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A middle name for May?

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Noodlesnoodlesnoodles · 23/03/2021 15:22

I'm looking for a nice middle name for May - at least two syllables. Feels trickier as usually May is the middle name! I like Welsh names, nature names and mythology names in particular, but open to all suggestions 😊

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KirstenBlest · 23/03/2021 19:33

I think a May will get similar jokes.

Something like Catrin? I can think of lots of names but how Welsh do you want them to be? As it's a middle name, you could use something a bit more unusual than the names that appear on the Welsh Names threads. Some of my favourite Welsh names have letters not in English. If you're not a Welsh speaker I'd go for something fairly easy to get right.

You could use Mai as a first name.

Coldwinterahead1 · 23/03/2021 19:33

May Ellen

Greenmarmalade · 23/03/2021 19:31

May Carys
May Cerys
May Willow
May Ember
May Luna
May Wrenna

deedsnotwords11 · 23/03/2021 19:24

Or Alys in Welsh!

deedsnotwords11 · 23/03/2021 19:24

May Alice sounds pretty to me

Chimeraforce · 23/03/2021 19:21

May June

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Noodlesnoodlesnoodles · 23/03/2021 19:09

@KirstenBlest

May Eira or May Eirlys don't flow. It's a repetition of the Ey sound, you'd get it in May Ayla too.
No, i agree that they don't 'flow' as nicely as some of the other suggestions, though I think they're both beautiful names. Feel free to suggest names which you think will work better - though perhaps it'll be hard to top 'Containnuts'...
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KirstenBlest · 23/03/2021 19:00

May Eira or May Eirlys don't flow. It's a repetition of the Ey sound, you'd get it in May Ayla too.

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Noodlesnoodlesnoodles · 23/03/2021 18:54

Thanks for the comments all. I really like Eira, Eirlys and Viola so far.

And to the couple of people who made 'joke' comments - I realise that you're probably just trying to be light hearted and funny, but honestly, it just came across as kind of mean and I'm really not sure why you'd bother.

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Chilldonaldchill · 23/03/2021 18:50

May Elodie
May Beatrice
May Theoni
May Rosamund
May Constance
May Sophia

KirstenBlest · 23/03/2021 17:57

Binotte
Containnuts
Belline
Nardbassett
Nevent

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 23/03/2021 16:42

Because the gorgeous May is also a flower, I personally probably wouldn't go too obviously floral for the middle name too (so no Rose/Lily/Daisy etc), I'd go more subtle -

Nature linked -
May Cassia (cinnamon and roman name)
May Jessamine (old name for Jasmine)
May Ianthe (purple flower)
May Viola (violet and Shakespearean)

Mythology linked
May Gaia (earth goddess)
May Thalia (Muse and means to flourish)
May Lara (Nymph)
May Cora (another name for Persephone/Goddess of Spring)

Welsh :
May Guinevere/Gwenhwyfar (sort of mythology!)
May Alys (Alice but I just like it!)
May Gwyneira/Eirwen (sort of nature - means snow white)
May Eirlys (snowdrop)
May Seren (star)

InMySpareTime · 23/03/2021 16:22

Pole
June
Day
Blossom
Ting
Kerr

I may not be taking this entirely seriously 😂🤪

GordonettaBennett · 23/03/2021 16:18

May Juliette
May Genevieve
May clementine
May Amelia
May Seraphina
May Aneira
May Arianwen / Arianne
May Angharad
May Gwendolyn

PainterInPeril · 23/03/2021 16:11

Day...

Fivemoreminutes1 · 23/03/2021 16:08

May Savannah
May Delilah
May Aurora
May Eliza
May Sienna

brightwave · 23/03/2021 16:01

May Persephone
May Eira
May Clementine
May Madeline (if you like alliteration!)

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