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Opinions of Ivy Mae?

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AnnaAva · 19/09/2016 17:50

Hi Smile

Thoughts on the name Ivy Mae?

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SquirrelPaws · 20/09/2016 09:07

I don't know loads of Maes, only a couple and both are because it's a family name, so I still like it. I wouldn't hyphenate though.

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 20/09/2016 09:01

Ivy Kate is gorgeous.

MephistoMarley · 20/09/2016 02:35

Hate the Mae.
I do think it's people naming after grandmothers that started the May/Mae/Mai trend (and the spelling variances are just what happens) but it's so so overused now. The Mae spelling makes me actually cringe now as it's so clichéd.

GirlOverboard · 20/09/2016 02:31

Another vote for Ivy Kate here.

Someone on another thread described Rose as a 'filler' middle name. I feel the same about Mae. It's like there's been zero thought put into it. Ivy Kate feels a lot fresher and more original.

katemess12 · 19/09/2016 22:19

Love Ivy as it's my DD's name. Smile

But I don't like Mae. I love Ivy Kate too.

BellaShLex · 19/09/2016 22:08

Ivy is beautiful! Not keen on Mae though Blush

DownWithThisSortaThing · 19/09/2016 22:04

Absolutely love Ivy. DS would've been Ivy if he was a girl.
Agree with others though I wouldn't use Mae. It's so over done now, it seems ever other little girl has it as a middle name.

GoNorthDarren · 19/09/2016 22:01

Just reiterating (probably a little unnecessary at this juncture, but anyway) that Ivy is lovely, but I find Mae so overused as a middle name or as the second half of a hyphenated name where I live that it has lost all meaning. It's a shame really as it is a pretty name.

I wonder if it's because it was popular as a first name 80-90 years ago and now all the grandchildren are having their own babies and using it as a middle name to honour their grandmothers? But then there are so many Something Maes or Something-Maes about they can't all have had great grandmothers named Mae...

Anyway, Ivy Raine is lovely. I also like Ivy Joy or Ivy Eleanor.

marmitecrumpets · 19/09/2016 21:56

I really like it

SausagePie123 · 19/09/2016 21:48

Mae is mother in Portuguese

GinIsIn · 19/09/2016 21:35

Love Ivy! Agree about Mae though. There are 8 other girls at my 2yo goddaughter's nursery and 6 of them have Mae or May as their middle name!

ElvenMoonwings · 19/09/2016 21:32

I think Ivy is a pretty name. It's not up there in stellar lights for me, but it's very feminine and sweet.

I'd have to echo what others have said about Mae. Mae as a middle name has been so overused lately, so it sounds copycat and not really in a good way, because Mae is just a bit twee. I don't like the spelling Mae because unlike May it has no literal meanings - that's why it sounds twee. I'm sorry to be negative; there might be great connotations to Mae but I'm simply not aware of any. I don't like how May sounds either.

FranklyMeDeer · 19/09/2016 18:36

LOVE Ivy
I'd spell it Ivy May, but then I'm a bit old school like that.

Laststop · 19/09/2016 18:34

I have having Ivy baby due in October , I love it but can't stand may as name

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 19/09/2016 18:32

Loving Ivy Raine

gingerbreadmanm · 19/09/2016 18:21

ivy raine or ivy grace id say. love ivy.

EvermoreEvermore · 19/09/2016 18:19

Love Ivy!

pugsake · 19/09/2016 18:17

iliveina my niece is due November I have a feeling Mae may be involved Grin

It would be a conservative choice for my family.

Kennington · 19/09/2016 18:17

Ivy is lovely

Am not keen on the Mae bit but that is probably because no one else is!

Lilacpink40 · 19/09/2016 18:17

If you like it though go for it. Your decision ☺

Lilacpink40 · 19/09/2016 18:15

Ivy Faye

Mae is very popular.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 19/09/2016 18:13

Ivy Rosanna
Ivy Victoria
Ivy Louisa
Ivy Emmaline
Ivy Elizabeth
Ivy Jane (lovely)
Ivy Helen

Hushabyelullaby · 19/09/2016 18:13

I love Ivy (biased though as it's my DD's middle name), not keen on Mae.

Going with 1 syllable maybe,

Niamh/Neave
Faith
Hope
Raine
Paige
Quinn
Wren
Rue
Leigh

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AnnaAva · 19/09/2016 18:11

I love Ivy Kate!

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AnnaAva · 19/09/2016 18:10

I just liked it... I didn't realise it was popular.

It's our first child, so we aren't ever around small children.

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