Mae (given name)

Mae

Mae West in 1918
Pronunciation	MAY
Gender	Female
Language(s)	English
Other names
Related names	May, Maya, Maia

Mae is an English feminine given name. It is a variant of May, and derives from the month of May, which is named after the Roman goddess Maia. Although the word mãe in Portuguese means mother, it is not a variant of the name since it’s not a given name in portuguese-speaking territories.

Mae may refer to:

In music:

• Mae Moore, Canadian singer
• Mae Muller (born 1997), English singer
• Mae Stephens (born 2003), English singer

In acting:

• Mae Bramhall (c.1861–1897), American actress and writer
• Mae Busch (1891–1946), Australian actress
• Mae Clarke (1910-1992), American actress
• Mae Marsh (1894–1968), American movie actress
• Mae Martin (born 1987), Canadian comedian and actor
• Mae Murray (1885–1965), American silent film actress
• Mae Questel (1908–1998), American actress
• Mae West (1893–1980), American actress (after whom are named a variety of otherwise unrelated items)
• Mae Whitman (born 1988), American actress

In other fields:

• Mae Brussell (1922–1988), American radio personality
• Mae Jemison (born 1956), the first African-American woman to travel to space
• Mae Schmidle (1927–2019), American politician
• Mae Schunk (born 1934), the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Mae Tischer (1928–2018), American politician

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