Millicent - too old fashioned, or come full circle?

[JumeirahJane]

Trying to avoid the top 100 names - Millicent for a little girl, but shorten to the better-known Millie for everyday?

[ihavenosecrets]

Lovely.

[suwoo]

Its my niece's name, she is 9.

Millie is always described on MN as one of the most popular girls names around.

[tummytickler]

Oh - I lurve Mildred, but dont like nn Millie - which is what puts us off!

JJ - I love Millicent, it is lovely.

[ZacharyQuack]

Millicent is so pretty.

[TheTeaThings]

I smile every time I hear this name

[thirtysomething]

great name but will always be shortened to Millie so you'll only get Millicent on official documents, school registers etc- if you're ok with this go for it!!

[JumeirahJane]

thanks all

[Gateau]

Millicent - very pretty. But I don't like Millie.
Mildred? No!! Not when it conjures up images of randy Mildred Roper!

[castille]

Oh I love Millicent
DH wouldn't have it and it sounds silly with our surname but it's a secret love of mine

[Raahh]

I have a Millicent (mn Elizabeth)- she is 3 in August. We call her Millie most of the time, but I love her full name. I don't mind Millie being popular- not that i have actually come across another near here. lots of Maisies and Mollys though...

[paisleyleaf]

I can't not think of Millicent Bystander now
(Flushed Away)

[Raahh]

Rofl- Flushed Away is ds's favourite film- he loves the Millicent Bystander bit!!

[paisleyleaf]

"You look pretty ridiculous now Millicent"!

[Raahh]

pmsl- it's one of the few kids films i can watch over and over- alot of it goes over ds's head....

[jellybeans]

I really don't like it, far far too old lady. I feel may get teased as the kids with old fashioned names often do at secondary. Stick with just Millie.

[paisleyleaf]

ikwym Raahh, me and DH love it

[sockmonkey]

I thought of Millicent Bystander too. Love that film.

[nickelbabe]

is it pronounced Millicent or millicent?

I never knew, but i always said millicent margaret amanda when talking about millymollymandy

[lou031205]

DD1 is Millicent. She is 3.6, and we use Millie as a NN. (Millicent)

[Raahh]

Nickelbabe- you have me thinking now- I think (just to be awkward), I put equal stress on each syllable Mill-i-cent. But I am confusing myself thinking about it.
DH says it pronounced Mon-ster

[sophiesmummie]

Anything Milli- just makes me think 'thousand' - millipede, millimetre, etc.

And adding Cent (hundred) makes it an even stranger combination imo: "Thousand hundred"???

Maybe I just had too much Latin in school .

[Thandeka]

I think of Millicent bystander too- best film ever!

[Scorpette]

tummytickler - If you like Mildred, my DP has a Great Aunt Mildy (pron. Mill-dy), short for Mildred. Think Mildy is sweet and not the now-v-popular Millie.

Milliecent is lovely - but everyone will call her Millie (it's popular for a reason though - it's sweet!).

[tummytickler]

Scopette - thats interesting - our other name is Hilda as dh likes nn Hildy so i reckon that Mildy might win him over (I can ignore the slight mildewiness about it!)