Where Does the Mayes Surname Come From?

Arms linked to May and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Behind the Mayes surname stands May, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. The family name meaning is “Young man, or from Matthew”, the same as for May.

Mayes and May

Mayes adds -es to the root of May, a common way of forming related surnames. The same family of names includes Mey and Mayhew.

Research your Mayes family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.