I much prefer
Mae.
May reminds me of the word (not of the season but the other word: 'She may die' etc, you know what I mean), so when it's in a combo, for example
May Cordelia, I always think 'may
Cordelia what??'. I think this is why people prefer
Mae. I know it sounds the same but I like
Mae much better.
Mae has an old fashioned movie star feel. I used to prefer
May for a long time, though.
There's also a young actress named
Mae Whitman (I don't think she's that popular but people might have heard of her she was in many movies and also a TV series, a child and teen star) and
Mae West is an actress.
So yeah, I definitely prefer
Mae.