May

May as a girl's name is of English, Roman, Greek, Hebrew, and Germanic origins, giving your little one plenty of inspiration. Your little one would be sharing their name with the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, giving them a fresh, springtime-inspired aesthetic. For a more mythological touch, the month of May was also named for Maia, a Roman goddess. May could derive from Old English macian and the Germanic *makon, which means “to make” and “to form.” May also has Greek and Hebrew roots as a diminutive for names like Margaret, Mary, Mabel, and more. Incredibly versatile, May exists as a last name in many cultures and languages, from Jewish to French, Polish, Chinese, and Irish, sometimes as a habitational name and sometimes as an Anglicized variant. In Mayan, May can stem from the word maay, meaning “cloven hoof” and referring to a “young deer.” For a name that encourages baby to connect with the world and to keep moving forward toward their goal, May makes for a short, sweet, and meaningful choice.