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Original poster

another name to go with Mae

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jollyjoanne · 16/12/2008 11:11

I'd like to call my baby to be 'Mae' but I am having real difficulty in finding another name to go with it - either before or after. Anyone have any suggestions? (surname begins with H if it helps at all)

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daisy5 · 17/12/2008 13:22

I love the name. Quite a few little girls seem to have it as a middle name, but I think it sounds really lovely as a first name.

I would think you needed a 'softish' consonant to start the second name for it to roll off the tongue nicely. Like Mae Louise, Mae Louella, Mae Claire etc

Moondancer · 16/12/2008 21:16

Yeah - very common at the moment. Loads of 'something' - Maes in our area! Dont do it!

OhLITTLEFISHofBethlehem · 16/12/2008 21:03

As is shown by this thread, it's a very popular name at the moment. A little too popular??????

piscesmoon · 16/12/2008 20:52

May is much nicer.

Fillyjonk · 16/12/2008 20:47

the trouble is that its an auxillay verb.

londontipton · 16/12/2008 20:45

I have a Scarlet Mae

BlueBumedFly · 16/12/2008 20:37

We have a Clementine Mae and our surname starts with 'H' too....

jeanjeannie · 16/12/2008 20:20

I've got a Verity May.

My mum is Ethel May... You Mae not want to consider that seriously!

watsthestory · 16/12/2008 16:04

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jollyjoanne · 16/12/2008 15:59

Thanks for the suggestions - some of them are things we really hadn't thought of . . . now just gotta get DH to stop laughing at the silly ones like 'pole' and concentrate on the important matter of our daughter to be!

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AnAngelWithin · 16/12/2008 15:54

Emily Mae
Eleanor Mae
Jessica Mae

frisbyrat · 16/12/2008 15:38

Jessica Mae

dinkymum · 16/12/2008 15:25

I just read the Maybelle post and would like to second tht as a relly nice option!

dinkymum · 16/12/2008 15:23

Mae Dawn?

pamelat · 16/12/2008 14:48

Florence
Martha

Its difficult because they do sound like questions "May Florence ... ?" or an answer Yes, Florence may ....

I think Mae is better as the middle name, I would rather be an answer than a question!

PheasantPluckingACarollingLute · 16/12/2008 14:44

I know a Maybelle. And a Frances Mae.

FIMBOingaroundtheChristmasTree · 16/12/2008 14:43

I forgot to add there is a little girl in ds's school called, Maudie-Mae

PestoHoHoHoMonster · 16/12/2008 14:43

Pole

Fly

WhenFRUITYgotstuckupthechimney · 16/12/2008 14:40

My little SIL is called LillieMae (as a whole name). There is also an Ellie-May in her class.

RachieB · 16/12/2008 14:39

Ella May is nicest IMO

KateF · 16/12/2008 14:39

In dd3s reception class there are Ella-Mae, Georgia-May and Evie-May!

Lockets · 16/12/2008 14:21

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FIMBOingaroundtheChristmasTree · 16/12/2008 13:31

I know a Madeleine Mae. Her parents call her Maddy mayhem.

Mae Susannah
Mae Rosalind
Mae Lucinda

sammybeth · 16/12/2008 13:31

Evie Mae

ComeOVeneer · 16/12/2008 13:29

Mae Belle just makes me start singing "maybe she's born with it, maybe its Maybelline" in my head when I read it, sorry.