[name]Hi[/name] Berries - I have been reading Nameberry somewhat religiously for several months awaiting the arrival of my first baby with my husband, but our 7th child in total. You guys helped me tremendously because the naming styles of my 3 kids was so different from the naming style of his 3. Our family has blended beautifully (people can’t believe it!) and we wanted this little one to bring it all together but be her own person too. Our requirements were that we had to use [name]Mae[/name] (to honor his grandmother), we wanted vintage southern, and I needed meaning and spunk. After much deliberation we had settled on [name]Mae[/name]-Mazarine nn [name]Maizie[/name]. But this weekend when his family was over my husband’s response to “What are you going to name the baby?” was “[name]Mae[/name].” [name]Mae[/name]. WHAT??? I know [name]Mae[/name] is sweet and vintage and coming back into whatever it is that old lady names come back into, but I don’t like it much less love it. To me, it’s a lovely factor in a name and I am eager to honor his beloved grandmother, but I just KNOW she’s not a [name]Mae[/name]. Help!!! He didn’t understand my confusion, but I thought at least some of you Berries would. Now that he has put her out there as [name]Mae[/name], can I ever get her to be [name]Mae[/name]-Mazarine or [name]Maizie[/name]? Or do I need to start over from scratch?
Of course she’s not due for 5 weeks, but I am under doctor’s care for preterm labor, so I need some help QUICK!
I thought we had decided [name]Mae[/name]-Mazarine, like all together hyphenated, double name, southern kind of thing, not [name]Mae[/name] on it’s own with Mazarine as a middle name no one uses. Before we found that name we were going to do a double name with [name]Mae[/name] in the middle, like [name]Scarlett[/name] [name]Mae[/name] or [name]Violet[/name] [name]Mae[/name]. But with Mazarine we liked [name]Mae[/name] in front better. We even talked about giving her another name to be the official middle, but decided that [name]Mae[/name]-Mazarine was a lot of syllables and our last name is two syllables, so we didn’t want to over crowd. I just figured if we called her [name]Mae[/name]-Mazarine everyone else would too, but now I see how easy it would be for her to just become [name]Mae[/name]. [name]Just[/name] [name]Mae[/name]. And that just doesn’t work for me.
I think that the name [name]Mae[/name]-Mazarine, as with many hyphenated names, will be shortened to just its first part quite often. I have no idea how to even pronounce Mazarine and unless told otherwise at the first introduction would fall back on using [name]Mae[/name]. I think it seems inevitable.
I agree that, while it’s a beautiful name, it might be hard to get people to call her [name]Mae[/name]-Mazarine in full and not just because your husband said her name would be [name]Mae[/name]. Why not call her Mazarine [name]Mae[/name] nn [name]Maizie[/name]?
I was confused about the hyphenation too, it seems a little unnecessary. I would just name her Mazarine. You can nn her [name]Maizie[/name], he can nn her [name]Mae[/name], when she’s old enough she can pick for herself.
I think [name]Mae[/name]-Mazarine doesn’t really have a good flow. I find it harder to say than let’s say [name]Sally[/name]-[name]Ann[/name] oder [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Kate[/name]. So I could imagine that people won’t call her that. But If you want her to be called [name]Maizie[/name] I think that should work. What’s your husbands opinion on calling her [name]Maizie[/name]?
Thanks for the reality check! In my hormonal state, I was just sure that everyone would call her MaeMazarine. Mazarine is a deep blue and we have been calling her “the blueberry” since we found out she was coming (because a pregnancy website compares the baby’s size to a fruit/vegetable every week and that’s how small she was when we found out!), so I liked that connection. And the Mazarine Bible was the first printed Bible and probably first printed book, which I also love. And it’s just a spunky unusual name. But my husband does not like my flare for unusual names, so Mazarine on it’s own was a no go. And so I thought this was our compromise, but sounds like he was just more grounded in reality! Sneaky man!!
I like Mazarine [name]Mae[/name] with the nickname [name]Maizie[/name] as well. Cute! (=
If your husband isn’t up for Mazarine on it’s own, why not Mazarine-[name]Mae[/name]? I personally prefer the flow of this. You could plan to call her [name]Maizie[/name], but if anybody else decides to shorten it, it will be too Mazarine rather than [name]Mae[/name]; and you have your way all along (in other words, be just as sneaky as him!).
Ok - texted the husband at work - and successfully resisted the temptation to mark it as urgent (too mean when labor could be imminent) - to ask about switching it around to Mazarine [name]Mae[/name], but I think I already know that he won’t like that. The light has clicked on in my head and now I know he was very happily getting his way before. I’m afraid I need to start from scratch! Suggestions?
Compromise and use it as a middle name? Explain to your husband that you hadn’t come to an agreement, so he shouldn’t have said anything. Then tell the family that it was a mistake and that you haven’t yet come to an agreement over a name.
There are lots of names that mean blue if you want the blueberry connection like [name]Azura[/name]/[name]Azure[/name] or [name]Aqua[/name].
Or you could pick a shade of blue like [name]Cyan[/name], [name]Celeste[/name], [name]Cerulean[/name], [name]Sapphire[/name] or Cornflower. Category:Shades of blue - Wikipedia
Okay well if you want to start from scratch, what about…
[name]Macy[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Marley[/name]
[name]Lilah[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Celia[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Hope[/name]
[name]Lina[/name]
[name]June[/name]
[name]Callie[/name]
[name]Elle[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
Have you thought about [name]Mae[/name] [name]Linn[/name]?! I heard it on a precious [name]Asian[/name] baby girl… Maelin. But it just rolls off the tongue so quickly… it would probably survive the urge to shorten it to [name]Mae[/name].
At the first post, I thought Mazarine?? But by the last post, I am really liking it! I think it’s a brave choice in a trailblazer kind of way and it’s not more out there than [name]Azure[/name], which incidentally, is a great name. Perhaps anyone’s reservations to this name would stem from the fact that they have not heard it as an actual person’s name before. 2 ways to get around that: 1. Change the name but why do that if you really love it? and 2. persuade them until they love it too.
Personally, I’m the latter personality. I will persuade until I win. Honestly, you can get [name]Mae[/name] out of Mazarine too so your hubby can call her [name]Mae[/name]… I love [name]Maizie[/name] for the proposed nickname, but on the altogether spunky and unique, I think you win with Mazarine. Also, it’s got the -ine ending (think [name]Evangeline[/name], [name]Emmaline[/name], [name]Adeline[/name], [name]Honorine[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Ottoline[/name] etc.) which adds a little softness to the Maza- beginning.
As far as anchor rules go, you also balanced it out beautifully with [name]Mae[/name]… but I agree with the earlier posters, Mazarine [name]Mae[/name] flows easier and is prettier too. And, an alliteration… can’t get better than that!
You’ve done a great job, so unless the name for whatever reason, suddenly does not sit well with you, then change it. Otherwise, persuade, persuade, persuade!! All the best.
If you like the [name]Blue[/name] theme, what about BlueMae? or call her MasieMae? I think this is gorgeous, and you can always add a blue meaning name as a MN? Masie can still be her NN.
Good [name]Luck[/name] for when your little lady arrives.
Sneaky man!!