Jodie

[smartyclogs]

Thoughts please..

I'm after a name that is not too unusual but at the same time not too popular.
Don't want Dd to be one of many at school or at work as I was, and still am.

[ClaireeeJ15]

I have a friend named Jodie - she is Jode or Toad...

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

Very different now. Nice name.

[Babymouse]

It's a sweet name and not too popular.

I know one and one of her nicknames is Jojo and no one would dare call her toad so I don't think rude nn are inevitable.

[kimlo]

I really like it

[ClaireeeJ15]

It's not to be rude - it's just her NN! Jode the Toad :)

[Sophronia]

I have a cousin Jodie aged 15, I think it's quite unusual nowadays.

[y0rkier0se]

I don't like it but I think that's skewered by every Jodie I know being not nice! I do however like Josie for something a little different

[nextusername]

Personally I'm not that keen, but it's fairly unusual these days and there's nothing wrong with it.

[goldglittershitter]

Nice, quite rare but very 80s sort of name to me, along the lines of Stacy?

[UntilTheCowsComeHome]

All the Jodies I knew growing up (late 80's/early 90's so loads of them) were all horrible bullies. chavs

[BikeRunSki]

I don't particularly like it.

[TrinityForce]

All the Jodies I knew growing up (late 80's/early 90's so loads of them) were all horrible bullies. chavs

agree with this, the Jodies I knew were horrible.
If you don't have that association with it though it's a nice name.

[ExitPursuedByABear]

The only Jodie I know is a right caaaah.

Jodie Kidd on the other hand seems lovely.

[Soooosie]

Josie as a nn for Josephine is nice. Jodie seems harder

[CaoNiMao]

It's a 'mean girl' name, along with Nicola and Joanne. I've never met a nice one.

[squoosh]

I like Jodie.

Josephine is really ugly.

[sarah2011]

I like it. My dd has a joyte ( jo tee) in her class and I think that's nice too

[BatMobile]

Awful. So 90s. And not in an good way.

[maitaimojito]

As a teenager I would have agreed with previous posters that the name doesn't have positive associations - I knew three that were awful.

However one of my best friends at uni was a Jodie and the name now reminds me of her and I quite like it.

[Elllicam]

I quite like it.

[waxweasel]

It's pretty 90s and not in a good way. DH has a close relative called Jodie and she hates her name, we all tease her mum about it because she managed to pick really lovely classic names for her other kids. But she clearly had a bit of a blip when naming poor Jodie she is embarrassed by her name and goes by Jo with her mates, or Toad (which is what she gets most often! Wonder if we know the same one Claire??).

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

Love it! I don't think I have ever met a Jodie.

[MuttonCadet]

I agree, it's a bit of a mean girl name.

[DurhamDurham]

I only know one and she isn't very nice. I'm aware that's not at all helpful.

It sounds like a nickname rather than an actual name.