Vietnamese: unexplained.Chinese : origin
unknown, although ancient accounts record its use in Guangdong and
Henan provinces from an early date. The character for Mai also
means ‘wheat’.Dutch, Danish, German, and French: variant of
May.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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