Faye/Mae?

Nanna · December 2010

I randomly tossed these name ideas out to my H fully expecting him to give them a quick veto, but he surprised me by really liking them. Thoughts?

I think I prefer the Faye spelling, but could go either way with May/Mae. My mom's middle name is Maye but I don't think I could saddle a kid with this spelling for their first name.

Also, we had planned to give our daughter the mn Dale, after my dad, but if we end up choosing a one-syllable fn, this won't happen. If you dig either of these names, got a mn suggestion to go with it?

Zeedling · December 2010

I like Faye alot more than Mae but it may be because I know a Faye and she is an amazing person (in her 40s).

For mn I think many 2 or 3 sylllables names would work well with Faye depending on what your last name is

starlight8323 · December 2010

Faye = Yes

Mae = Yes

Maye =

It's hard to think of a middle name for these, because every time I've seen them actually used, they have actually been the middle name.

My great-grandmother went by Mae. I never knew until a few months ago that it was her middle name (her first name was actually Cora).

Sorry I'm not much help, but I think you are headed in the right direction!

LMS05 · December 2010

I like Mae a lot! I don't like Faye at all.

jessicasuzann · December 2010

I like them both. We're considering Fay as a MN, to honor DH's grandmother. And DD is Maeve, which is close to Mae in spelling. (Her middle name is longer, to balance the 1 syllable first name: Suzannah--to honor my mother.)

tmae002 · December 2010

My middle name is Mae, a family name. I love it now because it means a lot and it is not very common in my generation. Though Mae is slightly old fashioned, I dislike Faye because it reminds me of an old lady. And I had a grouchy teacher, Ms. Faye. Good luck.

AJBMD915 · December 2010

I prefer Mae to May/Maye. I also prefer Mae over Faye. I think my prejudice of Faye is simply because there's an old biddie at church named Faye Anne and I can't stand her, lol.

There's a Mae Rebecca in my local LLL, although I don't think it goes. My DD's MN is May (my maternal grandmother and DH's paternal grandmother both had the MN spelled "May"). We wanted to use it as a first name but couldn't come up with a middle name we both liked.

Mae Lillian

Mae Katherine

Mae Caroline

Mae Elizabeth

I feel like it should be a longer name. Just my 2 cents. Love love Mae!