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Maite (given name)

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Maite ( /ˈmt/ MY-teh) is a female given name of Iberian origin that’s popular throughout the Hispanic world and Brazil.

In Spanish, its pronunciation is usually stressed on the first syllable (/'majte/), written as Maite. In Basque, the name means ‘’love’’, though it can also be a nickname for "María Teresa" and "María Esther", however, it is most frequently stressed on the last syllable (/maj'te/) and written as Mayté, Maytee or Maytte.

In Brazilian Portuguese, it is normally pronounced in three syllables and stressed on the last (/mai'te/), written as Maitê, or less frequently as Maytê. In French, the spelling is Maïté.

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