Rosie or Rosy

[KoalaDownUnder]

Which spelling do you prefer?

Asking for a friend (am most definitely not up-duffed!)

[whamfan]

Rosie :)

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Rosie

[KoalaDownUnder]

She thinks Rosy looks more like a stand-alone name, and Rosie a nickname.

I think Rosy looks like an adjective and Rosie is prettier.

that I'm 'winning'. (All in good humour, btw )

[PoldarksBreeches]

Rosy is an adjective, not a name. Rosie is lovely.

[SittingDrinkingTea]

From the spellings you gave Rosie is better.

However I prefer Rose or Rosa with Rosie as a nn. Rosie will adorable on a toddler and little girl, but it's not a very grown up name. I wouldn't like to be called Rosie as an adult.

[ThinkPinkStink]

I have a Rosie. Her full name is Rosemary.

[Gruffalosfriend]

Rose, Rosa or Rosemary

Rosie and Rosy are cute nicknames for a little girl imo.

[NoSunNoMoon]

Rosamund - shortened to Rosie.

[Ohtobeskiing]

I have a Rosanna shortened to Rosie - she is nearly 20 and is no way outgrowing her nickname.

[KoalaDownUnder]

Oh, I think she's set on Rosie/Rosy as the full name. It's a question of which is nicer.

[allnewredfairy]

Rosie is lovely name. Definitely 'ie'

[newroundhere]

Definitely Rosie. Rosy looks odd as a name.

[Raines100]

Rosy is an adjective. Rosie is a girl's name.

[badhotfanny]

Think snap!

[TrashPanda]

Rosie definitely, works perfectly well for an adult

[AmaDablam]

Rosie. We know 2 (both preschoolers) who have it as their full name and I think it's lovely. Never seen Rosy as a name. I think it'd be constantly misspelled.

[Selfimproved]

Rosie

[stonecircle]

Tell your friend she's condemning her child to a lifetime of people misspelling her name! I worked with someone for years with that name and I could never remember if she was Rosie or Rosy and she used to get cross when people got it wrong. She had a surname which could end 'ie' or 'y' just to confuse things.

My first name can be spelled various ways too and people are always getting it wrong. I've made sure my kids have names with one spelling!

[SpunkyMummy]

Rosie.
But I don't like either. Rose is gorgeous. I also like Rosa or Rosamunde.

[KoalaDownUnder]

She says Rosy is the traditional spelling.

I think not. But I could be wrong - anyone??

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Rosie. Have never seen anything but that spelling used for a name.

[PoldarksBreeches]

I know several adults called Rosie, it's fine for adults. But Rosy is daft.

[Chinlo]

Rosie is much nicer looking.

The original name is Rose (or Rosa in some countries) so Rosy and Rosie are both diminutive variants.

[SausageSoda]

Rosie.

Rosy would just be inflicting the child to a lifetime of having to spell her name.

[Elllicam]

I quite like Rosy, I've seen it a few times before in older books. I'm sure Louisa May Alcott had a heroine called Rose who was sometimes called Rosy.