Mai (Vietnamese surname)
Mai is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Mei in Chinese and Mae in Korean but is very rare in Korea.
Mai is also a common give Vietnamese female name meaning a plum flower.
Unrelated, it is also the Chinese surname Mai which is transliterated as Mạch in Vietnamese.
Notable people with the surname Mai
- Mai An Tiêm.
- Mai Thúc Loan (Mai Hắc Đế), the Vietnamese leader of the 722 uprising against the rule of the Tang Dynasty in the region of Ái and Hoan provinces (now Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An of Vietnam).
- Mai Văn Cường, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 pilot of the Vietnamese People's Air Force
- Mai Huu Xuan, general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam
- Mai Phương Thúy, Miss Viet Nam 2006
- Mai Tiến Thành, footballer
- Jeannie Mai, television personality
- Mai Đức Chung, football coach.
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