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Hattiemae
Pronounced HAT-ee-may /ˈhæt.i.meɪ/High
Meaning: A run-together Southern double name: Hattie, the pet form of Harriet ('home ruler', from Germanic heim and ric), plus Mae, a spelling of May — itself from Mary or the month. A vintage compound rather than a single inherited name.Low
History & Origin
Hattiemae runs together Hattie and Mae, a pairing at home in the American South for generations. Hattie is the pet form of Harriet — Germanic heim ('home') and ric ('ruler') — and Mae is a spelling of May, from Mary or the month. Written as one word it reads as a warm, deliberately old-fashioned choice (said 'HAT-ee-may').
It appears only rarely in U.S. records as a single name. Rare, Southern, and vintage.
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What does the name Hattiemae mean?
It joins Hattie — from Harriet, 'home ruler' — with Mae, a spelling of May, from Mary or the month.
How do you pronounce Hattiemae?
It's said HAT-ee-may /ˈhæt.i.meɪ/ — three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Hattiemae one name or two?
Written together it is a single compound, in the Southern double-name tradition of Hattie Mae and Bobbie Sue.
How popular is Hattiemae?
Hattiemae is rare in the U.S. as a written-together name, though Hattie is enjoying a vintage revival.