Mayo Family History
Mayo Name Meaning
English: variant of Mayhew . Altered form of French Mailloux . Altered form of French Maheu . Spanish: nickname from mayo ‘May’ bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May. Spanish: habitational name from any of the flows of water or lagoons so called such as Regato del Mayo (Zamora) and Arroyo de Mayo (Seville). Galician: habitational name from a Castilianized form of O Maio or Maio Grande and Maio Pequeno placenames in A Coruña province Galicia (Spain) of pre-Roman origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022