Hollie Mae

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I have already named my daughter as she is 8 weeks old, but just wanted to know what everyone thought as I think it's beautiful. I know not everyone thinks the same but just curious!

FWIW, I'm not boasting or showing off or anything like that, for those MNetters who seem to jump to conclusions.

Also would love to know what names you think would go well with Hollie Mae for when she has a little brother or sister. Wont be for another 2 or 3 years, but want to have some names on my radar or I might have to ask her for ideas and pooface or pandapants is probably the kind of name she'd come up with at 3 and I can't see that going down too well. :)

Partners last name ends in Y, if that helps. :)

Oh suggestions...

Freya or Lilly

William or Daniel

It could be worse, I know someone who called their DD Hollye! god knows why she stuck a 'e' on the end.

I like the name Holly, but always think of it as a winter birthday name.

Alisvolatpropiis I wasn't meaning to suggest that May was more correct than Mae, just that both have a decent heritage / are as legitimate as each other I guess. I also like the Japanese name Mei, but that's a completely different name (we watch lots of anime in our house, and Mei seems common for rather lovely feisty girls).

Sorry, I forgot to mention that:

Hollie is her first name, Mae is her middle name. I do NOT like hythenated names, or at least not as a rule.

Also, I chose the spelling of Hollie for two reasons:

1. I don't want people to automatically presume she's a Christmas baby, with the spelling like Holly.
2. Her last name begins with a Y so Y and Y next to eachother would look really weird.

TheHerring That's what I was thinking. I didn't want people to presume she was a Christmas baby or a May baby, but I like the names.

Is there a set dictionary of names?

What you mean, everlong is that it's not the old, 17th century spelling of the name.

Loolah How lovely. Pretty name for your other daughter as well. Quite right, you name your children something you personally believe in/love.

Nooka Changed it so people wouldn't presume she was a Christmas baby. Also her Dad's last name therefore hers begins with Y so Holly Y would sound pretty weird if you see what I mean. Also it's not so bizarre it's not like Hoylie or something like that. It's just an ie instead of a Y. My name is an F instead of a PH.

Chaos Some MNetters get a bit weird and aggressive about random things, so was just covering my bases. Thank you :)

hello Thanks :)

Little Fair enough and oh some lovely name suggestions :)

Thanks too, Coffee!

There is no such thing as a right or wrong spelling. You couldn't go to a job interview and be told your name is wrong, whereas you can say you spelt February wrong if you spelt it Febrarary or something like that. You wouldn't tell someone their last name is spelt wrong, so you really shouldn't say someone's first name is spelt wrong.

I mean I know people are entitled to their own opinion but really those it make sense there is a right or a wrong spelling. Every name was new or different and I am pretty sure Catherine was the original spelling, but so many people use Katherine these days. As I have said my name is Stefanie and yes sometimes it is spelt wrong but it's never bugged me. Claire is quite a common spelling. In fact, I see more Claire's than I do Clare's, to be honest.

You must be very thick skinned Op!

For what it is worth, I like the Mae spelling. Reminds me of Mae West and that is no bad thing. Old school Hollywood and all that.

Then again, my Dd has the dreaded Rose as her middle name. Oh well, I like it.

Off on a tangent slightly, I know a Gracie Mae but I keep accidentally calling her Macy Gray! Remember her?

OP, the 'K' spelling of [C/K]atherine was the original, as the name is of Greek origin, but there was such diversity of spelling in the middle ages that pretty much every conceivable variant is recorded somewhere. My view is that there is a huge qualitative difference between established variant names (which may be versions from other languages, or older versions from when there was genuinely no such thing as correct spelling, of any words, not just names) and 'yooneek' spellings of more established names.

I think both 'Hollie' and 'Mae' are fairly well established* (particularly the latter), but Mumsnet has a very low tolerance for non-standard spellings, even if they have history or are from another culture.

*I do like them less than the usual spellings, though.

Prolific Actually, I do :)

Agreed, badtime everything is so varied, there are very few unique spellings these days, except the really ridiculous ones.