Torn on this name

[BruceAndMarley]

My husband and I are having a girl due in about 8 weeks time. It’s our first child.
It’s been a very rough pregnancy , things are getting better but I’m high risk and it’s just been hard. She is perfect but my mental health has been very bad (I won’t bore you with that though).

We love the name Grace. I know some people may say it’s very bland , or boring or common, but we love it-The thing we are torn with is her middle name and whether to either double barrel or to even name her Gracie rather than grace ?
So here’s what we have:
Gracie May
Gracie Mae
Gracie-Mae
Obviously Grace Mae doesn’t really go as it’s two one syllable names and doesn’t sound right to us, but what would you do? Or would you drop that all together and have another middle name ? We initially thought Grace Elizabeth Mary as those are two family names but it’s too long and too much of a mouthful !
Any advise ?
Thanks :)

My niece is Grace so I'm biased . We called her Gracie for a short while as a toddler, but she soon grew out of it and became Grace again.

Don't put Gracie on the BC, as a Grace she can use Gracie instead if she prefers it.

It's a lovely classic name. Grace Elizabeth is absolutely gorgeous, as is Grace Elizabeth Mary. Mary is only four letters so I don't think it makes it too long, and nice to honour both grandmothers.

I know a Grace Mary Rose, Mary and Rose for both grandmothers which I think is a fabulous name.

Just saw your update, Grace Elizabeth is a great choice

Best of luck with the final stretch.

I love the name Grace. Grace Elizabeth or Grace Elizabeth Mary are beautiful names and go well together. If Mary is significant to you, I would use it. It's okay to have two middle names.

Might have to go for our original choice of Elizabeth Mary as middle names as the feedback is so lovely , I wasn’t sure if it seemed too long but it would be wonderful to be able to honour our grandparents with the two middle names . And you’re right when you say we won’t be saying her full name so even if it is a tad long , it’s not like she’ll be called it day to day.
I’m so glad I asked for advise on here thank you!

@IsFuzzyBeagMise thank you! So close to the end now !
Yes Mary is my husbands Grandmas name and Elizabeth’s is my grandmas name. It would be a lot more meaningful than Mae/May to be honest !

Go for it, @BruceandMarley. It's so beautiful, Grace Elizabeth Mary. As you say, she will be called Grace on a day to day basis.

I would have used the name Grace for one of my girls, but it didn't go well with our surname. I also made a connection to relatives with our children's middle names. It is a lovely thing to do. In your case, all three names are beautiful classical names, so the combination works perfectly.

Let us know when she gets here. Take care and very best wishes!

I think just Grace on the birth certificate and you can Nickname her Gracie. The 2 middle names are also lovely with it. Very elegant name.

Grace Elizabeth Mary sounds beautiful! Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy, she'll soon be here to cuddle

@IsFuzzyBeagMise thank you so much, I will be sure to check back and let you know when she’s arrived . I have a growth scan next week which will be lovely x

Grace Elizabeth Mary is beautiful... and nice initials too!

Another one echoing Grace Elizabeth Mary, Grace is such an elegant name.
Wishing you all the best with her arrival and I hope things get considerably easier for you.

I would go for just classic and timeless Grace - you can always nickname her Gracie. Anything with Mae after it sounds and is very common imo - it seems to be the one name I hear shrieked in a supermarket more than any other!

Grace Elizabeth as someone suggested is beautiful.

I'll be looking forward to getting the good news of her arrival :) yes, I hadn't thought about the initials of G.E.M. !

So glad you decided on just Grace! Diminutive names on birth certificates are naff and anything-Mae is literally the worst.

Gracie May - Just Grace and use Mary as a middle name
Gracie Mae - Mae is awful
Gracie-Mae - No.

Sorry about you not being well, and I hope things are better for you. now.

May/Mae is overused as a name, and your DD will be born in August probably. May was used as a form of Mary, a lovely underused name, so I suggest it as a MN. Please don't add -Mae.

Grace Elizabeth is nice too.

Grace Elizabeth Mary Surname is GEM Surname, which is quite sweet.

Grace Elizabeth Mary is wonderful, and GEM is a great bonus.

Grace Elizabeth Mary is lovely and classic. It sounds sophisticated

Gracie Mae / May is not and sounds downmarket

I would go with Grace Elizabeth Mary.
Grace is lovely and honouring both sides of the family will be so meaningful.
Hope it all goes smoothly

Grace Elizabeth Mary is a beautiful name, hope all goes well.

Grace Elizabeth is beautiful - congratulations on your pregnancy!

Personally I'd go for Elizabeth Grace, but I do think Grace Elizabeth Mary would be nice, and in that case I would use Gem as a nickname.

I echo what almost every other poster has said & my eldest has the middle name May. only grateful for the fact I didn’t spell it Mae I really regret it, Though May is beautiful it’s so popular It’s lost it’s spark.

Whole heartedly agree that Grace Elizabeth Mary is by far the most lovely & sophisticated. You won’t regret it!

I love Grace Elizabeth Mary & the initials GEM. Lovely

@BruceAndMarley My little girl actually has a Gracie- hyphenated name but not Mae/May. There is a Gracie-May in her school though and I do agree with others that this combination and indeed -May as a hyphenation in general is very ubiquitous. I obviously am biased but I love the name Gracie, I think it’s a gorgeous, vintage, country style name, brings to mind Gracie Fields or a southern belle. I only hyphenated because I wanted her middle name to be ‘seen’ rather than a middle no one knew about, but I never expected to hear the full thing, she hardly ever gets called the whole name but her headteacher insists on it which is nice to hear. She’s often just known as Gracie, I often call her the other name in the hyphenation but that’s just me. Far too many people shorten further to Grace which drives me round the bend because while it’s a lovely name, if I’d wanted to call her Grace I would’ve and I didn’t anticipate 2 syllables would be too taxing for people. However I imagine conversely a little Grace would probably be lengthened to Gracie a lot at least in childhood which is fine as long as you’re happy with either. I do agree that hyphenations have acquired quite a ‘common’ vibe and there was a definite trend which is very of its time. I still love my daughters name, however I’d concur with others in avoiding the particular combination Gracie-May and Grace Elizabeth Mary or Gracie Elizabeth Mary are both lovely ☺️