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Mayday: an unusual, yet unique girls name.

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VanezAJ · 13/10/2015 23:12

My girl is due early next year (already have a 3 year old girl) and we haven't decided on a name yet.
I came across this name nameberry.com/babyname/Mayday/comments and I have come to love this wonderful, unique name!
What do you think of this name?
And do you have any middle name suggestions?

I would like to have a normal, traditional middle name to go with this unusual first name.

Here are some ideas:

Mayday Grace
Mayday Rose
Mayday Jean
Mayday Jane
Mayday Jade
Mayday Lane
Mayday Renae
Mayday Bree

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ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged · 13/10/2015 23:14

No. Just no.

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Optimist1 · 13/10/2015 23:15

Please tell me you're joking.

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clary · 13/10/2015 23:16

Mayday is an unusual name because it means Help!

It's not one I would choose.

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Wolfiefan · 13/10/2015 23:16

No.
And some of those middle names are far from what I'd call normal or traditional.

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DramaAlpaca · 13/10/2015 23:17

Really? Just no. Imagine the teasing.

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tomatodizzy · 13/10/2015 23:17

Confused I'm sorry to say that the only middle name that goes with mayday is bank holiday

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DramaAlpaca · 13/10/2015 23:18

tomatodizzy that just made me laugh out loud Grin

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PacificDogwod · 13/10/2015 23:19

There's a reason for why some words are not names.

No to Mayday.

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Iwanttobeadog · 13/10/2015 23:19

Mayday Mayday surely?

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ChinaSorrows · 13/10/2015 23:20

Mayday is a distress signal, not a name. Surely.

But, it that's the genre you're going for then you may also want to consider:
Sos (pronounced Sewess)
Panpan
Sevensevenohoh
and Help.

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PacificDogwod · 13/10/2015 23:20

"History[edit]
The Mayday procedure word originated in 1923 by Frederick Stanley Mockford (1897–1962).[1] A senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, Mockford was asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood by all pilots and ground staff in an emergency. Since much of the traffic at the time was between Croydon and Le Bourget Airport in Paris, he proposed the word "Mayday" from the French "m’aider" (Translates to: "help me!").[2]

Before the voice call "Mayday", SOS was the Morse code equivalent of the Mayday call. In 1927, the International Radiotelegraph Convention of Washington adopted the voice call Mayday in place of the SOS Morse code call.[3]"

from here

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ConstanceMarkYaBitch · 13/10/2015 23:21

If a name is actually unique, as in no-one else has that name, that is because it isn't a name at all. If it was, there would be others.

Mayday is not a name. It's what drowning sailors call out from their watery graves. It's an international call sign used for a "grave and imminent threat requiring immediate assistance".

Just don't do it.

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SeldomAthleticFC · 13/10/2015 23:22

To make it even more unusual yet unique, how about the French spelling "M'aidez"?

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SeldomAthleticFC · 13/10/2015 23:23

Damn it! Pacific got there first.

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PacificDogwod · 13/10/2015 23:25

Grin

May I propose "Hilfe", to rhyme with 'Hilda'?

Please, OP, come back and tell us this is tongue in cheek?!

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magicstar1 · 13/10/2015 23:26

Sounds like a Bond girl

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BearFoxBear · 13/10/2015 23:27

I shall be the voice of dissent and say that it could be quite cool for the right girl - I can imagine a movie heroine named Mayday! In fact, I'm sure that there's a spiderman link there, although that may put you off :)

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Pigeonpost · 13/10/2015 23:28

Erm, no. Nameberry is full of made up bollocks. How about Loveday? Good solid traditional Cornish name.

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ouryve · 13/10/2015 23:28

Things which are unique do tend to be unusual.

Mayday as a name is both of those things for a reason.

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PacificDogwod · 13/10/2015 23:30

How about Lovelace??

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YellowOfficeBlock · 13/10/2015 23:30

Good grief!
It's not a name, don't do that to the poor child.

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PacificDogwod · 13/10/2015 23:31

Ok, I am capable of making a serious suggestion: why not call her 'May', NN 'Mayday', if you must?

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BertrandRussell · 13/10/2015 23:31

Mayday PanPan........

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SuckingEggs · 13/10/2015 23:33

No. She'll call herself May as soon as she's able and need therapy

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ShatnersBassoon · 13/10/2015 23:34

Having a name that makes people think of someone begging for help to survive is going to cause problems for the child.

Maypole is just as bonkers, if you're set on something truly unique, but it's less deathy.

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