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Maisie vs. Mairead

I LOVE Maisie but I wanted to give her a longer name for when she’s older and needs a professionaly name. In doing research I found that Maisie is short for Margaret of Mairead (pronounced Mah-RAID). I’m American and not even sure I could pronounce that properly but it intrigues me. My older daughter are Michaela and Marin. Both Scottish origin names so this would fit too!

The Top Baby Name is...

Maisie M.

71%

Mairead M.

29%

Poll created: May 14, 2012
Total Votes: 7
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Comments

Go with Margaret (nn Maisie)--- in the U.S., Mairead looks VERY made up.
posted by guest :: 13 years ago | report
I kind of agree with poster 1. Or you could go with Maeve (may-vee) which is Gaelic and similar to Maisie. It is ’professional’ in itself but still cute for a little girl. :)
posted by Mama of 3 :: 13 years ago | report
Marin and Mairead are too close for my liking. Margaret and Marin are even too similar. I think Michaela is Hebrew and Marin is Latin so I don’t know where you’re getting that their Scottish in origin. Do you like Madeline/Madeleine, Matilda, Megan, Melanie, Miranda, Muriel or Morwenna?
posted by guest :: 13 years ago | report
Wow! Real nice pp. I see where some websites say Michaela is of Hebrew origin but Michaela is also said to originate in England/Scotland. Marin is a very common Scottish name.

I say go with Maisie on it’s own. You don’t need a longer version.
posted by guest :: 13 years ago | report
Stick with Maisie, it’s much nicer than the others.
Also I don’t get why people on this website think names that end with the ’ee’ sound are "unprofessional". It’s very strange!
posted by guest :: 13 years ago | report
I don’t think all "E" ending names are unprofessional but Maisie is traditionally a nickname. Thank you for the input!

{original poster}
posted by guest :: 13 years ago | report

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