What's behind this name trend?

[Phizzytails]

What's behind the trend of calling girls something-May? With a hyphen? In the past few weeks alone at my work I've come across children called:

Chloe-May
Eva-May
Casey-May
Ava-Mae
Poppy-May
Amber-May

Also why never just 'May?' I don't think I've ever come across any young people or kids called just 'May.'

I know a May. I don’t know what’s behind it. Surely it’s the same reason as why there are so many hyphenated Roses. Tradition? Sounds good? Everyone trying to be different but ending up the same?

It’s been going on for years. There’s a girl called Molly Mae who’s very popular these days. Probably best to ignore it and let it have its time.

I don’t know any double barred first names, I though it had dropped out of fashion after the 80s?

My dd is sixteen and this was all the rage when she was born so it's not a recent trend.

I think things like Lily-May and Evie-Rose are just names now. Names in their own right.

Hyphen Mae and hyphen Grace we're all the rage when DS was born 15 years ago

How old are these children? I thought the Something-Mae trend had long since passed.

It is/was just a fashion for very cutsie feminine names. Feel likes it's kind of fallen out of favour a bit now. People are always looking for the new trend whether it's very girlie names, or Edwardian servant names, or trendy sounding American names.

This is not a new thing. DD was born in 2005 and every other girl was Daisy-May, Lily-May, Rosie-May etc etc.

DD does actually have May as a middle name, not double barrelled. MIL and her mother also both have May as a middle name.

”or trendy sounding American names” or stupid English names

ok

My 37 year old was named Kimberley May (that's when she was born!) was raging when the khardashians came along

My DDs middle name. Just a nice name we liked and went with her first name. Not double barrelled. 16 plus years ago now.

I was also hacked off when this started being popular because I had been thinking of changing my surname to "May" which is on my Mum's side, but now I can't without it seeming like I'm following this trend!

I mean fine if that was your children's name already, it's lovely, but I'm in my forties, I'd look silly to do that at this stage!

Blimey, it's been a 'trend' for at least 25 years!

It is almost standard in the southern USA that girls have the middle name of "Mae", "Lee" or "Ann" and are called by both names until they are adults -- i.e.
Sharon Lee, Julie Ann, Bertha Mae. They lose the middle name when they marry and become Sharon maiden name husband's name. Sharon Lee Smith becomes Sharon Smith Harding. Then she names her firstborn Something Lee Harding.

Those girls with the something-mae names must be 20 by now.

I quite like June as a name. Bring June back!

I know someone who named their daughter middle name May but not hyphen, the famklt often call her first name May quite a bit, but for them the name has meaning for them.

Longer than that, I know a "-may" who's over 50!

I like the name May and know a little girl with the name. It's her first name and not hyphenated or anything like that.

I'm a hyphen May and 37!

When I was at school Louise was the popular middle name especially with Sarah...followed closely by Jane and Elizabeth.
I'd imagine the 'thing' behind it was minute and it's just taken off. It'll be something different in a few years. May/Mae is popular but no more so than other names have been.

are they born in May?

There are hyphens everywhere local to me. Both boys and girls.
over 20 years ago there was only one girl with a hyphenated name but once she reached her late teens she dropped the first name and just goes by the second name.

I’m 35 and I went to school with a girl called Megan-Hannah! And a Sarah-Louise but there is a reason why names like Louise/Rose/May/Jane are so popular, they do go well with most names.