |
| 70 | May Warden | 1891 | English actress |
| 71 | Alan Nunn May | 1911 | British physicist and convicted Soviet spy |
| 72 | Bob May | 1968 | Professional golfer |
| 73 | Tom May | 1979 | English rugby union player |
| 74 | Ernst May | 1886 | German architect (1886-1970) |
| 75 | May Ayim | 1960 | German poet |
| 76 | May Swenson | 1913 | American poet |
| 77 | May Berenbaum | 1953 | American entomologist |
| 78 | May Sinclair | 1863 | British novelist |
| 79 | Alan May | 1965 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 80 | May Morris | 1862 | English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor |
| 81 | London May | 1967 | American musician |
| 82 | May Irwin | 1862 | Actress, singer |
| 83 | Carlos May | 1948 | American baseball player |
| 84 | Kathy May | 1956 | American tennis player |
| 85 | Dent May | Musician | |
| 86 | Alan Le May | 1899 | American writer |
| 87 | Rosa May | 1855 | American-born prostitute |
| 88 | Ernest May | 1928 | American historian |
| 89 | Gisela May | 1924 | German actress |
| 90 | Timothy C. May | Electronic engineer and scientist; technical and political writer | |
| 91 | Steven May | 1992 | Australian rules footballer |
| 92 | May Spils | 1941 | German film director |
| 93 | Ken May | American businessman | |
| 94 | Tim May | 1962 | Australian cricketer |
| 95 | May Barani Thaw | 1990 | Model |
| 96 | Cornelius Jacobsen May | Dutch explorer | |
| 97 | May Allison | 1890 | American actress |
| 98 | Suzanne May | 1971 | British actress |
| 99 | May Yohé | 1866 | American singer |
| 100 | Clifford May | 1951 | American journalist and political activist |
| 101 | Sara May | 1981 | Spanish pornographic actor |
| 102 | Lianie May | 1976 | |
| 103 | Samuel Joseph May | 1797 | Radical American reformer during the nineteenth century |
| 104 | Jessica May | 1979 | Czech pornographic actress |
| 105 | Dinah May | 1954 | British model |
| 106 | Cordelia Scaife May | 1928 | Heiress; philanthropist |
| 107 | Ricky May | 1944 | New Zealand actor and musician |
| 108 | Jacob May | 1992 | |
| 109 | Joe May | 1880 | Austrian film director |
| 110 | Abbe May | 1983 | Australia singer-songwriter, musician |
| 111 | May Chidiac | 1964 | Lebanese journalist |
| 112 | Betty May | British model | |
| 113 | Klara May | 1864 | German author and publisher |
| 114 | Ben May | 1982 | New Zealand rugby union player |
| 115 | Don May | 1946 | American basketball player |
| 116 | Jacquetta May | 1960 | British actor, writer and director |
| 117 | Todd May | 1955 | American political philosopher |
| 118 | Rufus May | 1968 | British clinical psychologist |
| 119 | May Clark | 1889 | British actress |
| 120 | Melinda May | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. character | |
| 121 | Máximo López May | 1976 | Argentinian cook |
| 122 | Chicago May | 1871 | Irish criminal |
| 123 | Gerald May | 1940 | American psychiatrist |
| 124 | Milt May | 1950 | American baseball player and coach |
| 125 | May Edward Chinn | 1896 | African-American physician |
| 126 | Brother Joe May | 1912 | Singer |
| 127 | Dean L. May | 1938 | American academic and filmmaker |
| 128 | May Luna | 1998 | |
| 129 | Etta May | American comedian | |
| 130 | Charles A. May | 1818 | United States Army officer |
| 131 | Derrick May | 1968 | American baseball player |
| 132 | May Sutton | 1886 | US tennis player |
| 133 | May Chan | 1985 | |
| 134 | Rudy May | 1944 | American baseball player |
| 135 | May Sweet | 1962 | Burmese musician |
| 136 | Juliet May | 1966 | British television director |
| 137 | Ira May | 1987 | Swiss soul singer |
| 138 | May D | ||
| 139 | May Blood, Baroness Blood | 1938 | Life peer, activist |
| 140 | Eva-Maria May | 1985 | German actress |
| 141 | Phil May | 1864 | English illustrator and caricaturist |
| 142 | Steve May | 1972 | American politician |
| 143 | May Wright Sewall | 1844 | American suffragist |
| 144 | Francis Henry May | 1860 | British colonial administrator |
| 145 | Alfie May | ||
| 146 | May Bonfils Stanton | 1883 | |
| 147 | May Brookyn | American actor and stage actor | |
| 148 | Adam May | Correspondent for America Tonight | |
| 149 | May Miller | 1899 | American writer |
| 150 | Gary S. May | 1964 | American academic |
| 151 | Marsha May | ||
| 152 | Dave May | 1943 | American baseball player |
| 153 | Thomas May | 1595 | English poet, dramatist and historian |
| 154 | May Wedderburn Cannan | 1893 | English poet |
| 155 | Tina May | 1961 | British singer |
| 156 | Corinna May | 1970 | German singer |
| 157 | May Lee | 1966 | American journalist |
| 158 | Michael May | 1934 | Swiss racing driver |
| 159 | John L. May | 1922 | Catholic bishop |
| 160 | J. Peter May | 1939 | American mathematician |
| 161 | Gina May | 1974 | |
| 162 | Eva May | 1902 | Austrian actress |
| 163 | Lady May | 1986 | Rap artist |
| 164 | Leigh Martin May | 1971 | United States District Judge |
| 165 | May Owen | 1892 | |
| 166 | Alexander May | 1927 | German actor |
| 167 | Hugh May | 1621 | British architect |
| 168 | May Hallatt | 1876 | British actress |
| 169 | Jesse May | 2000 | American poker player and commentator |
| 170 | May Brahe | 1884 | Australian composer |
| 171 | May Day | ||
| 172 | Bryan May | 1974 | |
| 173 | Chad May | 1971 | American football player |
| 174 | Deven May | 1971 | American actor |
| 175 | May Maxwell | 1870 | American Baha'i |
| 176 | Ray May | 1945 | American football player |
| 177 | May Aufderheide | 1888 | American composer |
| 178 | Edna May | 1878 | American actress and singer |
| 179 | May Lillie | 1869 | American entertainer |
| 180 | Rob May | 1969 | British musician |
| 181 | May Mann Jennings | 1872 | American activist |
| 182 | Melissa S. May | American judge | |
| 183 | Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough | 1815 | British constitutional theorist |
| 184 | Morton D. May | 1914 | American philanthropist and art collector |
| 185 | Eddie May | 1967 | Scottish footballer and manager |
| 186 | May El-Khalil | 1955 | Libanes sports official |
| 187 | Martin O. May | 1922 | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient |
| 188 | Torsten May | 1969 | Boxer |
| 189 | May Byron | 1861 | British writer |
| 190 | Lawrence A. May | 1948 | American physician |
| 191 | Butch May | 1941 | American volleyball player and father of gold medal winning Olympic beach volleyball player, Misty May Treanor. |
| 192 | Mai Kassab | 1981 | Egyptian singer |
| 193 | Pamphile LeMay | 1837 | Canadian librarian, poet and writer |
| 194 | Trương Thị May | 1988 | Vietnamese model |
| 195 | Georg May | 1926 | German priest and theologian |
| 196 | William E. May | 1928 | American theologian |
| 197 | Deems May | 1969 | American football player |
| 198 | Darrell May | 1972 | American baseball player |
| 199 | Richard May | 1938 | British judge |
| 200 | May | 1982 | Korean singer |