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A middle name for May?

67 replies

Noodlesnoodlesnoodles · 23/03/2021 15:22

I'm looking for a nice middle name for May - at least two syllables. Feels trickier as usually May is the middle name! I like Welsh names, nature names and mythology names in particular, but open to all suggestions 😊

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Bouny · 23/03/2021 20:17

I don’t think May flows at all well with a longer middle name.
Maybe call her Robyn May or whatever and just use the middle name?

KirstenBlest · 23/03/2021 20:23

I'm not keen on Mai either - it's too popular as a middle name.

A friend's mother was a May, born in April.

May Eluned?

Chilldonaldchill · 23/03/2021 20:26

May Carys
May Seren
May Eleanor
May Emilia
May Catherine
May Caroline
May Rowena
May Rowan

tiredmum2468 · 23/03/2021 20:32

May-belle?

MrsBDarcy · 23/03/2021 20:32

Louisa

Noodlesnoodlesnoodles · 23/03/2021 20:32

@KirstenBlest

I'm not keen on Mai either - it's too popular as a middle name.

A friend's mother was a May, born in April.

May Eluned?

Eluned is nice
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Noodlesnoodlesnoodles · 23/03/2021 20:35

@Itsjustaride8w737

Why use a middle name op?

May is a beautiful name, it doesn't need a generic slightly crappier middle name, it will take away from it's simplicity.

I'd leave the middle name out unless there's a relatives name you'd like to use.

I have another daughter, so would feel a bit bad about giving one a middle name and leaving the other without one.
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tiredmum2468 · 23/03/2021 20:40

May Fleur
May Rose/Rosa
May Hazel
May Sophia
May Grace

Or even use May as the middle name and use something else as a first name

Some lovely suggestions

Thefaceofboe · 23/03/2021 20:44

I absolutely love May as a first name. Really refreshing to hear Smile

yellowlorry123 · 23/03/2021 20:52

Belline

imalmostthere · 23/03/2021 20:53

May Emmanuelle
May Emmeline
May Evelyn
May Amelia
May Annabelle
May Aurora

I think it sounds best with an E or A after it for some reason!

Slothkin · 23/03/2021 20:56

I’m biased but I know a May Isabelle and I think it’s a lovely name for a lovely girl.

Chunkymenrock · 23/03/2021 21:04

Tamsin, Laura, Cerys, Sasha.

Noodlesnoodlesnoodles · 23/03/2021 21:08

I like both Cerys and Carys

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LifesLittleDeciders · 23/03/2021 21:11

Bea

Itsjustaride8w737 · 23/03/2021 21:28

I also have 2 girls, one has a middle name one doesn't.

partyatthepalace · 23/03/2021 21:55

I think you need something quite long and soft sounding - 3 syllables for balance. A lot of Welsh names are pretty but too short and sharp to contrast nicely with May -but most of the ones below are Celtic or mythological in some way

May Gwendoline
May Elowen
May Ysella (Ee-sella - Cornish)
May Isabeau
May Myfanwy
May Avalon
May Morgana
May Athena
May Serena
May Genevieve
May Gwinevere
May Sophia
May Marsali
May Davina

partyatthepalace · 23/03/2021 22:01

.... or if you do really want 2 syllables I think it needs to be quite soft - like Elspeth, Catherine, Frances etc -

rooarsome · 23/03/2021 22:11

May Elise
May Isolde
May Althea
May Selene

Chilldonaldchill · 23/03/2021 22:23

May Betsan
May Bethan

Evasmissingletter · 23/03/2021 22:55

@KirstenBlest

Binotte Containnuts Belline Nardbassett Nevent
Containnuts😂😂
lovelychops · 23/03/2021 23:14

Some of the 'hilarious' comments are really twatty. Why bother? 🙄 Confused

FontyMcFontface · 23/03/2021 23:31

May Betsan
May Angharad
May Eluned
May Elinor
May Llywela
May Siân
May Gwendolyn

May Aneris
May Persephone
May Phoebe
May Phaedra

Teaseall · 24/03/2021 00:44

May Elizabeth?

MobyDicksTinyCanoe · 24/03/2021 00:48

May Anne

May Louise

May Grace

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