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Famous bearer is child actress Mae Whitman (born Mae Margaret Whitman).

-- Destry 4/14/2005

Mae also means "pearl" in Ancient Greek.

-- Anonymous User 8/29/2005

Mae West (born Mary Jane West) was a sexy siren of the silver screen starting in the early '30's.

-- breakofday 12/16/2005

Also short for Mary.

-- TheologicoPisco 1/28/2006

There is a character called Mae on the TV show Arrested Development, but she goes by her nickname, Maeby.

-- Anonymous User 3/16/2006

Mae Jamison - the first African-American woman in space.

-- Quazzimotto 6/18/2006

Also a shortened form of Maenell.

-- Anonymous User 10/5/2006

Mae Tuck is from the book and movie 'Tuck Everlasting'. She was the mother of Jesse and Miles.

-- caity-bear915 11/9/2006

Famour Bearer: Mae Questel was the voice actress for the cartoon character Betty Boop.

-- Anonymous User 11/12/2006

I think May is better, it just looks less rough around the edges.

-- Anonymous User 4/24/2007

My middle name is Mae and I really love it. It's very pretty, but simple. A lot of people are confused by the spelling, but you should spell the name of the month and the given name differently.

-- Anonymous User 5/5/2007

I love the name Mae, I think it makes a great middle name. Vivienne Mae or something of the sort. It's gorgeous and short. I like it better spelt this way then May.

-- roxhai 5/18/2007

Mae is my middle name, and I much prefer the spelling with an "e" versus a "y". MAE looks better in my opinion, MAY being far too common and modern looking. MAE reminds me of Old English spellings using 'ae' as (basically) one letter.

-- Maerob 6/28/2007

Mae West, a risque American actress of the 1940's.

-- cheex223 8/9/2007

Mae is my middle name too, Sara Mae. I also agree with the above poster about the AE in Mae it also reminds me of Æ though it would sound like Mah if it was used, which is nowhere near as pretty as Mae. I prefer it to May also.

-- SMHRS 10/31/2007

This is a very common middle name in the American South.

-- noparenthesis 11/9/2007

Mae is one of those filler middle names for people who don't really want to put the time into thinking of one.

-- scholasticastewart 12/19/2007

This name sounds like a generic middle name for a female redneck.

-- bananarama 9/14/2008

I like Mae, it's more original the May, and it's the middle name I am planning for my 1st daughter I will have.

-- Alma_ 5/5/2009

Mae is an indie/alternative rock band from the US that formed in 2001. For them it's an acronym for Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience.

-- ratz 3/20/2010

I really like Mae. It's simple and pretty without being too girly or cutesy. In my opinion this spelling is much better than May.

-- ratz 3/20/2010

Mae Mordabito was the name of a character in "A League of Their Own." She was played by Madonna and known by the nickname "All The Way Mae".

-- Madyson 2/6/2012

Totally love it. This was my grandmother's middle name and was recently passed onto my cousin. It's a more interesting variant of May and a great alternative to Marie as a middle name. It just sounds so simple and sweet.

-- jbr1234 10/8/2012

Actress Mae Murray (1889-1965).

-- moonbaby9307 12/29/2012

Much better spelling than May. It's a cute nickname for Marie :)

-- Oohvintage 1/12/2013

Also can be a nickname for Margaret. I think it's a lot prettier than marge/Madge, and a lot more unique than Maggie, although I like that too :)

-- Anonymous User 2/18/2013

I LOVE the name Mae. But I wouldn't want that to be my name alone, I would have it at the end of a common name to make more unique. I especially like the name "Daisy Mae". I don't know why, I guess because it seems everybody is named Daisy, and if you want a character to be named Daisy anyway, you can make it Daisy Mae and it becomes more unique, and yet you still have the "Daisy" part in there.

-- anoldfashionedgirl 3/12/2013

Love this name so much and like spelling May too. Great first name, better than middle- then it sounds like an old person.

-- Anonymous User 5/18/2013

This name is more popular for boys than girls in France. I cannot see a boy or a man for that matter named Mae.

-- Anonymous User 5/26/2013

A famous bearer is Mae Mobley Leefolt from the Help.

-- EUPHOORIA 3/16/2014

I have to disagree with all the people that prefer Mae over May. May sounds classic and pretty, if a bit old fashioned and rural. Mae sounds too "kre8tiv" and odd, and vaguely unbalanced.

-- kvpp88 8/19/2014

I love the name Mae! It also looks so much nicer than the spelling 'May', 'May' looks too... well, Mae looks a lot better. It looks like a spelling of a girl's name, not a month.

-- Anonymous User 2/18/2015

Mae looks cute but the advantage of May is that May is also the name of a flower (the blossom of the hawthorn bush) and so a plant or nature name whereas Mae is really just a nickname for Margaret or Mary.

-- Just Jonquil 3/27/2015

I love Mae. It's my grandmother's middle name. We are thinking of naming a baby girl Mae.

-- kate1227 3/14/2016

I love this name, its been one of my favourites for a long time, but I feel it works better for a middle name.

-- MazzyieRose 7/12/2016

I think this makes a great middle name. It's so pretty and sweet and the name Mae flows very well with a lot of names. You can't go wrong with the middle name Mae.

-- Anonymous User 7/22/2016

I was given "Mae" as my first name. Isabelle as my middle. I was named after both my maternal and paternal grandmothers. I used to hate my first name, but I love it now. It is unique to have as a first name, especially for a 31 year old. It's an old school name, people think it's only southern, but it holds more meaning than you would find on these sites. People like "Mae."

-- Mae Day 12/19/2016

My name is Bertha Mae, I love the name Mae. When I was in first grade my teacher tried to make me spell my name May, I told her my name was not the month of the year. I love it because I was named after my mother Lillie Mae and her sister Emma Mae.

-- berthadurant 4/7/2017

Mae Murray was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen".

-- cutenose 4/8/2017

Mae Margaret Whitman is an American actress, voice actress and singer. After making her film debut in When a Man Loves a Woman, she had other supporting roles in films such as One Fine Day, Independence Day, and Hope Floats. Thereafter, Whitman ventured into television, with her most notable roles including Ann Veal on the Fox sitcom Arrested Development and Amber Holt on the NBC drama Parenthood. She also had supporting roles in the films Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Whitman made her leading role film debut in The Duff.