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Mae/May/Mai?

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 14:36

Thinking of using Mae/May/Mai as a middle name for Clementine...

Firstly what do you think? And which spelling??

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Lidlfix · 18/08/2020 06:19

My DD1's middle name is May after a much loved family member. She hates it and thinks her name sounds like a country and western singer. She at 22 has used it as social media name as she's an NQT and pupils will never find her. But her first is only two syllables.

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Raindrop87 · 18/08/2020 06:09

I get that Clementine isn't for everyone but we love it so that's a certainty, it's just a case of middle name...

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Tavannach · 18/08/2020 04:11

Yeah, I like Mae too. Like Mae West, long gone Hollywood actress/comedienne.
Not so keen on Clementine though... "tene" or "tyne"? I prefer Clemency.

ElaineMarieBenes · 18/08/2020 03:36

I like Mae!

octoberfarm · 18/08/2020 03:18

I love Clementine Niamh, Clementine Eve and Clementine Wren.

SemperIdem · 17/08/2020 23:54

Clementine Olivia is lovely. Aurelia would also work.

Of the May spellings I would only use May.

Firebird83 · 17/08/2020 22:58

Clementine Olivia is much nicer than Clementine May.

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 22:31

I think Clementine Olivia sounds quite elegant...

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Zhampagne · 17/08/2020 22:18

If you are keen on a link to her birth month then perhaps:

Clementine Topaz (November birthstone)
Clementine Autumn

This post from the British Baby Names blog has some thoughts on naming a November baby.

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 17/08/2020 22:13

Clementine felicity
Clementine joy
Clementine Amanda
Clementine annalise
Clementine sophia
Clementine juliette

I am liking longer middle names

Thack · 17/08/2020 22:12

Welshy here, agreeing with previous posters that Mae and Mai are Welsh words both pronounced 'my'.

I think you're right to stay single syllable, seems better.

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 22:07

I see a pp point of view about May/June not being used if not a significant month and it wouldn't be as will be a November baby...

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TheoneandObi · 17/08/2020 22:07

The best iteration is May. I in fact associate it with the wild flower/bush. Mai is odd - would you pronounce it like the French month of May? Mae is too try hard. Loads of Ella-Mae's and the like around too

ILoveFood87 · 17/08/2020 22:03

May. The others are overused / chavvy.

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 21:57

Yeah I think I might move away from May...

Grace was another on my list, why are some middle names so overused? 🙈

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Enderman · 17/08/2020 21:20

It is ridiculously overused. Every girl who doesn’t have Rose or Grace has May as a middle name, usually hyphenated. It’s the Louise of the 80s.

I don’t think it actually goes with Clementine (which I love).

I think something longer can work.

Clementine Alice
Clementine Elizabeth
Clementine Isabel
Clementine Sienna
Clementine Maeve
Clementine Mabel
Clementine Rebecca

Cbeebiesrehab · 17/08/2020 20:00

I think Clementine June sounds really beautiful, it makes me picture a little girl in a sunflower field (just me?) I think a short middle name is best and I agree it should be as fabulous as Clementine or it might just feel a bit...pointless? If that’s the correct word.

AnnaSW1 · 17/08/2020 19:58

May. The other two have become so chavvy.

Ellmau · 17/08/2020 19:50

May.

wishing3 · 17/08/2020 19:43

Clementine May or Mae are both gorgeous!

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 17/08/2020 19:42

Better to give no middle name (or a family name, or your maiden name if DD will have your partner’s surname) than a filler name imho. Clementine is beautiful.

20viona · 17/08/2020 19:32

I prefer mae

Bassettgirl · 17/08/2020 19:29

May is lovely. Mai is German... Maia is alright though. I really don't like Mae.

June is lovely Smile

CodenameVillanelle · 17/08/2020 19:25

May/Mae/Mai was a pretty middle name in 2001, overused by 2010 and by 2020 has become almost a parody of itself.

Palavah · 17/08/2020 19:25

Definitely one syllable then

Kate
Kaye
Fay(e)
Rae
Anne
Faith
Hope
Claire
Shay
Raine

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