What do you think of Mei?

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Seen a few May's and a lot of Mae's but I realy like Mei. Just Mei.

It just looks like a name that's not been spelt properly. And a bit too much like 'meh'.

It is Chinese or Japanese and means pretty. I think it is rather lovely.

I like it. Isn't the little girl in the film "My Neighbour Totoro" called Mei?

lovely but sadly reminds me of Mei-Ming a little girl in the documentary the dying rooms

lovely name

I heard it in that film Bran \

Didn't Mei-Ming mean no name?

It's quite cute but I think the child would be forever explaining how to pronounce it.

If, say, I was an employer and was told I was meeting someone called Mei I would expect a Chinese lady to turn up. Nothing wrong with that, obviously, but if you are not of Chinese heritage your daughter will have to constantly correct everyone who will assume it is really "May". And I would imagine she might get bored of that.

I know a Mai but she is of Chinese heritage

Poor child would be constantly spelling it.

I don't know yow

I like May, or Mei/Mai if you have a Chinese connection.

I would wonder if it was pronounced 'my' if I saw it written down.

I would say it 'MY' if I saw it spelt Mei - is that the pronounciation you want?

to me it is short for Meilir, a welsh boy's name

i don't think Mei is pronounced May though.
think it's more like "my"

I know a Chinese Mei (pn May).

I think it's very pretty but I would assume that a person had Chinese or Japanese heritage from just seeing the name written down.

I would pronounce it as a Latin word, May-ee and it's the genitive form of "ego" (I) meaning "of me" so I would think it slightly weird to be honest.

Mei -Ming was pronounced May

I would have said Meh. Whereas, May is a lovely name and it's really obvious how to spell it. I don't understand why anyone would spell a name differently to the norm. It just looks pretentious to me and causes irritation for the person with the name who has to spell it all the time.

Take it from me with a maiden surname that NOONE could ever spell even though it seems obvious to me.

Just MO of course.

Meh....

All the Mei's I know are chinese and this is how its usually spelt when translated from chinese to english. The character means beautiful in both chinese and japanese(though pronounces Mi in Japanese I always thought Mimi to be a nice name for that reason ). I think if you like May, Mei's an nice alternative spelling which most people will pronounce correctly and gives the name an unusual twist.

Mai looks nicer. Mei does look like 'meh'.

what about the Welsh name Mai?