May's sisters Daisy and Marigold were both named after flowers, so it's most likely that May's name came from the mayflower, a name used for the flowers of various plants that blossom in, and take their name from, the month of May.
In fact the month named 'May' was itself unknown in the Shire, and the Hobbit name 'May' was likely derived from the fifth month of the Shire year instead. Tolkien gives the name of that month as Thrimidge, but that is an Old English month name that merely represents the original, unknown, name of the month among the Shire-hobbits. It is perhaps notable that the Elvish names for this month translate as 'flowering', but it is unknown whether this connection had any influence on the name used in the Shire.
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