Etymology

Mayen

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

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The story

* As a German surname from the placename (see below). * As a Hispanic/Spanish name (Mayén, common in Andalusia), possibly from Andalusian Arabic معين (“spring, well, source of water”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.