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First thoughts when you see this name

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ButterRose · 30/03/2022 05:54

Hi all I'm just after your first thoughts when you see the girls name Mazel or Mazelle and how would you pronounce it without looking it up? Mai-zel or Mar-zel or something different?? I like the meaning and the nn mazie but I'm unsure if the name is to out there

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ralanne · 30/03/2022 07:44

Maisie could be a nickname for:
Mary
Mabel
Marjory
Mairead (Muh-rayd)
Maria
Mariana
Marina
Marissa
Melissa
Miriam

BlueFlavour · 30/03/2022 07:43

Mmmm it’s not very nice, sorry op. What about Marguerite on the birth certificate and Maisie as a nickname? That might work.

MintyMoocow · 30/03/2022 07:41

Maisie or Hazel?

Why not?

AuntieStella · 30/03/2022 07:41

Maisie was originally and traditionally a nickname for Margaret

Easterbunnyiswindowshopping · 30/03/2022 07:39

Sanitary product?

Riverlee · 30/03/2022 07:39

Never heard of the name before, so I would think it was a made-up name.

I would pronounce Mazel as Maz -Zelle.

Oizys · 30/03/2022 07:37

OP just posting this for your information around the world Mazel.
www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/160965/jewish/What-Does-Mazel-Tov-Mean.htm

Oizys · 30/03/2022 07:34

I’m Jewish so all I think is Mazel Tov and find it a bit weird you’d want to use it as a name.

I’d guess if people saw it and didn’t know Mazel Tov then they’d assume it was pronounced to rhyme with Hazel

sixoclockalready · 30/03/2022 07:32

Sounds like Maize. Makes me think of corn

Moaningturtle · 30/03/2022 07:30

If think of Mrs Maisel.

I always thought Mazel Tov meant congratulations, everyday is a school day!!

hattie43 · 30/03/2022 07:28

@Waferbiscuit

Oh fgs stop making up names. Mazel is dreadful. Clearly will be confused with Mazel Tov, will spend a life correcting pronunciation eg Mah-zel vs May-zel all because you wanted to be a bit different. Nuts.
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Ottolin3 · 30/03/2022 07:25

mazel tov

CaptainMyCaptain · 30/03/2022 07:19

Mazel to rhyme with Hazel.
Mazelle to rhyme with gazelle.

guiltynetter · 30/03/2022 07:16

Maisie is fine! It's the fact you're making up names to make it a nick name of. Just call her Maisie

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ButterRose · 30/03/2022 07:14

@Supersnot123 thanks for being polite :) Maisie might just end up being the middle name choice given the response I've had

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Supersnot123 · 30/03/2022 07:08

It's dreadful sorry OP, maisie is nice though

drpet49 · 30/03/2022 07:08

* Oh fgs stop making up names. Mazel is dreadful. Clearly will be confused with Mazel Tov, will spend a life correcting pronunciation eg Mah-zel vs May-zel all because you wanted to be a bit different. Nuts.*

^This

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ButterRose · 30/03/2022 07:05

Margaret was completely ruined for me from someone I know who was an over the top utterly dreadful person. For all saying that I'm just trying to be difficult I'm not nothing is set in concrete and I asked on this thread specifically to check the reaction so it looks like it's back to the drawing board for names I like

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guiltynetter · 30/03/2022 07:00

Mazela 😅

ivykaty44 · 30/03/2022 07:00

Hazel would be my first thought

TabithaHazel · 30/03/2022 06:59

My first thought was it was a typo for Hazel, but reading your comments about Mazel Tov and you not being Jewish I think it’s a terrible idea and your child will not thank you for it. What’s wrong with just calling her Maisie if that’s the nickname you love?

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DailyMailcanfuckthefuckoff · 30/03/2022 06:50

My first thoughts are please remember that this baby is going to grow up and be an adult one day.

Fooshufflewickjbannanapants · 30/03/2022 06:50

Maisie is a shortening of Margret

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ButterRose · 30/03/2022 06:46

@BrutusMcDogface Mazela came up when I looked for similar names I didn't make it up, Maisie is perfectly nice but we all have preferences/opinions and I prefer a full name on BC then more relaxed nn's I feel Maisie wouldn't work on its own each to their own but that's my thoughts

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