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I like both May and Mae, but if I named a child Maeve I would call her Maeve, because it is lovely.

My preference is...................................

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Drum roll please! May. This was my great aunt's name and I'm loving the family connection. I also like it as a nickname for Mary-Elizabeth!

I really like Mae (this spelling) as a mn. I decided about five or six years ago that I was going to name a future daughter of mine Ruby Mae. Well I don't know if I'm still going to use that combo, but I still love it.

Maylie
Maysen
Mayra
Maya
Macy

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I like the name Mae Elena or Maye Elena.

I like Mae, better than May because Mae seems more like a name, Rather than a month or a verb. However, Mae will always seem a little incomplete to me because I LOVE the name Maeve. but prefer Meabh. I think Mae, would be a super cute nn for Meabh.

Beautiful, although I perfer them for middle names no matter how "Clice" they are.
I perfer the spelling Mae.

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"It's orange Ellen, orange! That's why they call it the red planet!!!" -Lakota

I like May/Mae too. Here are some ideas for full name although I think May/Mae would be fine on its own.:
Mavis
Mayleigh
Meda Maida Mayda
Maia Maya
Esmee
Maybelle Mabel Mable Maible
Magdalene Magda
Maisie
Magnolia
Mamie Maymie
Maya
Mayla
Mason
Maydena
Maidel
Maitlin
Macon
Meagan Megan
Metteya
Mazal
Maelene Maelyn
Ellamae
Rosamae

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This message was edited 5/22/2006, 8:33 PM

I like just Mae. It's very cute. I would use it as a middle name though.

May/Mae makes me think of someone sweet and cute... then again it also reminds me of a name that has a Southern touch... especially spelt like May.

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I prefer Mae. I think it is a nice name... Maeve is alright, but it is only one syllable, much like Mae... if I was going to call my daughter Mae, I would just name her Mae.

This is my number one girls' name at the moment! :D

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I prefer May; it just looks better to me.

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-- Sarah

Oh, it's a toss-up.

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I like May because of the month, and it would probably be the first spelling other people would use. I believe it's also the spelling used for the name in the song Slide.

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On the other hand, I think I like the E at the end better than the Y-- it just seems to make it more of a name for me, and it seems a little "snappier" (to use a word someone mentioned before, I think). So, if I had to choose, I'd choose Mae.

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IMO, Mae doesn't need to be a NN; it works perfectly well on its own. Maeve NN Mae is fine, though; actually, with Maeve being my current favorite girls' name, it's something I'd consider for a future hypothetical daughter. But it would be more of an affectionate NN rather than something she'd get called all the time rather than Maeve; I think Maeve's pretty short itself, so having a "permanent" NN for Maeve seems somewhat pointless to me. Not to mention I love the V sound in Maeve, so I wouldn't want to get rid of it completely. So, if you like both names and want to kill two birds with one stone, go ahead and do it, but ultimately, Mae makes a fine full name. :-D

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You starve and near exhaust me.
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I move the stars for no one."
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This message was edited 5/22/2006, 6:42 PM

I like Mae as a name

i'm feelin' mae...

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because its my mn!

I like them both!

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-Kaylen (aka Kay!)

I love the name May/Mae. Both spellings are great, but I think I slightly prefer Mae. I don't think that Mae needs to be a nickname for anything. It is a great name by itself.

I prefer Mae to May simply because May looks like an unfinished sentence, as in Augusta May Rainier--Augusta may what? :) And Mae just looks far snappier and has more of a backbone to it, IMO; I think it's because I associate it with the amazing Mae West.

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Mae doesn't need to be a nickname, particularly not for Maeve. Maeve is so short on its own that nn-ing her Mae really seems pointless to me.

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I prefer Mae either as a first name or half of a double first name. Ruby Mae, for example, is a huge guilty pleasure of mine--after the song "Ruby Mae" by Indigo Swing, which is seriously one of the coolest songs ever.

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Some combos you might like:

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Mae Aurora (reminds me of Mae Amelia, as in the book Our Only Mae Amelia, I think)
Mae Estella / Mae Estelle (can you feel the jazz in Mae Estella? Gosh, that's hot.)
Stella Mae Helena (because I'd rather she be a Stella Mae and have a different middle name)
Mae Cordelia (a bit like Small Anne Cordelia, perhaps? :)
Mae Ophelia

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I love Mae as a fn. It's usually relegated to the mn position and I've never understood why. I think of it as a nn for Mary, since George V's wife Queen Mary went by Mae among the family. But I've seen it listed as a nn for Margaret too.

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Maeve, nn Mae works. But I wonder why one syllable Maeve needs a nn. It's up to you, of course. I think Mae can stand on its own as a fn just fine. It makes a sweet and refreshing change of pace.

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By the way, I prefer the Mae spelling, because May looks like a verb / auxiliary (I can never remember the right word). As a fn, "May I . . . ." Or as a mn, "Isabelle may . . . " Sister Lorena is smiling down on me. :-)