Alternative to Mavis?

[sweetiepie1979]

My mothers name is Mavis, but don't know about calling baby that. I need something similar, Meabh/mave not an option, we already have one in the family. DH thought Mabel? What do people think of that? Is it a bit wacky? I don't want to be funky or wacky with names really...

Mabel is lovely

I love Mabel. I also know a Meryl which is nice too.

I don't think it is whacky at all. You could also have May or Mary?

Mary
Maxine
Mefus ( is welsh for strawberry ) and I think it's pronounced like Mavis , but it looks nicer written down !

Mabel is nice! Or Maisy, Mary, Ava?

Without wanting to be rude, if you're not calling her Mavis well then you're not actually calling her after your mother are you? Just pick a name you really do like.

has your mum got a middle name?
May is good too

I think the connection between Mavis and May would be much more obvious than between Mavis and, say, Mabel or the other suggestions. They seem like completely different names to me, whereas May is at least a proper shortening (and it's pretty as well).

I agree with squoosh. If you don't call her Mavis, you are fooling yourself that you are naming her after your mother with any other name. Either call her Mavis, or pick something that you like.

Ditto pp!

Thanks got suggestions and I see what you mean. Well what do people think of Mavis then?

I'm sure your Mum is a lovely woman but Mavis is just awful.

Give it as a middle name if you must. What about your Mum's maiden name or her favourite character from a book?

Anything just not Mavis!

Hmm - might be a bit too retro for me, but I like Rita :)

Do you have to name the baby after your Mum? It sounds like she has already been honoured. Maeve is lovely but already used.

I think your child needs her own name and you could put Mavis in the middle.

I love Maeve.

Maybelle?

Mae?

I like Mavis.

But I think you should give your DD a name you love,and use your mothers name as a middle name.

Hee Hee everybody is being so nice but honest. Thank you. No, my mum dosent like Mavis either so I'll move on.

Ha ha, can you imagine your mum's disapointment when you give your daughter a name she dislikes and then her trying to balance that with the pleasure that you have named her after her :)

What else do you like?

Phew! The world of names is your oyster now sweetiepie.

Eliza?

Eliza is really nice -

Eliza May?

...I do still like Mabel too, not just for the tentative conncetion to Mavis.

How about May instead of Mavis? Or I actually like Mavis! Esp with May as a nn..

Eliza nice too.

Mae is my dd 1 middle name . Does it matter do you think? Ach it's probably a boy in which case it's Charles but will call him Charlie. That seems to be the only name we like so far

Does your DM have a middle name you like?

Oh Mabel is just gorgeous and sooooooooooooooo much better than Mavis.

How about Myrtle, Marnie, Mamie or Maisie?

Dainty little girly Mavis/She is such a rara avis/All the money I can save is/All to be for Mavis mine.

It's not that bad.