Maite ( ) is a female given name of
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
origin meaning ''love'', popular throughout the Hispanic world and Brazil.
In Spanish, its pronunciation is usually stressed on the first syllable (/'majte/), written as Maite. As a nickname for "María Teresa" and "María Esther", however, it is most frequently stressed on the last syllable (/maj'te/) and written as Mayté.
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.
People
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Maïté
Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, known as Maïté, born on June 2, 1938, in Rion-des-Landes (Landes), is a French restaurateur, actress and TV presenter. She is mostly famous for hosting long-running cookery shows on French television, including ''La Cuisi ...
, French television cooking host
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Maïté Duval
Marie-Thérèse Marguerite Jeanne (Maïté) Duval (Maïté Rijkhart de Voogd-Duval, Renazé, 26 March 1944 – Zutphen, 2 November 2019) was a French-born Dutch people, Dutch sculptress and drafter.
Life and work
Maïté Duval was born in R ...
(1944-2019), Dutch-French sculptress
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Maité Allamand (1911–1996), Chilean writer and diplomat
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Maite Aranburu
Maite Aranburu Olabarrieta is a Spanish Basque politician who served in the Basque Parliament from 2005 until 2009, representing the Biscay constituency as a member of the Communist Party of the Basque Homelands.
Biography
Maite Aranburu Ola ...
, Basque politician
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Maite Delgado
Maite Coromoto Delgado de Mora (born September 20, 1966) is a Venezuelan TV show host and former beauty queen.
Life
Delgado was born on 20 September 1966 in Valle de Guanape, Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
In 1986 she started as a pageant in the Miss ...
, Venezuelan leader
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Maite Dono (born 1969), Spanish singer-songwriter, poet, and actress
* Maite Kelly, Irish pop singer from the band
Kelly Family
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* Kelly (Kelly Price album)
* Kelly (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap
* "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland
* ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadi ...
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Maite Oroz
Maite Oroz Areta (born 25 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club Real Madrid Femenino, Real Madrid CF and the Spain women's national football team, Spain women's national team. She made her se ...
(born 1998), Spanish footballer
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Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni Beorlegui (born 9 March 1983) is a Mexican actress, singer, songwriter and producer.
Perroni gained international fame in 2004 as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated Latin pop group RBD.
As an actress, Perroni's career began ...
, Mexican actress and singer
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Maitê Proença
Maitê Proença Gallo (born 28 January 1958) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter and writer.
Biography
Maitê Proença was born in São Paulo, Brazil. Her mother was Margot Proença, a philosophy and music teacher who died when Maitê ...
, Brazilian actress
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Maite Schwartz
Maite Schwartz is an American film and television actress.
Schwartz was born in Dallas, Texas.[Buddy TV]
, Maite S ...
, American actress
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Maite Zúñiga
María Teresa "Maite" Zúñiga Domínguez (born 28 December 1964 in Eibar) is a retired Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in S ...
, Spanish athlete
Mayte may refer to:
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Mayte Garcia
Mayte Jannell Garcia (; born November 12, 1973) is an American dancer, actress and singer. She was married to Prince for four years and has worked with various music artists.
Early life
Garcia was born on November 12, 1973, at Fort Rucker, Ala ...
, dancer, singer and former wife of pop star Prince
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Mayte Macanás
Mayte Gómez Macanás (7 March 1984 Murcia, Spain), who performs under the name Mayte, is a Spanish singer and was 11th placed finalist on the fifth series of reality television show ''Operación Triunfo''.
Early life
During her childhood s ...
, Spanish singer and participant in ''Operación Triunfo''
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Mayte Martínez
María Teresa ("Mayte") Martínez Jiménez (born 17 May 1976 in Valladolid) is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships (she did not take part on 2003 Championships in P ...
, Spanish athlete
* Mayte Mateos, member of Spanish 70s disco duo
Baccara
Baccara was a female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos (born 7 February 1951) and María Mendiola (4 April 1952 – 11 September 2021). The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Ca ...
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Maytê Piragibe
Maytê Piragibe (born Maytê Bernardes Rodrigues Piragibe on December 2, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress and keyboardist.
In 2017, Piragibe won the first series of Dancing Brasil (season 1).
Television series
* '' Vitór ...
, Brazilian actress
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Mayte Rodriguez Maite ( ) is a female given name of Basque origin meaning ''love'', popular throughout the Hispanic world and Brazil.
In Spanish, its pronunciation is usually stressed on the first syllable (/'majte/), written as Maite. As a nickname for "María Te ...
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