At a Glance: Name: Birdie Mae – Meaning: 'little bird' (Birdie) plus a form of May/Mary/Margaret (Mae) whose own meaning is unsettled – Origin: English (compound double name) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: BUR-dee-MAY
Birdie Mae is an English (compound double name) girl's name meaning “'little bird' (Birdie) plus a form of May/Mary/Margaret (Mae) whose own meaning is unsettled”. It appears in our list of 200+ Forgotten Baby Girl Names That Deserve a Comeback.
Meaning & Origin of Birdie Mae
Meaning: 'little bird' (Birdie) plus a form of May/Mary/Margaret (Mae) whose own meaning is unsettled.
Origin: English (compound double name).
A common claim: Birdie Mae is said to mean 'little bird' + 'bitter pearl' Actually: 'Birdie' reliably means little bird, but 'Mae' doesn't have one fixed meaning -- it's a form of May/Mary/Margaret with several competing, disputed derivations, so 'bitter pearl' overstates certainty.
How to Pronounce Birdie Mae
Phonetic: BUR-dee-MAY IPA: /ˌbɜːrdi ˈmeɪ/
Popularity of Birdie Mae
Birdie Mae doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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