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mai Name Meaning and History

  1. Vietnamese: unexplained.
  2. 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’.
  3. 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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The mai name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the mai family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of mai Families in the US in 1920
Number of mai families
 13-24
 5-12		 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 24 - Messages: 71
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RE: John Mai kmheydlauff 7
Mai name and relations John Mai 26
William J Mai obit Susan 0
Elisabetha, and Johann Mai deb 0
Mai/May Rita May 5
Emily Mai PhilipShannon 1
MAY (MAI), Mathias b 1 JAN 1866, Prum GERMANY Dawn May-Christ 2
Mai from chicago Illinois area Joseph Levandoski 1
Caroline Wilhelmina Mai married a Prochnow! dartfrd 0
MAI/MAY from Bavaria to Ohio Sandy 0
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