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I like May. Mae feels a little contrived and overly cutesy, and that spelling makes me want to pronounce it like the Japanese word for 'before/in front of'. It also feels misspelled in the same way as Lilly-- because there is an English word that's so close, something like Lilly or Mae instead of Lily or May looks "kre8yv" even if it has a history and isn't full of random y's. I know Lilly comes from a nickname for Elizabeth and Mae comes from a nickname for Margaret, Mary, etc., they don't actually come from misspellings of the words Lily and May, but that's still what they come across like to me.
I still think it looks nice (it's not an awkward-looking spelling at all) and it's very cute, I don't hate it or even dislike it, I just wouldn't choose it over May.

This message was edited 7/8/2023, 7:26 PM