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Georgia Mae?????

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reenzeen · 29/05/2011 11:24

Hi currently 35+2 and don't know what we are having, Georgia is my fav on our girls list (still working on my DH as we're Irish and its to way out for him), but i'm wondering is Georgia Mae too much as Mick Jagger's daughter has the same name although I think this is her full name, Mae would be our LO's second name and wouldn't be double barreled.

I really like Mae as my second name is Mary, my mums name is Mary and both my Gran's are Mary's and Mae/May is a short and more current version of Mary.

Is it too try hard to have the same name as celeb???

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Runoutofideas · 01/06/2011 08:08

Mai is also the welsh version. I have a Georgia Mai (Mai named after her Welsh grandmother). Initially some people assumed it was hyphenated but I was quick to correct them!

MelinaM · 31/05/2011 21:53

Mai is the Chinese form of MaySmile

sybilvimes · 31/05/2011 19:34

My daughter is Georgia Mae. She is a teenager now so named before -Mae became really popular.

I have to say that this doesn't bother me though. It is a lovely sounding name and spelled that way for a specific reason. If you and your dh like it, what do other people's opinion matter?

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reenzeen · 31/05/2011 19:29

hill folk?? Confused

Think I will stick with Georgia May- is Mai not a chavvy as Mae???

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Rannaldini · 31/05/2011 07:12

I love it, are you hill folk?

OsbegaEthelwulf · 31/05/2011 07:08

Mari?

nooka · 31/05/2011 07:01

I'd forgotten Marianne. Lovely name :)

mathanxiety · 31/05/2011 06:04

Georgia Marianne
Georgina Mary
Georgia Maeve sounds nice (though I don't really like Georgia)

nooka · 31/05/2011 05:53

What about Maria/Marie or Miriam if you want to use a different form of Mary? Otherwise if you don't really like Mary I'd choose something else (I was going to say your dd might like having her grandmother and great grandmothers name, but as you didn't that might not be the case!).

MelinaM · 31/05/2011 00:02

Jagger's daughter is Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger, I rather like the monika Georgia MaySmile ...but not the spelling Mae, have you thought of using Mai perhaps?

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reenzeen · 30/05/2011 23:17

my sis is called Maeve- we're the typical Irish family!!

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mrsdaz · 30/05/2011 22:41

My niece is called Georgia Mae. I wouldnt associate it with chav as i know an elderly lady called Mae so have only ever associated it with her and she was lovely. Its a lovely name and really suits my niece.

Maybe have Georgia Maeve if your not keen on Mae?

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reenzeen · 30/05/2011 22:36

mmmmm perhaps not........ Grin

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Youcantaffordme · 30/05/2011 22:34

Perhaps it'll be a boy and you could call him Marius George :o

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reenzeen · 30/05/2011 22:29

I wanted the Mary to honour my mum and grans only with a modern twist, but Kay is also nice, would have never though of it.

Still hoping I can convince my DH of Georgia though, but if I can't at least May would go with most first names.

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Youcantaffordme · 30/05/2011 22:19

Just seen that you're Irish, so Mary is probably a bit ubiquitous and I can see why you'd be bored with it. What about Georgia Kay - short form of Kathleen so still quite traditional but a bit different.

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reenzeen · 30/05/2011 22:10

Yeah i see wat u mean about Mae- i have totally went of that spelling- had a total chav moment- thank god for mumsnet Smile

Still like the idea of May though, and can't really imagine having my little ones second one name as Mary cos i really disliked mine but I still have to get my DH convinced on Georgia anyway! oh and pick a boys name - currenlty have none Confused

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5DollarShake · 30/05/2011 03:43

Just because you don't like Mary, doesn't mean she won't. Nmes have different connotations for different generations, or else we'd all be calling our children Claire, Karen and Joanne. :)

Mary is classic and elegant. May - or worse, Mae - is just :yawn:

EricNorthmansMistress · 29/05/2011 23:27

Not Mae, not ever.

Bert2e · 29/05/2011 21:39

Well I guess it's better than Jorja Mae but no I don't like it - sorry.

jade80 · 29/05/2011 21:37

The name Mae after another name has been forever ruined for me since I saw the name Tayla-Mae. Ick. Chav central! Shame as I thought it was pretty before, but now it just reminds me of Tayla-Mae.

Jojay · 29/05/2011 21:37

Use May not Mae as this removes the 'chavvy' element, imho.

smartyparts · 29/05/2011 21:33

Georgia is ok, but anything -Mae renders it chavvy imo

Camerondiazepam · 29/05/2011 21:30

What Bolter said.

TheBolter · 29/05/2011 21:21

May not Mae - Mae sounds like an Americanised, rather bastardised version of May, which is IMO a lovely pure sounding name.

Georgia May is lovely and has a timeless, romantic quality to it.

Mary is IMO a bit dour and mournful sounding. My dsis's middle name is Mary and I'm not too sure about it.