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Elsie May or Mae

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coneywonder · 03/07/2015 12:29

My OH things Mae looks pretencious but has left it to me to decide.

Which do you prefer? If neither is an answer then please offer alternatives I'm due in 4 days and we only just decided on a middle name. Elsie is definitely going to be her name though (if we have a girl)

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barbecue · 03/07/2015 12:45

I prefer the May spelling, so Elsie May.

Elsie Juliet
Elsie Caroline
Elsie Faye
Elsie Miranda
Elsie Olivia

LastOneDancing · 03/07/2015 12:50

May.

Each to their own but I'm old fashioned.
I'd also call her Eleanor or Elisabeth and shorten it but I know lots of people disagree Smile

Eleanor May is lovely

slippermaiden · 03/07/2015 12:58

May is better.

FraggleHair · 03/07/2015 13:20

Elsie is nice but May/Mae has to be up there with Rose as the most overused middle name at the moment. Every other girl I hear of seems to be a Lily Rose or a Tilly May or some other variation.

Elsie Jane?

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coneywonder · 03/07/2015 13:20

Thanks ladies. I don't know any Elsie babies at all. I know it's becoming popular though. My partners nana is called Elsie which is why we have chosen that name.

I shall run your suggestions by my other half, naming a human is hard!

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coneywonder · 03/07/2015 13:20

Elsie Jane is nice but Jane is my middle name think that matters?

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IncognitoBurrito · 03/07/2015 15:13

Elsie May! Lovely, it was my grandma's name. Don't like Mae so much - seems made up.

Iliveinalighthousewith2friendl · 03/07/2015 15:30

Love Elsie. It's gorgeous, but Not another Mae/May. For a MN.
How about something a bit more different.
Elsie Jade
Elsie Marie
Elsie Beth
Elsie Sophia
Elsie Jeanette
Elsie Kate
Elsie Louise
Elsie Jo

Sophronia · 03/07/2015 19:53

Elsie Jane is lovely, much nicer than Elsie May/Mae.

EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 03/07/2015 19:54

Please lose the May if you can think of a better one, but if you must, May with no hyphen, never, ever Mae

Baguettes · 03/07/2015 19:55

Elsie is nice. May / Mae overused and uninspiring.

There are some lovely middle names out there...do you have any others in mind?

AGnu · 03/07/2015 20:00

In my family the eldest child of each gender gets the respective of the same gender parent's middle name. My middle name has been passed down for 4 or 5 generations so far. I love the tradition but it looks like it'll stop with me unless I can convince DH to get me upduffed with a female foetus. He's saying no more DC. Sad

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coneywonder · 03/07/2015 20:04

I really cannot think or have seen any other name I like. I have completely gone off May now too. Back to square one haha

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annatha · 03/07/2015 20:07

I prefer the more traditional May to go with a traditional first name (which I love!) But as others have said its very popular. My dd's middle name is Maye after Glen Maye on the Isle of Man but I doubt she'll be the only one of her friends with that MN. I wouldn't see having the same mn as a problem, lots of boys have the same first name as their dads after all.

Sansfards · 03/07/2015 20:08

Mabel instead of May?

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coneywonder · 03/07/2015 20:09

My partner says my middle name is also too commonly used and doesn't like it. Haha. At least if we have a boy we have a name picked out for him!!

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nannyplumislostinspace · 03/07/2015 20:15

May/Mae is so popular as a middle name at the moment. I really don't like it.

Elsie Jane is lovely

silverglitterpisser · 03/07/2015 20:15

Elsie is a nice name without the May/Mae (n I've seen it Mai too Shock ). Is it a middle name to only b used on paperwork etc or will u refer to her as Elsie May / Elsie-May?

Every other girl under about 7 has a -May or a May on the end of perfectly nice names, I don't like the trend personally but if u r dead set on it then I think May is the nicest of the 3 spelling options.

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coneywonder · 03/07/2015 20:18

I think I'll drop a middle name if I can't think of one. It won't be hyphenated anyway she would be known as Elsie but everyone on my side of the family has middle names you see

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silverglitterpisser · 03/07/2015 20:43

Elsie is nice, Elsie May is nice too as actual first n middle names iyswim. Great that u r not hyphenating it Smile .

spiderlight · 03/07/2015 20:52

May is better - Mae looks weird and unfinished to me, somehow. I had a lovely, lovely great-auntie called Elsie Maria (pronounced as in Mariah Carey) if that's any help to you!

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coneywonder · 03/07/2015 20:57

Thanks ladies :)

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GotTheKey · 05/07/2015 18:35

If you're going to add May then I'd use the May spelling. I work with kids and adding Mae to the end has become popular and also I would say is not associated with being pretentious but perhaps the other end of the spectrum :-/

NoArmaniNoPunani · 05/07/2015 18:42

Mae is the older spelling. But both spellings are overused now.