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What do you think of Dixie?

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Gailcrone · 08/02/2010 13:41

What do you think of Dixie as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

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bellissima · 08/02/2010 13:42

Hmm. To me it's not really a name. Plus it has a lot of baggage in the US.

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Fruitbatlings · 08/02/2010 13:44

It's my sister's middle name. Really suits her, I like it as a second name. Not so much as a first

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Gailcrone · 08/02/2010 13:45

I'm not from the US. Out of interest what baggage?

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Ziggurat · 08/02/2010 13:46

Unless you are Southern, it's just weird, isn't it?

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momofnearly2 · 08/02/2010 13:48

There's a little girl at Ds's groups called Dixie. She is just beautiful. It really suits her.

I love love love it!

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Ziggurat · 08/02/2010 13:52

It has strong connotations with the South, i.e. the Confederate (slave-owning, pre the Civil War) states.

See more here

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Gailcrone · 08/02/2010 13:54

Thanks Ziggurat

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Blanchet · 08/02/2010 15:39

There's always Trixie which has the same kind of feel without also making me imagine a showgirl in a spangly stars and stripes hat?

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LetThereBeRock · 08/02/2010 16:16

Awful. Too twee and it sounds more like a dog's name.

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bluebump · 08/02/2010 16:18

I met a teenage Dixie last week and it actually really suited her.

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Blanchet · 08/02/2010 16:22

Also, not sure if I'd like to have the sound "dick" in my name... especially growing up.

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mrsvwoolf · 08/02/2010 16:29

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ronx · 08/02/2010 16:36

I would wonder whether the sibling was called Pixie ...

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RollBaubleUnderTree · 08/02/2010 16:46

Anna Ryder Richardson has a daughter called Dixie-Dot.

Does that help?

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dizzydixies · 08/02/2010 17:21

love it

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Hulababy · 08/02/2010 17:35

I don't like it. It doesn't feel like a real name, more of a nn.

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dizzydixies · 08/02/2010 17:36

blanchet - I agree but mainly because I can't get over the popularity of Scarlet which has scar in it

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sallyjaygorce · 08/02/2010 17:37

I quite like it but it might be shortened to Dix. She'll need to be quite a character to carry that off.

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Jamieandhismagictorch · 08/02/2010 17:41

It strikes me as a nn

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theagedparent · 08/02/2010 17:45

I like it.

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brimfull · 08/02/2010 17:46

I like it , I know a really sweet Dixie

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Bumperlicious · 08/02/2010 17:53

I think I know what is going on here...

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sallyjaygorce · 08/02/2010 17:56

Will she be good at whistling?

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FatSeal · 09/02/2010 02:03

Our downstairs neighbour's dog is called Dixie, so sorry, that's all I think of!

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slowshow · 09/02/2010 15:11

Middle name Chicken?

Seriously though, not good.

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