May

May is an English feminine name with a double origin, functioning both as a pet form of Margaret or Mary and as a direct borrowing from the name of the fifth month. The month name derives from Latin Maius, likely honoring Maia, the Roman goddess of growth and spring. May enjoyed wide popularity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when month and nature names were fashionable. It also appears as a short form of Maya and remains common as a middle name, with Mae as its most frequent spelling variant.