English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national id ...
feminine given name. It is derived from the name of the month, which comes from
Maia
Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; la, Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus.
Family
Maia is the daugh ...
, the name of a Roman fertility goddess. The name May is also used as a pet form of Mary and Margaret.
People
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May Allison
May Allison (June 14, 1890 – March 27, 1989) was an American actress whose greatest success was achieved in the early part of the 20th century in silent films, although she also appeared on stage.
Life and career
Allison was born in Rising ...
(1890–1989), American actress
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May Allison (runner)
May Allison (born October 29, 1964, in Toronto, Ontario) is a former long-distance runner from Canada.
Allison represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S ...
(born 1964), Canadian runner
* May Arida (1926–2018), Lebanese socialite
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May Arslan
May Arslan (1928–2013) was a Lebanese Druze woman who was a member of the Arslan family, and her father was Shakib Arslan. She was the mother of Walid Jumblatt and the spouse of Kamal Jumblatt, founder and leader of the Progressive Socialist P ...
(1928–2013), member of the Lebanese Arslan family
* May Chow, Canadian chef
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May Gibbs
Cecilia May Gibbs MBE (17 January 1877 – 27 November 1969) was an Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is best known for her gumnut babies (also known as "bush babies" or "bush fairies"), and the book '' Snugglepot ...
(1877–1969), Australian children's author and illustrator
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May Golan
May Golan ( he, מַאי גּוֹלָן, born 3 May 1986) is an Israeli politician and political activist. She was elected to the Knesset for Likud in the 2022 elections. She was formerly the CEO of the NGO Hebrew City, and also worked as a ca ...
(born 1986), Israeli politician, political activist and commentator
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May Hezlet
Mary Elizabeth Linzee "May" Hezlet (29 April 1882 – 27 December 1978) was a British amateur golfer and sports writer. She has been called "probably Ireland's greatest woman golfer".
Early life
Hezlet was born in Gibraltar, the daughter of Li ...
(1882–1978), British amateur golfer and sports writer
* May Hollinworth (1895–1968), Australian theatre producer and director
* May J. (born 1988), Japanese singer
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May McAvoy
May Irene McAvoy (September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984) was an American actress who worked mainly during the silent-film era. Some of her major roles are Laura Pennington in '' The Enchanted Cottage'', Esther in ''Ben-Hur'', and Mary Dale ...
(1899–1984), American actor
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May W. Newburger
May W. Newburger (January 22, 1920 – August 30, 2012) was an American activist and politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1979 to 1986.
Early life and education
She was born May Wallace on January 22, 1920, in S ...
(1920–2012), New York politician
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May Robson
Mary Jeanette Robison (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942), known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born American-based actress whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25. A major stage actress of the late 19t ...
(1858–1942), Australian actress
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May Sarton
May Sarton was the pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995), a Belgian- American poet, novelist and memoirist. Although her best work is strongly personalised with erotic female imagery, she resisted the label of ‘lesb ...
(1912–1995), American poet and novelist
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May Sayegh
May Musa Sayegh ( ar, مي الصايغ; 1940 – 5 February 2023), also spelled Mai Sayegh, was a Palestinian poet, (1940–2023), Palestinian poet and activist
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Lady May Abel Smith
Lady May Helen Emma Abel Smith (formerly Lady May Cambridge, ''née'' Princess May of Teck; 23 January 1906 – 29 May 1994) was a relative of the British royal family. She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a niece of Queen Mar ...
(1906–1994), a member of the British royal family
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May Whitty
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days.
May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...
(1865–1948), English actress
Fictional characters
*May, one of the main characters in Geoffrey Chaucer's "
The Merchant's Tale
"The Merchant's Tale" ( enm, The Marchantes Tale) is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. In it Chaucer subtly mocks antifeminist literature like that of Theophrastus ("Theofraste"). The tale also shows the influence of Boccaccio ( ...
"
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Aunt May
Maybelle "May" Parker-Jameson (née Reilly), commonly known as Aunt May, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Spider-Man. Making her first full app ...
, Peter Parker/Spider-Man's aunt and primary caregiver
* May Bellamy, girlfriend of
John Dortmunder
John Archibald Dortmunder is a fictional character created by Donald E. Westlake. He is the protagonist of 14 novels and 11 short stories published between 1970 and 2009. He first appeared in the novel ''The Hot Rock'', published in 1970.
Westla ...
in novels by
Donald E. Westlake
Donald Edwin Westlake (July 12, 1933 – December 31, 2008) was an American writer, with more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into ...
*May Kanker, youngest of the Kanker sisters in the animated series ''
Ed, Edd n Eddy
'' Ed, Edd n Eddy'' is a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series revolves around three friends named Ed, Edd (called "Double D" ...
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*May Kasahara, in Haruki Murakami's novel ''
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American translation and its British adaptation, dubbed the "only official translations" ( English), are by Jay Rubin and were first published in 1997. For this novel, ...
''
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May Lee (The King of Fighters)
'' The King of Fighters'' fighting game series, produced by SNK, includes a wide cast of characters, some of which are taken from other SNK games. The story takes place in a fictional universe in which an annual series of 3-on-3 or 4-on-4 fighti ...
, in ''The King of Fighters'' fighting game series
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Melinda May
Melinda Qiaolian May, also known as The Cavalry, is a fictional character that originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, first appe ...
, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent played by Ming-Na Wen in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' and subsequently appearing in Marvel comics
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May (Guilty Gear)
This is a list of characters from the '' Guilty Gear'' fighting game series.
Creation and influences
Daisuke Ishiwatari has cited Kazushi Hagiwara's manga '' Bastard!!'', and the fighting game ''Street Fighter II'' as influence to the ''Guil ...
, a character in the ''Guilty Gear'' video game series
*May, localize version of Mii, main character in '' Jungle de Ikou!''
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May (Pokémon)
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days.
May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May ...
, in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, as well as the anime series
*May, in the show ''
Sid the Science Kid
''Sid the Science Kid'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid'') is an American computer-animated children’s television series on PBS Kids. It aired from September 1, 2008 to March 25, 2013, with a total of 66 half-hour episodes pr ...
''
See also
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Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also call ...
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Mei (given name)
Mei (Japanese: , Mandarin: 美) is a feminine given name used in various cultures, particularly Japan and China.
Possible writings
Mei can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*, "sprout, garment"
*, "sprout, reliant"
*, "br ...
, also spelled as May
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Mae (given name) Mae is an English feminine given name. It is a variant of May (given name), May, and derives from the May, month of May, which is named after the Roman goddess Maia#Roman_Maia, Maia. In Portuguese Language, Portuguese ''Mãe'' means mother. Mae may ...