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Mamie & Maisie
by lac (guest)
10/29/2006, 10:30 AM
I really like the names Mamie and Maisie right now, but I don't think I like them as independent names. I know that they are nicknames for Mary and Margaret, respectively, but Mamie doesn't sound like Mary and Maisie doesn't sound like Margaret. I have two questions for you. First, WDYTO Mamie and Margaret? Second, can you think of any other names that sound more like Mamie and Maisie that could have those nicknames? All I can think of right now are Mame and Maise.
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- flavie (guest)
10/29/2006, 8:59 PM
Maisie and Mamie are cute. I especially like Maisie. Maybe the names Maia Mavis or Mason with nn Maisie. Maybe the names Mame Marmionne Marmara Marram Miriam or Maryam with nn Mamie.
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- Luxiana
10/29/2006, 8:55 PM
I can see how Mamie would grow on you. both names are very sweet, but I wouldn't use them as given names. Miriam could work as a full name to Mamiethese names could work as a full names to Maisie: Maxine
Massima
Marissa
Maresol
Rosemary
Luxiana
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- Julie (guest)
10/29/2006, 6:27 PM
Mame and Maise are awful. Mamie and Maisie are adorable though! I'd use Mary and Margaret, nn Mamie and Maisie. (But not together as siblings.)
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- gigibee (guest)
10/29/2006, 5:26 PM
I love both Mamie and Maisie, although I like Maisie better. I agree with iris that they are so far removed from Mary and Margaret that they can stand alone.
Even though both are longer than May, I think each of them could be used as a nn for May. Well, maybe I'm stretching, just because I love the name May so much.
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- Lizzie_Jay (guest)
10/29/2006, 2:08 PM
Oh: What about Marina? Marnie as a nn would be cute.
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- Lizzie_Jay (guest)
10/29/2006, 2:07 PM
I went to school with a Marnie (g). Her full name was Margueretta (sp?).
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- iris
10/29/2006, 1:36 PM
I like Mamie and Maisie although I like Mamie more than Maisie. Like you I don't care for them as nns for Mary and Margaret. I think they're removed enough in sound from their original sources that I would use them as freestanding names and not nns.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
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- lac (guest)
10/29/2006, 10:32 AM
CorrectionOne of the sentences above should read "WDYTO Mamie and Maisie" not "Mamie and Margaret".
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