May come from named after Maia, the Greek goddess of growth of plants
The month May was named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea.
From Old English mæg "I am able". The month of May has a different origin. It comes from Maia's Month, Maia was a Roman earth goddess.
The name May probably stems from the name of the Greek goddess Maia. ^ | | | This was the previous answer that someone had given, but I have a different one. The month, May, is named after Maia, the Italic goddess of spring and the growth of plants. So, I believe that May originated from Italy.
The Cherokee people did not have 12 calendar months. The system they used had 13 cycles or moon phases. The month of August is refer to as the fruit moon. The month would also be called wild grapes month.
Aprilis April was born in the month after march but before may
May.
The month of May was called Maius in ancient Rome.
May is roughly equivalent to the Hebrew month of Iyar.
Mai.
It's a me mario
Its fairly rare, but sometimes a second new moon may appear in a month, called a 'blue moon'.
they called it the harvest moon
The month may is called mei, in Dutch you do not use a capital for the months.
A month in Paris could be called a holiday, but the translation of month is mois.
the pet of the month for may is the, panda
Cause its the seventh month
It means "The fifth month"It is Irish for Mae, and means "Great One" in Latin, or "Springtime Goddess" in Greek.