Mae/May/Mai?

[Raindrop87]

Thinking of using Mae/May/Mai as a middle name for Clementine...

Firstly what do you think? And which spelling??

May. The other two have become so chavvy.

I think Clementine June sounds really beautiful, it makes me picture a little girl in a sunflower field (just me?) I think a short middle name is best and I agree it should be as fabulous as Clementine or it might just feel a bit...pointless? If that’s the correct word.

It is ridiculously overused. Every girl who doesn’t have Rose or Grace has May as a middle name, usually hyphenated. It’s the Louise of the 80s.

I don’t think it actually goes with Clementine (which I love).

I think something longer can work.

Clementine Alice
Clementine Elizabeth
Clementine Isabel
Clementine Sienna
Clementine Maeve
Clementine Mabel
Clementine Rebecca

Yeah I think I might move away from May...

Grace was another on my list, why are some middle names so overused? 🙈

May. The others are overused / chavvy.

The best iteration is May. I in fact associate it with the wild flower/bush. Mai is odd - would you pronounce it like the French month of May? Mae is too try hard. Loads of Ella-Mae's and the like around too

I see a pp point of view about May/June not being used if not a significant month and it wouldn't be as will be a November baby...

Welshy here, agreeing with previous posters that Mae and Mai are Welsh words both pronounced 'my'.

I think you're right to stay single syllable, seems better.

Clementine felicity
Clementine joy
Clementine Amanda
Clementine annalise
Clementine sophia
Clementine juliette

I am liking longer middle names

If you are keen on a link to her birth month then perhaps:

Clementine Topaz (November birthstone)
Clementine Autumn

This post from the British Baby Names blog has some thoughts on naming a November baby.

I think Clementine Olivia sounds quite elegant...

Clementine Olivia is much nicer than Clementine May.

Clementine Olivia is lovely. Aurelia would also work.

Of the May spellings I would only use May.

I love Clementine Niamh, Clementine Eve and Clementine Wren.

I like Mae!

Yeah, I like Mae too. Like Mae West, long gone Hollywood actress/comedienne.
Not so keen on Clementine though... "tene" or "tyne"? I prefer Clemency.

I get that Clementine isn't for everyone but we love it so that's a certainty, it's just a case of middle name...

My DD1's middle name is May after a much loved family member. She hates it and thinks her name sounds like a country and western singer. She at 22 has used it as social media name as she's an NQT and pupils will never find her. But her first is only two syllables.

Clementine Evie?

Clementine Millie?

I don’t think Evie or Millie work. For one they are nicknames which is odd for a middle name, but to my ear the ‘ee’ sound is fussy after the ‘i’ sound in Clementine.

Clementine Eve
Clementine Evelyn

Clementine Eden?

Clementine Olivia is lovely.

I don’t think Millie or Evie work either. And they are also immensely popular, although not as middle names I guess. Millie and Evie are faddy names.

Clementine Olivia is lovely.

We have Mae as a middle name as it was Dh grannies name