May Family Name Sign
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Design this with a different name- Material
- Powder-coated steel
- Made
- One piece, cut from a single sheet
- Outdoors
- Under cover, such as a porch or a sheltered wall
- Finishes
- Black, Silver, Copper, Red, White
- Sizes
- 12 Inch, 14 Inch, 18 Inch, 24 Inch, 30 Inch, 36 Inch
- Questions
- Wording, sizes, hanging and delivery
Where the May name comes from
The surname May grew from several unrelated roots, Germanic and Gaelic among them. In English it often began as a pet form of Matthew, and occasionally of Mary or Margaret. Another English line comes from the obsolete noun may, meaning "kinsman", from Old English maga, "son, relative". A third comes from Middle English mei, "physician", borrowed through Old English mege from Latin medicus. English, Dutch, German and Polish families also took the name from the month, which runs back through Old French mai to Latin Maius, the month of the Roman earth goddess Maia.
In Ireland, May was anglicized from Ó Miadhaigh, "descendant of Miadhach", a name built on miadh, meaning "honor". In Scotland, the May family is a sept of Clan Donald. In France the name is often a shortened form of Lemay or Dumay.