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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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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 16:45

@Palavah I'm not a fan of Mary... Surname is 3 syllables.

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 16:44

I've got to admit...I'm wracking my brains for which STD it sounds like! 🤣

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Palavah · 17/08/2020 16:42

Mary is a lovely name too.

How many syllables in the surname?

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 16:40

Yeah I get that May is a bit of a filler name, I'm struggling with ideas if I'm honest. I'm set on Clementine, just can't think of a nice middle name to go with it...

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Twizbe · 17/08/2020 16:39

Unless she's born in May, I'd use Mae for the spelling.

Totally me, but I dislike seeing children which seasonal or month names that weren't born then. I know an April that was born in Feb and so is likely to be named after when she was conceived ....

NannyR · 17/08/2020 16:37

I like May best, not keen on Mae and Mai seems open to mispronunciation.
Although May is very overused as a middle name (but still pretty) I think it's a lovely, quite unusual choice for a first name.

DrFoxtrot · 17/08/2020 16:36

It's a bit of a 'filler' middle name, like Rose, Grace, Jane and Louise in the 70's. I regret using a similar name for my daughter's middle name and should have chosen something that meant something to me.

Although, May might mean something to you, in which case I would choose the spelling May.

dingledongle · 17/08/2020 16:36

Names are very personal! No STD association in my mind 😁

I would spell it May, like the month. Wink

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 16:32

I've heard some things against Clementine on here and appreciate it's not to everyone's tastes but never that it sounds like a STD...🙈

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Cbeebiesrehab · 17/08/2020 16:30

How on earth does Clementine sound like an STD?!🤔

GoshHashana · 17/08/2020 16:27

Dreadful!

Clementine isn't great either. Sounds like an STD.

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 15:26

Oh I was thinking more Clementine Mae...seems against the general consensus!

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Peachbubble · 17/08/2020 15:17

I'd choose May.

TinyMetalBirds · 17/08/2020 15:12

I would go for May. It seems to be a popular middle name, like Rose, but then again my middle name was given to every other girl in the 1970s (the others got Jane) and that has never been a problem!

HunkyPunk · 17/08/2020 15:12

If you're going to use May, definitely go for the proper spelling - May! Think Clementine May sounds lovely.

Cbeebiesrehab · 17/08/2020 15:09

I think if you want to use it I would use the May spelling. Clementine is a classic so I would use a classic spelling.

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Raindrop87 · 17/08/2020 14:49

@MikeUniformMike Thanks, I've seen a number of your other helpful contributions on other posts...🤣

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MikeUniformMike · 17/08/2020 14:44

None of them.

Use Mary instead.

Mae is awful, Mai is pronounced My and is welsh for May.
May is a name given to girls born in that month or a pet form of Mary.

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