Opinions on Birdy?

[Meg3112]

I'm not sure if this is a suitable girl name... If not, I may go for Robin, NN Birdie :)

[Peppapigallowsmetoshower]

Hmmm, no, just...no, sorry. I like Robin though, it lovely.

[RubyWoooo]

Robin / Robyn...lovely.

Birdy / Birdie...not so much.

[Robertaquimby]

Fine as a nickname but she will need a proper name too. Remember you are naming her for life - as a shy teenager, a working woman etc not just as a cute baby.

Robin is nice.

[Cato1999]

Robin or Wren

[BikeRunSki]

I had a friend nicknamed Birdy when I was a child. The nickname was nothing to do with her given name, but she earns it when she fell out of a first floor window.

[MuddhaOfSuburbia]

cuuuute

keep it as a nn though I'd say

she might not be at all birdy

[SoWhite]

I think it is silly, but I love Bridie.

[JakeyBurd]

Boy's name surely? Or am I the only one who remembers Birdy Jones, pop whistler...

[MrsLeighHalfpenny]

Birdy - that's a joke, isn't it?

The next CEO of Sainsburys will be Birdy Thomas
The next MP for Thannet will be Birdy Smith.

[whatdoIget]

It's a bit daft isn't it?

[MitzyLeFrouf]

Sounds like the name of a faded Southern belle who rattles around her ramshackle plantation home in a Southern Gothic novel.

[JE1234]

My nana was Birdie, I think it's cute.

[SoWhite]

I actually think that neither of those possibilities are that far fetched at all, MrsLeigh.

The current editor of the Economist is Zanny.
The current MP Eastleigh is Mims.
The current CEO of TalkTalk is a Dido.

None of which are considered broadly professional names, and not too much of a jump from Birdy.

[MrsHathaway]

I think it's a lovely nickname for a related proper name.

Maybe Robin as you suggest (although Robyn is more usual for girls), or:

Jemima (little dove) - also has other lovely diminutives.
Avis/Ava/Eva/Evelyn (bird) - very popular but easily recognised.

Or in fact anything. I'm loving Juliet atm.

DC3 is commonly known as Spike, which is completely unrelated to his actual name (Edward). When I say commonly, that includes most of our friends and family, his preschool teachers, etc. It evolved naturally in the first few weeks of his life, and stuck.

[Borninthe60s]

Ridiculous

[SnootBoop]

no.

[BertrandRussell]

Birdy/Bridie are nicknames for Brigid.

[ShesGotLionsInHerHeart]

It is a bit daft. I don't get why posters in here quite often choose a nickname then find a 'proper' name to fit it.

In my mind that's not how nicknames work!

[ButEmilylovedhim]

I like the sound of it very much, but might have too many teasing possibilities? Do you like Purdy? Same sound but not an animal IYSWIM.

[MrsLeighHalfpenny]

Dido is a perfectly acceptable name - she was a ?Greek queen.

I'd bet that Zanny and Mims aren't the formal names of those people. Either that, or they are of non British origin.

[villainousbroodmare]

My youngest sister's nickname. Very cute. Brings a smile to my face.
She announced aged five that it was time she was called by her given name, Helen, as she was now grown up.

[MrsLeighHalfpenny]

Zanny's name is Susan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanny_Minton_Beddoes

Mim's name is Miriam
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mims_Davies

[MitzyLeFrouf]

I think her point was that they choose to go with their unusual nicknames in a professional context.

[BertrandRussell]

"I think her point was that they choose to go with their unusual nicknames in a professional context."

The significant words here being "they chose". They did not have their unusual names imposed on them.

[FranKubelik]

I like it - probably because it was what Don called Betty in MadMen.