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I prefer Mae to May simply because May looks like an unfinished sentence, as in Augusta May Rainier--Augusta may what? :) And Mae just looks far snappier and has more of a backbone to it, IMO; I think it's because I associate it with the amazing Mae West.

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Mae doesn't need to be a nickname, particularly not for Maeve. Maeve is so short on its own that nn-ing her Mae really seems pointless to me.

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I prefer Mae either as a first name or half of a double first name. Ruby Mae, for example, is a huge guilty pleasure of mine--after the song "Ruby Mae" by Indigo Swing, which is seriously one of the coolest songs ever.

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Some combos you might like:

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Mae Aurora (reminds me of Mae Amelia, as in the book Our Only Mae Amelia, I think)
Mae Estella / Mae Estelle (can you feel the jazz in Mae Estella? Gosh, that's hot.)
Stella Mae Helena (because I'd rather she be a Stella Mae and have a different middle name)
Mae Cordelia (a bit like Small Anne Cordelia, perhaps? :)
Mae Ophelia
Mae Coraline
Mae Coralie
Mae Opal / Mae Opaline (which sounds delightfully countrified to me, lol)
Mae Elspeth

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I was going to suggest Mae Ella, but that may as well be Mayella, which I think is really nice. Works better than Maybella, if nothing else. :)

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She had fallen against the windows, which were pressed against the windows, which were pressed against the old oak near across the age of the old Aunt Sophronia--was almost dreadful enough to walk on.

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A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.