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my 2 dd's love the disney princesses - am I suffering from over-exposure do you think? as the name Cinderella now seems quite an acceptable option for a girl - shortened to Cindy or Ella.
but it's so pretty and I love the cinderella dvd as it's the only truly non-scary disney dvd that keeps the dd's amused so I can cook dinner. Cinderella is such a pretty name and does go will my surname.
You are suffering from pregnancy hormones. Lie down in a darkened room until the madness passes.
If you still wish to use a name that was invented as a taunt for a fictional character (because she was treated as a servant) then you can only do so if you change your name to Fairy Godmother and your dh's to Prince Charming. By deed poll. And we will need to see a certified copy scanned and place on your profile page or MNers will be picketing the registry office.
Are you also considering Rapunzel? And wasn't cinderella's real name Grizella?
It will make the name tapes a little long and the teachers who have to write it on the books won't thank you much, but no apart from thse two incredibly important reasonsI can't think of a single objection.
Robinpud - i always thought her name was Ella but her sisters added on the 'Cinder' bit because she lived amongst the cinders. Could be wrong though ...
When the girl had done her work, she sat in the cinders, which caused her to be called "Cinderella". The poor girl bore it patiently, but dared not tell her father, who would have scolded her; for his wife controlled him entirely.
I do actually have a very good friend called Cinderella (universally known as Cindy). She's Filipina and they seem to have a bit of a gift for bizarre names. There used to be a finance reporter in one of the Asian papers called Baby Girlie Barbie.
Never mind Cinderella - I had to do a double take at your name then. Are you new to MN? You do know there's a poster called MuffinMcClay, who you are going to get muddled up with a lot?!
Re Disnet names, a neighbour of my Mum worked in the local registry office in our town and knew of at least one poor wee baby girl who's parents named her Pocahontas. Surname was McGinty.
I just asked my 5 year old dd what she thought of calling a baby Cinderella.
She looked confused and said 'No, it's not a good idea because it means you're getting muddled up between real things, like babies, and not real things, like DVDs.'
Tinkerbelle is cute! I think is fine to go with theese kinda names you just have to be really confident in your choice and be prepared to face your critics!
She's not at school yet (22 months) but she is known as that where ever she is, it's interchangable with her name - so only people who hear me call it her think it really is (although someone on one message board really did think it was her name).
When my ds was little he was obsessed with teh book and I had to read it every night and he insisted on calling it Serandello so that should put you off!
Noooooooo, please don't call her that. You could use it as a nickname - I often call my dd Swee'pea. I've had some very odd looks from people in the past when they've heard me, but at least she has a normal real name, otherwise I'd be Olive Oyl & her pa would be Popeye!
Of course it is entirely up to you, but personally I would not use such a way out name. A client in one of my previous jobs was called Cinderella and it didn't sit too well with her married surname which was Smith! Whilst it may be pretty and unusual for a little girl, you really do need to consider what it will be like for her at secondary school and beyond! Sorry to be negative and as I say, it is your decision, but I do wonder how much thought you have given to lifebeyond five years old! Love the idea of using Belle though!
Surely a wind-up. No-one could be so lacking in thought process as to not work out that calling the youngest of three girls Cinderella is somewhat tactless and rather asking for inferiority complexes and sibling rivalry on a big scale.
Surely a wind-up. No-one could be so lacking in thought process as to not work out that calling the youngest of three girls Cinderella is somewhat tactless and rather asking for inferiority complexes and sibling rivalry on a big scale.
Well one day the three Billy Goats Gruff were complaining as usual and saying how tomorrow they would go to the lush green meadow when an old grandfather billy goat laughed:
You Billy Goats Gruff are always saying that you’ll go to the lush green meadow, why don’t you just go there? Perhaps you’re frightened of the Troll.
For beneath the bridge lived a ferocious Troll, and if anyone tried to cross it why he would gobble them up!
I'm not afraid of the Troll, said the big Billy Goat Gruff.
I’m a Troll fol-de-rol, I’m a Troll fol-de-rol, I’m a Troll fol-de-rol and I’ll eat you up for supper.
I have an "Ella" and I love it - please stick to that - poor poor child who gets a ridiculous name like Cinderella will be a complete laughing stock all her life. Come on now, you can't be serious???
If you're serious, what about Cynthia Stella or Lucinda Ella.
What happens when little Cinderella grows up and is normal looking and works in a bank and is exhausted looking after her three hyperactive children. Cinderella is not going to work unless she marries I don't know.... the Prince of Muldoviadom.
Well I like it. It's pretty. She needn't use the full name when she is old enough to choose. She can be Cindy or Ella which are both very pretty. And for the record, Cindy would not be the same as the doll as the doll is spelt Sindy.
Lucinda Ella is a really good alternative though ElizabethBeresford, at least you have come up with a useful suggestion for the OP.
PS I like Snow White as well. And I'd have thought the fact the little girl is Chinese would have made it work more, not less.
A cautionary tale for those considering "iconic" female names. Off point slightly BUT , a girl I once worked with was called Madonna.
She was a big, big girl.
A bloke came into the cafe and overheard us address her. He choked on his coffee and exclaimed "Madonna, more like Maraf*ckingdonna, with them legs" (imagine exclaimed in a braod Belfast accent). She was mortfied. As would little Cinderella be if she turned out to be not quite as dainty etc as her namesake. Handy having all those woodland creatures around though to help with the chores and any dressmaking.
A friend's mum had Cinderella as one of her middle names. The shame when she had to say her full name as a grown woman in her 50s in the bank / post office with a whole queue of people behind her...
