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Updated August 7, 2024

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Greek : High tower
  • Hebrew : Woman from Magdala; variation of Magdalene
  • English : Flower; month of May
  • Latin : Great
  • English : Month of May
  • Hebrew : Bitter
  • Latin : Great

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese : ‘front’ or ‘before’; not common in Japan. Some occurrences in America could be shortened versions of longer names beginning with this element.
  • Hawaiian : unexplained.
  • English : variant of May.

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