Miranda - forever linked to SATC?

[boodleboot]

thought i'd stick this one up here as friend of mine is thinking of using it....what do we think of it and what nicknames would you give a little girl?

[southeastastra]

reminds me more of picnic at hanging rock!

[MrsJamin]

just not a 'baby' name IMHO, for someone who's 30-50 - like Brian for a boy

[MrsMcCluskey]

whats a SATC?

[boodleboot]

her surname begins with Mi- so i think she is planning to use Mimi as NN which is a very cute little girl NN no?

[EffieGadsby]

It would never have made me automatically think of SATC. 'Carrie' would, but Miranda is common enough that I wouldn't link it with a tv character.

[PuppyMonkey]

It reminds me of that old film about a mermaid called Miranda.

Sex and the City is very old hat now, I don't think anyone will link the two things.

Mimi is cute.

[bronze]

makes me think of the tempest

[melpomene]

I wouldn't particulary link it with SATC, and in any case:

1. Miranda of SATC is the most 'normal' and well-adjusted of the characters
2. Children won't know of the show, and by the time your friend's baby is a teenager the show will probably be almost forgotten anyway.

[Lulubee]

There is a risk of 'Randy' as a nickname though...

[funnypeculiar]

Another one who'd think Tempest rather than SATC. Like it.
Or "Do you remember an inn, Miranda?" - Beloc poem www.thecapras.org/mcapra/miranda/tarantela.html

[MrsJamin]

better names that start with "mi"

• michelle
• millie
• mia

and best of all:

• miriam (LOVE it)

[AnybodyHomeMcFly]

Lovely name and makes me think Shakespeare, then Miranda Richardson, then SATC. Shakespeare is the most enduring by far.

[boodleboot]

michelle??? really - i do not like that name at all....sorry....Mia is gorgeous but oh so popular, i know she has vetoed that and Millie is a NN....Miriam unfortunately is the name we use for your 'front bottom' in my family....don't ask me why....

[PaulaYatesBiggestFan]

I am one and have really loved it - and oft complimented on it!

Not ever been a randy

am Mimi to close friends

[MrsJamin]

lol boodlebot, that's a v unfortunate name for something else!

[thell]

Definitely The Tempest.
And this beautiful painting

[piscesmoon]

I think Shakespeare and think it is lovely.

[totalmisfit]

it's lovely. if i didn't have a cousin with the name and a dd whose name begins with 'M' i'd seriously consider it myself. i dont think it's elderly at all.

[Quiltedrose]

It makes me think Miranda Richardson too, but as Queenie in Blackadder (it was her, wasn't it?) and I do not think that is a good thing! Mimi is lovely though

[nomorechoc]

is mimi pronounced mi-mee or mee-mee?

[boodleboot]

mee-mee

[confusedfirsttimemum]

I know a Miranda whose nickname is Maisy...