Mee
English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from the archaic noun mee (“physician”). Compare Mayer, Myer.
- As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), from miadh (“honor”). Compare Meehan, McNamee.
- As a rare French surname (Mée), from placenames such as Le Mée-sur-Seine, from Old French meis (“farmstead”), from Latin mansus.
- (Lunar crater): Named after Scottish British astronomer Arthur Butler Phillips Mee
Proper noun
Mee (countable and uncountable, plural Mees)
- A surname.
- A crater in LQ28 quandrangle, Nearside, Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin māius, from the Roman goddess Maia, the Italic goddess of growth. Cognate with English May, German Mai, Dutch maj, Icelandic maí, West Frisian maaie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meː/
- Rhymes: -eː
- Homophone: mee
Manx
Synonyms
- Coontae ny Mee
Derived terms
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