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Mai

OriginJapanese, French, Welsh, Vietnamese, Navajo
Meaning"dance; May; cherry blossom; coyote"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girls#3016

2025 SSA

US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

About Mai

Cross-cultural winner.

Mai for boys

While the name for May is used as a feminine name in many languages, the Slovene word, Maj, is considered a masculine name. Both Maj and the Mai variation are in the Slovenian Top 100.

Pronounced MY.

As of October 2026, Mai ranked #3016 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #792 in 1881.

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Famous Mais

  • Mai Therese ShanleyGirl

    Miss USA 1984

  • Mai MiharaGirl

    Japanese figure skater

  • Mai Elisabeth ZetterlingGirl

    Swedish actress

  • Mai HagiwaraGirl

    Japanese pop singer of Cute

  • Mai KurakiGirl

    Japanese pop singer

  • Mai CharoenpuraGirl

    Thai pop singer

  • Mai KadowakiGirl

    Japanese actress

  • Mai KudoGirl

    Japanese pop singer

  • Mai MatsumuroGirl

    Japanese pop singer of Dream

  • Mai YamaneGirl

    Japanese blues singer

  • Mai Neng MouaGirl

    Hmong,American writer

  • Mai TodaGirl

    Japanese painter

  • Davika "Mai" HoorneGirl

    Thai actress and model

  • Mai OzekiGirl

    Japanese pop singer and member of Country Girls

Mai in pop culture

  • Mai ValentineGirl

    character in Yu,Gi,Oh!

  • MaiGirl

    character on the "Avatar: The Last Airbender" TV series

  • Mai SilkGirl

    character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series

  • Mai WaifuGirl

    character from the video game "Yandere Simulator"

  • MaiGirl

    French, Welsh and German for the month of May

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