How would you pronounce ...

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Mey/Mei

Would you pronounce it like May or My?

Which one do you prefer if you had to choose?

I'd pronounce Mey as May and assume it was a yooneek spelling.

I'd pronounce Mei as May because it reminds me of Chow Mei(n).

I prefer May/Mae.

I'd use Mae if you don't like May.

I hate Mey. It's like Meh. Or a bleating noise a goat makes.

Mei if you don't want to use May or Mae.

I think your choices are cute. Love Mei :)

Mey is an actual name.
Is it? Where from? What does it mean ?

I'd pronounce it as "bullshit." You're about to do an epic dripfeed or you're trying to stir up an argument. There, I helped you ;-)

Mey is an actual name.

Perhaps so, but it's rare enough that Darkgreener doesn't have any statistics for it since 1996. So people will ask questions, and she / you will have to explain you picked it just because you didn't like May / Mae

@whatausername

I'd pronounce it as "bullshit." You're about to do an epic dripfeed or you're trying to stir up an argument. There, I helped you ;-)

Asking others for their opinion on my daughter's name is stirring up an argument?

There's a Mey (May) castle.

There are different spellings for most names so that's not a concern of ours.

Of course there are different spellings but if you're trying to go to such lengths to avoid one spelling and the end result is that people default to the spelling you couldn't use for some reason anyway why not just use the spelling people are going to end up using and save the poor child a lifetime of explanations?

May but would assume Japanese, otherwise a bit cringe.

May

I think it seems a bit strange to not like the normal spelling? I teach many children whose names have been spelt in a unique way and they hate it. Job applications etc they just hate not having a normal name. If you like the name, use the name IMO

My niece is called Mei and it is pronounced 'May'.

My or meh?

You can't really get the A in May with an E in English.

I prefer the Mei spelling and would pronounce it May.

It's a Chinese name - why are people saying it's made up?

Mei or Mae is nice. Both pronounced May. Is that the pronunciation you were going for?

How about Mae?

I like Mei, but Mey just looks like a typo.

I’d pronounce both of them as “May”

@EileenGC

I prefer the Mei spelling and would pronounce it May.

It's a Chinese name - why are people saying it's made up?

I don't think anyone is saying Mei is made up. Those mentioning made up / unique names are referring to Mey.

Does it reflect your heritage or are you just trying to be different? I hate that shit. Just choose a name you like and like the spelling of.

My DC have names related to their heritage (both parents) so have an excuse for people not from here asking how to spell it. Otherwise it's just a bit daft.

@FuckingFlumps

There are different spellings for most names so that's not a concern of ours.

Of course there are different spellings but if you're trying to go to such lengths to avoid one spelling and the end result is that people default to the spelling you couldn't use for some reason anyway why not just use the spelling people are going to end up using and save the poor child a lifetime of explanations?

Perhaps I should have mentioned that it will be a NICKNAME for a longer name that starts with the letters M-E (hence our preference for the E spelling).

May. I pronounce my username as such.

Also finding it amusing how upset people are getting over a completely inoffensive name. Have you lot not got anything better to get wound up over? 🥱

Never seen so much attitude on a baby name thread 🤣

May and I would assume Chinese or Asian heritage