Maye
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Obsolete spelling of may
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈmeɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maye is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 8.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 61K
- USUnited States1 in 76K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 303 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Liberia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Obsolete spelling of may.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Maye is read(measured from records)
Maye is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English69%
Obsolete spelling of may.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish13%
inflection of mayar:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maye counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Maye | 7 |
| US United States | — | 4,356 | 1 in 76K | 4.4K | Maye | 303 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Maye | 20 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Maye | 112 |
| SV El Salvador | #488 | ≈770 est. | ≈1 in 8.4K | — | Maye | 17 |
| LR Liberia | #171 | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Maye | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 275 | 1 in 31K | 275 | Maye | 21 |
| JM Jamaica | #487 | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Maye | 9 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Maye | 58 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Maye is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In men, v., to lower, to lesson, to stoop; to humble one’sself; tomake low. Nya lé mayéngo. Bi mayéngo a yelé htia- ngesia gbi bu
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In yka, ricebird; chestnut mannikin: Lonchura malacca
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Zulu, beware!, look out!, oh my!
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hausa, intoxication, drunkenness
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paul Mayeb. 1913FRFrench cyclist (1913–1987)
- Michael Mayeb. 1965DEGerman photographer
- Harun Mayeb. 1973researcher
- Annette Mayeb. 1974DEGerman clarinetist
- James Mayeb. 1981USAmerican basketball player
- Danny Mayeb. 1982GBEnglish footballer (born 1982)
- Erin Maye Quadeb. 1986USUS politician
- Marcus Mayeb. 1993USAmerican football player (born 1993)
- Luke Mayeb. 1997USAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
- Drake Mayeb. 2002USAmerican football player (born 2002)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 51 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.4K | #7,621 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.2K | #7,604 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4K | #7,642 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 275 | #4,748 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Maye mean, and where does it come from?
- Obsolete spelling of may. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Maye?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmeɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Maye?
- In the etymology graph, May is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Maye have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.5 thousand people named Maye in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maye.
- How common is the name Maye?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,356 people named Maye in 2010, about 1 in 76 thousand residents.
- How common is Maye compared with other names?
- In Liberia, Maye is the 171st most common surname of 10,200 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mayeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maye” — the 171st most common surname in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.