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Maeve or Grace

29 replies

swiftt · 20/12/2020 21:35

Love the name Maeve - is it one that has or is getting super popular? Do you pronounce it ‘may-v’ or ‘May-vuh’?

Grace has been on the cards since day 1, and is partners favourite. I’ve always liked it.

We are both Scottish and surname is a girly surname ending in -y if that makes a difference. Middle name likely to be Violet after my GM.

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LadyMacbethWasMisunderstood · 20/12/2020 22:22

I have a Grace.

It is a popular name. But rightly so. I still love it 16 years later.

Maeve is lovely though.

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WiseOwlWan · 20/12/2020 22:21

I prefer Maeve. One syllable
It's softer than Grace

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 20/12/2020 22:20

Maeve, by a country mile it’s a gorgeous name
I’d pronounce it May-vuhh (long h)

galaxy9 · 20/12/2020 22:17

Both are so lovely, although Maeve Violet makes it sound like May unless you say it really slowly because of the double V

I’d pronounce it Mayv not Mayvuh