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This tops my list of girl names, but I strongly prefer the spelling May.
Tremendous choice!

I like, a lot.

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Mae is my favorite spelling - it brings to mind the actress and a few other cool women. Difficult to find a middle name that flows, which is the problem with most one syllable first names.

I love Mae/May, especially as a first name. I think as a mn it can often make names sound too little girl-ish or cutesy. I am constantly going back and forth on spelling; I really like both. I guess most people would spell it May, and Mae might be spelled wrong often. However, that might differ depending on the location. I have trouble coming up with combos, though. They never seem to flow quite right with such a short fn.

I believe May or Mae can be a nn for Mary or Margaret. I like it. It does sound nice as a mn though. There is a little girl in my daughter's gymnastics class named Anna Mae.

i love both spellings, Mae is a family name

I prefer Mae. My grandmothers sister is named Maj, which is the Swdish word for May. Mai is also a spelling.

I prefer Mae but I would never use it as a fn a mn maybe.

I adore it as a fn, Mae Violet is my favourite combo.
I don't really have a prefered spelling...it depends how it looks as a combo. For example I like Arabella May and Mae Violet.

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I think it is so beautiful...its simplicity is its charm.

Mae is very cool, but I prefer it a mn, and not just a filler one.

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Nearly everyone in my grandmother's generatione bears this as a middle name, but it is still very pretty!

I like the name as a first name, though I haven't heard such. I definitely agree with elmh23 with having it used with a multiple syllable last name, unless a middle name was used with May, like May Amelia. (Personally one of my favorite books by Jennifer L. Holm) Her last name was Jackson.

This message was edited 12/26/2006, 9:03 PM

It's so snappy and smart as Mae (Mae West brings a lot of pizazz to it), and as May, it's sweet and old-fashioned (Louisa May Alcott).

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I personally prefer Mae, because it looks very 40s to me, for some reason. Maybe because I think of Madonna's character in A League of Their Own (not a bad association, heh). I can definitely see a Mae of today with a purse she made herself, cat-eye glasses, and a cute shaggy haircut--and I have to admit that that's how I judge the worth of many names. Does he or she sound like she could be geeky and cool and a little bit off-kilter? Then it's cool with me. ;) Kind of a poor way of judging, maybe, but it's one way to thin the herd.

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This message was edited 12/26/2006, 8:51 PM

I love Mae and if our last name was longer than one syllable, I'd use it!