Opinions on the name May?

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May Arabella is what I’m thinking.

Opinions?

Going off-topic re. your April story - I know someone called Thursday who was born on a Friday - insanity!!!

I much prefer May Arabella to Arabella May. May as a first name is relatively unusual - really sweet and unfussy.

I once knew a Mae and she was lovely. I prefer that spelling too.

I think I prefer this spelling as well.

May is lovely however I personally don’t like names that can’t be shortened.

How about Maeve, shortened to Mae?

It's OK but a bit bland. I like that it can't be shortened. I prefer Mary, which May is a diminutive for.

The Mae and Mai spellings are bad, and I don't like Maeve.

Not what's being aske but I also dislike single syllable middle names. They seem pointless and it tends to be the same ones used for most children.

It’s nice, pretty and classic - assuming she is due in May, if not it’s a bit weird

@user2848502016 , it's a diminutive of Mary, so can be used for a baby born in any month, but might get a comments about not being born in the month.

Soft spot for the name as it was nans middle name .

I considered as a middle name but was put off by all the hyphenated May names .

I actually really like it! And the spelling Mae.

Stunning as a first name. I’ve never understood why May is so underused (as a first name) when fellow current ubiquitous middle names Rose and Grace are fairly popular as first names too.

May has everything going for it - quite international, easy to pronounce, currently fashionable (it fits all the trends as a retro name, a flower name AND a “nickname” style name) yet it still feels fairly classic and suits all ages. And of course she’ll also fit in at school, as at least a couple of the other girls in her class will probably have it as a middle name.

ETA: Arabella is nice enough but quite frilly in comparison imo. Personally I’d rather be a May than an Arabella and I’ve met so many Bella’s (pets and children). And no need to be born in the same month for May - it was traditionally a popular Victorian floral name (like Rose, Lily, Daisy etc) rather than especially associated with the Month like April or June.

I have a month name, and was not born in that month. I spent a lot of time explaining to adults that no, they did t know what month I was born in as a child.
May is a pretty name, easy to spell and I wish my bloody mother had called me May, because I actually was born in that month!

It's a really dull and bland name.

It’s lovely. A classic that has stood the test of time

My nan was May Isabella. May is a lovely name!

I’ve got a Mae. Everyone says on these threads that it’s common and Boring. Yet I’ve only ever met two May/Mae’s in real life-one her and one a very lovely twinkly old lady I looked after when I first started work.
yes it’s overused as a middle name. But few people use their middle names anyway. May is a pretty month and a pretty name IMO.