Mai (Vietnamese surname)

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.

Unrelated, it is also the Chinese surname Mai which is transliterated as Mạch in Vietnamese.

Notable people with the surname Mai


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