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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Faye

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Gretall · 21/01/2017 22:15

This is probably stupid but I'm having a real name wobble and my daughter is 2 and a half!! We chose the name Faye but TBH it was slightly more my oh's choice. I feel like I've grown into myself and my style these last couple of years which also has made me have very different taste in names. I really like old fashioned names and I just don't love the name faye as awful as that sounds. It feels way too late to change it now but I was thinking of giving her a nickname or something. Am I being stupid??! Honesty is allowed

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Chocolatecake12 · 21/01/2017 22:34

I love it! It's a beautiful name. So pretty but strong too.

ThomasHardyPerennial · 21/01/2017 22:45

I love it too! It's a great name .

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 21/01/2017 23:05

It's a nice name OP, it's a name that she can grow with, leave things as they are. 😀

Gretall · 21/01/2017 23:11

Thanks all, I do appreciate it. I worry she doesn't suit her name as she's a very tall, well built whirlwind and I see the name Faye as quite delicate....hopefully she'll grow into it

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 21/01/2017 23:20

I've heard of a Faye who gets called Fi Fi.
I think Faye is lovely as it is though (plus I also know one who is tall & has an athletic physique but it's still her name & suits her)

indigo13 · 21/01/2017 23:23

I felt like this at about the same age but the feeling soon passed and now I love the name we used more than ever!

SingingSilver · 21/01/2017 23:42

I don't see the name Faye as delicate. I tend to see names that end in an 'ee' sound as delicate - Maisy, Millie, Daisy, Ellie, Lily, Sophie etc. I see Faye as a strong, cool name. I really like it.

mammmamia · 21/01/2017 23:49

I Love it

EmbarrassingBaddie · 22/01/2017 02:44

I think of Fayes as being tall and strong and benevolent so it doesn't sound like it necessarily doesn't suit her.

There's no reason you can't introduce a nn if you want though..

Downstairspoo · 22/01/2017 02:46

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Pluto30 · 22/01/2017 02:59

It's been good enough for Faye Dunaway.

It's quite similar to Freya, which is very popular at the moment, so I don't think it's out of place. Just slightly different from the current top names.

I know a little Faith who gets called Fay(e) a lot. It's sweet. Suits her.

MitzyLeFrouf · 22/01/2017 03:00

She's two and a half so you need to accept that her name isn't going to change. I think there comes a stage where a person just kind of becomes their name and it's no longer a matter of whether you like it or whether they suit it, they just are it.

Personally I like the name Faye, it sounds fresh compared to all those 'vintage' style names you say you like.

Motherfuckers · 22/01/2017 03:18

It's lovely. It is quite unusual nowadays and as a pp says, it is loads nicer than all those cutesy, over-popular vintage names.

Mclaren37 · 22/01/2017 05:15

Faye seems dated and 70s to me tbh. I know two Faye's in their late 30's and it also make me think of Faye Dunnaway. To be 'fey' also suggests vagueness and uselessness rather than strength. Like you I prefer older, more 'vintage' names. You could certainly use Fifi as a nn if you prefer?

Mclaren37 · 22/01/2017 05:18

Ps. Sorry just re-read this and realized your daughter is 2.5. So sorry! Oh well there's an honest opinion. Ignore stupid people on the internet! I do quite like Fifi! x

Flippingecktucker · 22/01/2017 06:14

It's gorgeous. I might nick it, if you don't mind?

MrsBlennerhassett · 22/01/2017 06:19

Fee would be a nice nickname, it means fairy in french.
Or Freja perhaps?
But imo Faye is a strong name. It makes me think of the actress Faye Dunnaway who certainly is a strong glamorous figure.

EmbarrassingBaddie · 22/01/2017 07:23

If you really an alternative to use then Fee/Fi is a cute nickname, or Effie?

Imissmyboy · 22/01/2017 07:30

I think it's a gorgeous name. Your daughter will grow up to be herself whatever name you give her. She won't change in any way just because you decided at 2.5 to re-name her as 'Melissa'

FrancisCrawford · 22/01/2017 08:10

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Gretall · 22/01/2017 09:32

Thanks all I do feel better about it now. The name I wanted to swap Faye for was Matilda and I guess a couple of you are right in saying its a lot more popular than Faye these days. Flippingecktucker go for it :)

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Gretall · 22/01/2017 09:34

Oh and also thanks for the effie suggestions! I've forgotten about that name and do like it

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Elbi · 22/01/2017 11:21

Matilda would quickly become Tilly which is pretty cutesy itself Faye is great but if it bothers you you could always start calling her 'F' and progress to Effie.

Missyb15 · 22/01/2017 20:40

i think faye is a pretty old fashioned and cool name :) matilda would probably be shortened to tilly which isn't half as nice as faye imo

harrietm87 · 22/01/2017 22:23

Faye is a great name! Way cooler than Matilda - there are loads of them around. Don't doubt yourself.

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