English
Valmai
Valmai comes from English Mai ‘May’.
- English1500–presentMai‘May’
- Englishearliest quotation 1899Valmai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentMai‘May’
- Englishearliest quotation 1899Valmai
Earliest quotation: 1899, Allen Raine, By Berwen Banks: “I am Valmai Powell, the niece of Essec Powell,…”
The story
Coined by Welsh author Allen Raine in 1899 for a Welsh character in her novel By Berwen Banks. In a footnote in the novel, Raine states the name means "like May," almost certainly referring to a Welsh etymology of fel (‘as, like’) + Mai (‘May’).
Every English word from English Mai
Today it means
name A female given name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English Mai / Valmai