English
Mai
Mai comes from Mandarin 麥 ‘wheat’.
- Mandarinmodern麥‘wheat’
- EnglishtodayMai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern麥‘wheat’
- EnglishtodayMai
The story
As a German surname, variant of May.
Every English word from Mandarin 麥
Today it means
name A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 麥 / Mai