Baby Names
Maite or Deze?
I'm pregnant with our second little one. Our son is named Stef and now we're having a girl. We're torn between the names Maite and Diese. Which one do you like best?
We pronounce Maite as Mai-tuh (like Maaike with a T, or Gaite with an M). Diese speaks for itself, I think.
Thanks in advance!
Lara & Rowan
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Anonymous Guest #2
I'd go with other names. I can't make anything of this, sorry.
I thought they were boys' names. -
Lara & Rowan started this #3
Thanks for your honest response. Deze is a Zeelandic girl's name, Maite is a Basque girl's name (though I believe it's pronounced Mai-tee there). We're really choosing between these two names, but thanks for your honesty. It's helpful.
Greetings, Lara & Rowan -
Anouk Guest #4
I like both of them. By the way, I actually pronounce Maite quite differently than Maaike; with Maite, I keep the 'ai' really short, and with Maaike, I really say 'ai'.
I think I like Maite more than Diese. -
Debbie Guest #5
No need to think long about it: Diese -
stff48 #6
Go for it, but would you also pronounce it differently
I'd go for Mai - tee -
MamaAsh #7
Oops.. I also thought it was a boy. Maite sounds nicer to me then. -
kruimel #8
I know a 4-year-old Maite and she's sooo cute!
So Maite! -
Morag #9
This is German for 'this'. -
Morag #10
I'd go for Maite! -
An1990 #11
I don't find that one so beautiful either.
I do like Maite, but then pronounced as Ma-i-tee. If you keep the pronunciation as in your first post, I'm afraid that name doesn't mean anything to me either.
Good luck with the choice! -
Liha Guest #12
I actually think Diese is beautiful. Just because I like Zeelandic and Frisian names.
I do understand what people mean when they say it sounds like a boy's name, but I don't see it as a negative if a name isn't super clearly a boy's or girl's name.
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