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May?

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ExpectingLady93 · 09/02/2022 10:38

Hi all,

What does everyone think of the name May for a little girl?

Thank you x

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babyjellyfish · 09/02/2022 11:18

It's sweet, but doesn't really give any nickname options if the child wants them. (Perhaps the lack of scope for nicknames is the whole point; my son has a name that can't really be lengthened or shortened, although he now has a whole host of ridiculous nicknames.)

You could go for something like Mabel, Margaret, Mary or Madeleine with May as a nickname.

SummaLuvin · 09/02/2022 11:06

Sweet, simple, and inoffensive.

To my taste it's a little bland and overdone during the past 15 years - maybe not on it's own but as part of hyphenated trend we saw alot of Lily-May, Ava-May.... But that won't be a concern to everyone.