got a name but stuck on which spelling

[princessvikki]

I want to name my new little girl May/Mae but I can't decide on spelling, my great nanny was May but I like the Mae spelling, like Mae West. I just don't want people thinking it's a modern spelling to make her name stand out. What do you all think???(Her middle name will be Norma after my nana if that helps)

I love Mae West so Mae all the way.
I think Mae is more of a Scandinavian spelling.

I love Classic Hollywood of the 30s, 40s and 50s so Norma also works for me too eg Norma Shearer and Norma Desmond

May. There are a rash of little Maes around at the moment, and May looks a lot classier.

Mae Norma doesn't go well to me I'm afraid.
I think it needs something longer as a middle name maybe?

May - Mae looks too babyish and has definite hillbilly connotations!

Mae is beautiful and an old fashioned name definitely. It has connections to Hebrew, Scandinavian and Japanese languages and was used in the early 1900's as a form of Mary as well.

I prefer May, but they are both OK. Just to throw a spanner in the works, I once met a Mey.

Don't agree that Norma Mae sounds better than the way you had planned... there would be a mama type of sound in the middle.

May looks much better!

I wanted to name my dd after my grandma Norma, but jut couldn't bring myself to use it so I used her middle name Alice asmy dd's middle name. In hindsight maybe I should have gone for it. Definitely grown on me since. I prefer May :)

Nothing wrong with variants (well, not always), but I still vastly prefer May over Mae.