Connie.

[mrsnec]

DH bought up the subject of girls names yesterday. For dd we discussed Connie as a possibility. He loves it I'm not sure. It's too much of a nickname. He refuses to have Contance on the BC. Also she would have to have a middle name and I'm completely stuck for anything that goes with either.

Do any of you know any Connies? Is it also short for anything else? What are their siblings called?

My other reservations are that neither really go with dd's name and there would be alliteration with our surname which I'm not sure about either.

[Rumours]

I know just one Connie and it really suits her, it's a lovely name. Not sure what her middle name is though.

[zaza86]

I used to know a Connemara known an Connie. Obviously Irish, but I thought it was beautiful.

[Musidora]

I like 'Connie'. It would go with lots of middle names, I think... Elizabeth/Marie/Harriet/Sarah/Jane/Laura/Rebecca/Louise are just the first ones to spring to mind.

And I like alliterative names too!

[mrsnec]

Yes that is nice as Irish names so often are but neither of us have any Irish connection whatsoever unfortunately.

[Musidora]

Though it does make me think of the pony breed - x100 if it's actually short for Connemara!

But frankly that's no bad thing.

[mrsnec]

Good suggestions Musidora but none of those are really to my taste. Dd has a 3 syllable first name and a one syllable middle name and I like the way that flows I have a two syllable first name and 4 syllable middle name and I'm not so keen on that.

Could use family names for middle names. Most of those being old lady names and not in a nice way but there's also Anne which is nice but not unusual enough and Jeanne which I'm warming to. Is Connie Jeanne ok with a very boring very English surname?

[Musidora]

I think Connie Jeanne is really nice. Unusual but not at all weird, IYSWIM

[Irishkez]

I adore Connie - unfortunately dh not keen as he has a friend called Connie. I think it's lovely as a name on its own.

Middle names:

Connie Rose
Connie Faye
Connie Grace
Connie Eve
Connie Joy
Connie Alice
Connie Beth
Connie Paige
Connie Alexa
Connie Violet

[SerenaVanDerWoodsen]

Sorry but I have a real dislike for that name. I'm not really sure why, I just don't like how it sounds and I find it a bit of a prissy name. It is also too similar to corny for my liking. Having said all that, everyone seems to love it on here. So what do I know [shrugs]

[Clawdy]

Constance is beautiful, and Connie is cute.

[SmugairleRoin]

Dear Jesus no not Connemara, it's like naming them Thoroughbred, Shetland or Shire. Or Gaeltacht/Midlands if you look at it from the region association.

Connie is nice, quite simple and pretty. Middle names - not used much really are they? So make it whatever you like.

[rainbowstardrops]

I like it. My first thought was Connie Rose but I really like Connie Jeanne too.
It's cute.

[ConceptualBiscuitArtist]

I know a little Connie (short for Constance) who is very sweet, and another baby with Constance as a middle name. I think it's sweet as a nickname but not sure about it as the full name on the birth certificate for some reason. You could also use Cornelia if your DH isn't keen on Constance? I think that's a lovely name too, if a bit frillier than Constance.

[Arsenic]

Is 'Constancy' any better? Like a Quaker virtue name.

[MothershipG]

I have an Aunty Connie, short for Consuela, no idea what her middle names are, her sibs are John, Paul & Joseph. Does that help?

[mrsnec]

Thanks everyone, Irish, your list is a little bit more to my taste. Dd's middle name is on that list.

I do tend to see middle names as being more important than others might. Firstly both my inlaws use their middle names because they hate their first names. They also deliberately gave dh a very common very boring middle name in case he felt the same! My parents gave db and I their first names as our middle names and I always felt it was a cop out.

I also keep reading about children wanting to change their names and know a 5 year old that did it so I want to get it right. Dh would argue I put far too much thought into it last time!

And I'm ok with prissy! Dd's name is very prissy so maybe Connie does go with it. I quite like Cornelia too so will run that past him.

[MothershipG]

Was that a typo? Do you mean Cordelia?

[ConceptualBiscuitArtist]

Mothership, it's a real name - i think it's the feminine form of Cornelius. I know an adult Cornelia who is very beautiful and elegant.

[Shockers]

I had a Connie in my yr4 class about 5 years ago. She was a lovely girl!

[MothershipG]

Concept Of course it's a real name, it's my Aunt's name. Not sure why you think I was saying it isn't??

There's a Constance, known as Connie my daughter's class.

[pilates]

I like it very much.

I would have Constance on the birth certificate though.

Constance Lily
Constance Jane
Constance Amy

[ConceptualBiscuitArtist]

Mothership - I thought you were asking whether Cornelia was a typo for Cordelia... Sorry, a bit sleep-deprived today!

[Iloveonionchutney]

I'm 34 weeks and if we have a girl she will be Connie (short for Constance), my older dd is Jessie after my grandmother and my gm had a ds called Connie so it means a lot to us. The middle name is Elizabeth for my older dd and this one will be too.

[fleurdelacourt]

Only know one Connie - short for Constance. Sisters are called Arabella and Tabitha

[TyrionLannistersShadow]

I like Connie as a name even though I don't like the only actual Connie I know lol. It's also a boys name here too though, used as a nickname for Conor, Cornelius , Conrad, those kind of names.