Mae vs May spelling

hopefuldog

We are strongly considering this for a middle name. Is one more of a "real" name than another? We are okay with spelling it either way. Will our child have to spell it it out for others either way we choose? (I prefer names that have one main spelling). Any thoughts? Thank you!

Cherylwang

I see Mae as a name. And May as a month.

MarieEmery

I agree with CharlieFox.

My daughter's middle name is Mae - she is named after my great grandmother.

BC&LM

I think either could work, but Mae looks better.

orangecrush32

It depends on what the first name is for me. Then I'd pick whichever spelling looked nicer with it.

apmom

I love Mae.

hopefuldog

Thank you ladies! Looks like Mae is definitely the more popular option. We are unsure of a first name (and team green for that matter).

LaurensMomma1105

I'm a 7th generation woman with the middle name "Mae". All the firstborn girls on my mothers side are saddled with the name. I say "saddled" because I absolutely detest my middle name. I love the history behind it and that I have that link to my mom, grandma, great-grandma, etc... but I really, really hate my middle name. I absolutely love my first name though "Kristen"

I had a daughter last year and my mom insisted that I use Mae as her middle name. I didn't. I decided to break the cycle and use Marjorie for her middle name since that was my grandmothers first name. I thought it was a nice way of honoring her, while not giving my poor baby the same awful middle name that I've had to deal with.

hopefuldog

LaurensMomma1105 said:

I'm a 7th generation woman with the middle name "Mae". All the firstborn girls on my mothers side are saddled with the name. I say "saddled" because I absolutely detest my middle name. I love the history behind it and that I have that link to my mom, grandma, great-grandma, etc... but I really, really hate my middle name. I absolutely love my first name though "Kristen"

I had a daughter last year and my mom insisted that I use Mae as her middle name. I didn't. I decided to break the cycle and use Marjorie for her middle name since that was my grandmothers first name. I thought it was a nice way of honoring her, while not giving my poor baby the same awful middle name that I've had to deal with.

Why do you detest the name Mae?

CruiseGirl28

We are using May for the middle name. Our anniversary is in May and since we are naming her for the month, we kept the spelling.

LaurensMomma1105

hopeful0328 said:

I'm a 7th generation woman with the middle name "Mae". All the firstborn girls on my mothers side are saddled with the name. I say "saddled" because I absolutely detest my middle name. I love the history behind it and that I have that link to my mom, grandma, great-grandma, etc... but I really, really hate my middle name. I absolutely love my first name though "Kristen"

I had a daughter last year and my mom insisted that I use Mae as her middle name. I didn't. I decided to break the cycle and use Marjorie for her middle name since that was my grandmothers first name. I thought it was a nice way of honoring her, while not giving my poor baby the same awful middle name that I've had to deal with.

Why do you detest the name Mae?

I feel like it's a real hillbilly name. When I told DH what my middle name was when we first started dating he said, "Not our kids though, right?" When people ask what the "M" is for, they're always like, "oh"...