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lemay Name Meaning and History

  1. French: habitational name from Lemay in Maine-et-Loire.
  2. English: nickname from Middle English may ‘young lad’ or ‘girl’, with the Old French definite article le.

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Distribution of lemay Families in the US in 1840
Number of lemay families
 4-5
 2-3
 1
 0
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