Mae (given name)
Mae is a feminine given name primarily used in English-speaking countries. Often regarded as a variant of May, it is associated with the Roman goddess Maia, symbolizing spring, growth, and fertility. The name gained popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is frequently used as a vintage-style given or middle name. Mae also serves as a diminutive for several longer names, including Mary, Margaret, and Mabel. In some cases, it is used as a modern or anglicized form of the Irish name Maeve, derived from Old Irish Medb, meaning "she who intoxicates" or "mead-woman."
Mae may refer to:
People
Singers
- Mae Moore, Canadian singer
- Mae Muller, English singer
- Mae Stephens, English singer
Actors
- Mae Bramhall, American actress and writer
- Mae Busch, Australian actress
- Mae Clarke, American actress
- Mae Marsh, American movie actress
- Mae Martin, Canadian comedian and actor
- Mae Murray, American silent film actress
- Mae Questel, American actress
- Mae West, American actress
- Mae Whitman, American actress
In other fields
- Mae Batherson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mae Brussell, American radio personality
- Mae Carroll Fry, American politician and schoolteacher
- Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to travel to space
- Mae Schmidle, American politician
- Mae Schunk, the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
- Mae Tischer, American politician
Fictional characters
- Daisy Mae Duke, a character in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard
- Mae the Panda Fairy, a character and in the self-titled novel in the series Rainbow Magic
- Mae Borowski, a character in the video game Night in the Woods
- Mae Holland, a character in the novels The Circle and The Every and the former's film adaptation
- Mary Mae Ward, a character in the soap opera ''General Hospital''