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May

12 replies

bcccc · 03/10/2020 16:55

Opinions on May as a first name for a girl?

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NannyR · 03/10/2020 16:59

I love it - it's way too overused as a middle name but quite unusual as a first name.

DramaAlpaca · 03/10/2020 16:59

Lovely. I agree with @NannyR.

bcccc · 03/10/2020 17:03

Thank you - I love it but like you say it's very overused as a middle name. Coincidentally it's my birth month.

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why2020 · 03/10/2020 17:08

I like it but think the spelling Mae or Mai looks nicer

Auto · 03/10/2020 17:15

It's a lovely name and unusual as a first name.

bcccc · 03/10/2020 17:34

Thanks for your opinions I'm glad you like it

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Oneandabean · 03/10/2020 17:38

It’s nice, if you want something longer you can have Maeve with nn mae, but if just May definitely stick with the original spelling.

@why2020 Mai is Welsh and pronounced my so a bit different.

missmouse101 · 03/10/2020 17:44

It was lovely but is now completely over used as a middle name and so I have gone right off it.

daisypond · 03/10/2020 17:47

I like it as a first name a lot.

MikeUniformMike · 03/10/2020 18:56

Mae is awful. Mai is pronounced My.

May is ok as a first name (used as a form of Mary) but overused as a mn.

bcccc · 03/10/2020 19:34

Yeah it is really overused as a mn! My little cousins middle names are Rae and Mae.

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FartnissEverbeans · 03/10/2020 21:22

Mai is also an Arabic name. Pronunciation is somewhere between My and May.

I love it - both May and Mai

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