Honoring women through a son's name

Boy Names
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I don’t currently have any children, nor will I be having them any time soon! Of course I love thinking about what I’d like to name my children! I love the idea of using the names of or similar names to my close friends and family. However most of the people I want to honor are women and I wouldn’t necessarily want to give my potential son a very stereotypically feminine name!

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[name_f]My[/name_f] grandma’s middle name was [name_f]Mae[/name_f] and she was so fond of it! After she passed, I knew I’d give her name to my future daughter. Of course I may not have a daughter!

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Has anyone else honored a woman through your son’s name? How did you do it? Any suggestions on honoring [name_f]Mae[/name_f]?

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I know lots of people who have used a masculine variation of a feminine name in order to honor a loved one! [name_f]Mae[/name_f] is such a pretty name, and there’s so many options for a son’s name:

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Containing the “may” sound:
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mason[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Mayes
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Mayfair[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Meyer[/name_m] / [name_m]Mayer[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maynard[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Timaeus[/name_m]

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Masculine variations of [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (which [name_f]Mae[/name_f] is derived from):
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Merrick[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Marinell[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Marley[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Marlon[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Marlowe[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]March[/name_m] / [name_m]Marsh[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Martin[/name_m]

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[name_m]Welcome[/name_m] to Nameberry!

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I personally love the idea of honoring a woman through a son’s name, and [name_f]Mae[/name_f] seems like a fairly easy name to adapt.

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Great suggestions above. I’ll also add…

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[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Ishmael[/name_m] / [name_m]Ismael[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Macon[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maël[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Maitland
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Major[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mateo[/name_m] / [name_m]Matteo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mayhew[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Romaeus
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Tremaine[/name_m] / [name_m]Tremayne[/name_m]

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Honouring a Mae…

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[name_m]Ames[/name_m] (from the letters)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mason[/name_m] / Maeson
[name_f][/name_f]LeMay / Lemay
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mayer[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]Maelon

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I second [name_m]Mason[/name_m]! If you had a daughter, would you prefer mae as a first or middle name?

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similar
[name_f][/name_f]mason
[name_f][/name_f]mikhael
[name_f][/name_f]mateus
[name_f][/name_f]mayer / [name_f][/name_f] meyer
[name_f][/name_f]damian
[name_f][/name_f]roman / romain(e)

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contains ‘mae’
[name_f][/name_f]ismael
[name_f][/name_f]maewyn
[name_f][/name_f]mael

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Call me crazy but I think [name_f]Mae[/name_f] as a middle name (or second middle) for a boy is pretty cool [name_f][/name_f]- I’d go for that, personally!

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Here are some other ideas (sorry for any repeats, count them as seconds!)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Maelan[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Abimael[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mason[/name_m] (Maeson?)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maelor[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mateo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Manus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Timaeus[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]

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Maeson
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Camaeron[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Samael[/name_m]

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[name_m]Amadeo[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Amable[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Cameron[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Coleman[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Emanuel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]James[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Macsen[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Malone[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Manuel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Marcel[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maurice[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maxence[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Maverick[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Palmer[/name_f]

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Thank you! I actually really like [name_m]Marsh[/name_m]! It’s really nature-y! [name_m]Meyer[/name_m] also reminds me of another boy’s name I love which is [name_m]Mercer[/name_m]!

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I love Ames!! I never even thought about it, but it works!

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So, if I had a daughter right now, her name would be [name_f]Nina[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f] (Mae and [name_f]Marie[/name_f] being two middle names!)

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Honestly, I am SO for giving boys traditional “girl’s” names! If I were to have a son right now, his first name would be [name_m]Morgan[/name_m], which is a name I’ve loved for a boy since I was 9 years old?! Because [name_m]Morgan[/name_m] is more likely to be considered feminine, I’d like to attempt to balance it out with at least a slightly more masculine name!

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