Thoughts on Mae/May as standalone first name

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Basically what the title of the thread says.

Thanks

It's ok, inoffensive but a bit dull. Prefer it as a first name to the ubiquitously used middle name though. Also prefer Faye, which is similar but does not have the month/ spelling issue.

Mai isn't like 'pie'. Its like 'I'.

'Pie' and 'I' (and Mai) will rhyme for some accents though.

Fuckability genuine question - in what accent don't they rhyme? How do you pronounce 'pie'?

I like May. Prefer Faye (similar).

I had a Great Aunt May (shortened from Mabel)

Pie I and Mai all rhyme

I'm from south wales. In my accent pie rhymes with eye, my, fly. But Mai is like I, or Kai. Its hard to type what I mean without using the phonetic alphabet, but its the difference between the vowel beginning with 'uh' and beginning with 'ah'.
I accept they are the same in some accents, but not in Welsh.

Understood. I am used to a north Wales accent where there isn't really a difference.

Nevertheless, the point stands - Mai isn't an alternative to May/Mae if you want to preserve the 'ay' sounds.

yes, i totally agree with you on that point. its a HUGE personal annoyance when people use 'Mai' and pronounce it as May.

When i said in welsh, i did, of course, mean south walian welsh. you lot up north are a law unto yourselves

I would only consider Mae acceptable if short for Maeve. Otherwise it looks fake and an attempt at being cool. Sorry. May is lovely.

I'm from South Wales and they all rhyme the same to me. I think Mae is great, Mae West was brilliant.

Prefer May, it's lovely.

Hmm never thought of Mauve... might put it to OH

I like it, prefer the May spelling

I don't like it.

After Theresa May?

Love it !
Definitely May.

I think May is really pretty on its own

I'm finding the typical one syllable middle names make really pretty first names. May, Rose, Leigh, Rae, Anne, etc

May is lovely. Mae is trashy.

I like it. I would use May not Mae though, Mae will date her to the 2010s.

I do love single syllable girl's names. It struck me as lovely when I heard a little girl called Eve a few years ago and it's become one of my favs.

May, Eve, Rose - all lovely.

I like May or May, but I love Maeve

Is Maeve pronounced 'meev' though, not 'mayv'? The one I knew, an old lady in the 70s, said 'meev'....

Hmm... not entirely sure on how to pronounce it. I would have thought like mayve but could be wrong

I have a Mae, we love it, (no we are not hillbillies) she loves that it's not ' the month of May'.

Mae is the traditional shortening for Mabel which means 'much loved' .