Mae or May

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Baby girl was born over the weekend, first name was already chosen and we've settled on Mae/May as middle. I prefer Mae (I think)
Opinions?

I prefer mae myself to be honest.. and congratulations 🎊

My daughters middle name is mae but honestly there's millions of them and I regret not giving her a different one 🤷‍♀️

I think Mae has been done to death tbh. Dd1 has May as a middle name after her grandmother, I think Mae is prettier but we went with tradition

May/e is a total snooze as a middle name, and actually is feeling a bit passe now. That said, of the two spellings I prefer May.

May/Mae are both awful. No substance to either of them and painfully common. It’s turned into the new Grace/Rose/Joy, every other little girl has it as a middle name

Filler middle name. Mae is awful.
Mary is much nicer

I prefer May.

May. Always go for the more obvious spelling.

I would think of something else, it is so common but if you have to use it spell it properly.

My DD has the middle name may, but spelt Mai after her grandmother

May is a much name then Spelt Mae which looks tacky. I know Mae is meant to cute but it looks tacky.

May. ALWAYS go for the correct spelling, specially when in doubt.

My middle name is Mae. Go with May

I much prefer the Mae spelling for a first name, it gives me vintage vibes. But as a middle name, definitely May.

DD middle name is Mae after her grandmother so I prefer that spelling. Congratulations on your baby

Definitely May. Mae has been played to death and there are millions of them.

I just don't get "Mae", because people use it presumably with the same pronunciation as May but to me it doesn't work. The "ae" letters don't work.
Algae has an "ee" sound.
Caesar has an "ee" sound.
Antennae has an "i" sound.
Maestro has an "i" sound.
Yet for some reason Mae should be May? Just spell it May.

May. Mae seems a bit cheap somehow.

Why though? It's just everywhere. It's so overdone. Do you genuinely love it? Or have you just been swept up in the craze? There are so many lovelier names out there.

Mae

Ignore the negativity OP, Mae is lovely. I prefer that spelling.

Mae is the old English spelling for the white flowers that appear on Hawthorn hedges in spring incidentally-not for the month-so it's not tacky or new fangled-in fact the total opposite. It might be a bit overused but that's because it's pretty I suppose an goes well with lots of other names.

May was a diminutive of Mary. Molly, Polly, Maisie etc are alternatives.
The hawthorn flowers were named after the month, not the other way round.

May as a middle name seems frumpy, and Mae as pp has a cheapish vibe.

May/Mae had been done to death. Every girl and I really mean every girl has May/Rose/Grace as a middle name. It’s so overused it’s dull.

There are so many Evie Mays, Lily Mays, Isla May, Olivia Mays, Ivy Mays, Poppy Mays….

Gracie-Mae x3
Ava-Mae x1
Evie-Mae x2
– and I don’t know many children under 20.

Neither, they are both so dull and as PP said, cheap 🥱