Mayo Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Mayo Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Mayo

The ancient history of the name Mayo was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include May, Mea, Mawe, Mea, Maye and Meye. Meaning 'the may', a nickname for a young lad or girl, this name is often of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a Richard le Mey, Huntingdonshire, and a Bateman le May, Bedfordshire, who were recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273. A Willemus May was recorded in the 'Poll Tax' of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the year 1379. In Scotland William May rendered homage at Berwick in the year 1291. A David May had a claim of the lands of Chapeltoun from the Abbey of Culross in the year 1597. When of Gaelic origin this name is rendered as O'Miadhaigh and in Ireland the names May, Mayo and Mea are the main anglicized forms of this. Families of the name were located in Teffia, County Westmeath where the place-name Clonyveey, meaning 'O'Mey's Meadow' is their memorial.