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What are your honest opinions on Stephanie?

62 replies

Chocolatie · 12/06/2017 20:51

Thank you Smile

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tinhead · 12/06/2017 20:53

Love it. Always been a fave and due a revival.

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OuchBollocks · 12/06/2017 20:53

A bit dated maybe? But then one of my very best friends is Stephanie so I have a soft spot for the name.

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/06/2017 20:53

Love it. Its definitely due a come back

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CaulkheadUpNorf · 12/06/2017 20:55

I know a few children and many adults. I like Steph and Stephie but not Stephanie.

One friend used to say people called her fanny when she a child...

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BikeRunSki · 12/06/2017 20:55

I like it. It lends itself to the abbreviations Stevie and Annie, which are both great. It was on our list had DS been a DD for this reason.

I also like the full name.

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lockie1983 · 12/06/2017 20:56

Love it but vetoed by my DH for current bump !

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krustykittens · 12/06/2017 20:57

I like it!

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TheLegendofGreySock · 12/06/2017 20:59

Horrible, sorry.

Boring and frumpy. Like Paula. A man's name feminised.

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OriginOfCliches · 12/06/2017 21:00

I really like it. It sounds fractionally dated, but is a fairly classic name and is surely due a revival.

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AnnaRacks · 12/06/2017 21:02

horrible.

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user1468353179 · 12/06/2017 21:04

I love it, especially Stephie for short.

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ABitOTT · 12/06/2017 21:05

I've disliked that name my entire life, however I'm coming around to it. It's certainly better than some of the names from that era.

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YokoReturns · 12/06/2017 21:06

It always reminds me of the pool attendant in The Day Today, 'STEPHANIEEE! STEPHANIEEE! STEPHANIEEEE! Free swim...'

I realise this puts me in a small minority of MNers who've actually seen this

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funmummy48 · 12/06/2017 21:06

Love it and know a 3 year old Stephanie. It's a pretty name.

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Onceafortnight · 12/06/2017 21:06

It's ok, bit dated. Better than Violet and Mabel etc.

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hellohellohellooooooooo · 12/06/2017 21:07

Vom

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Muddlingalongalone · 12/06/2017 21:10

Ruined for me by dd watching endless lego friends and being obsessed with Stephanie because she's blonde like her and name rhymes, otherwise I like it

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Thirtyrock39 · 12/06/2017 21:16

I love it but am biased as named dd it!! though shes a stephie to nearly everyone. I love all the 60s/70s American sounding names like judy, jane, Penelope etc.. I alos like individual names and have yet to meet another kid called Stephanie.

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AuntieStella · 12/06/2017 21:18

I wonder why it didn't catch on again in the Lazy Town years.

I rather like it, possibly because I know a lovely one in RL

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SheepyFun · 12/06/2017 21:22

We'd have considered it for DD, but there's already one in the family, and it was easier to entirely rule out names of family members rather than get into an argument about favouritism!

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mondler · 12/06/2017 21:29

I love it but can't use it. It would give her lots of name options and its pretty.

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 12/06/2017 21:30

I really like it, love Steph and Stevie.

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Pleasemrstweedie · 12/06/2017 21:32

I don't think it's particularly dated, I just think it's never been hugely popular, but yes, I like it. In fact, I wish I'd thought of it myself now!

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Xmasbaby11 · 12/06/2017 21:36

Dated, sorry.

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Decaffstilltastesweird · 12/06/2017 21:36

I'm not mad about it, but that may be because I know a few from my own generation. Not that they're horrible people or anything, just hard to imagine it on a child.

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