would you tell a friend that her new baby's name is used by some to refer to vulva/fanny/tuppence/girlie bits...

Minnie Driver manages quite well considering her name is completely ridiculous - did she choose it so that casting agents would have sympathy for her? Or hoping to get a part in the remake of the Italian Job?

Gah! My family all call me Minnie - it's a long-standing nickname. Had no idea it had any connotations whatsoever. Am going to consider huffing (and possibly flouncing) at my family

Next time you visit, could you stuff your hand down your drawers for a good rummage and say "blimey, I have a really itchy minnie"

Hint Hint

Maybe not

Minnie Driver manages quite well I suppose!

Never heard it being called a Minnie either, heard it referred to as a Mary and a Molly too. Doesn't make me want to giggle when I her these names but I'm not 10.

Fact is I find it odd that people have a nickname for a part of their body anyway. I never have.

Say nothing....just send her the link to the 'savaged min-min thread' in classics

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Also live in the South East and have heard this alot.
But it is a pretty name.
If she has registered the name dont tell her. The poor girls will only worry about her DD. If she has a middle name they could use that when shes older.

my nana is called Minnie, I've never associated it with my bits.

me neither, nor Tuppence for that matter

I feel my life is boring and sheltered . sigh

I live in Yorkshire and have never heard of Minnie as a euphemism for anything. It must be a cockney thing.

My ex boss was Fannie - she was French. She worked in Paris, I worked in London and had to call every day to update her on work. I did get some strange looks frothe day I was on the bus and we had a call that involved me saying into my mobile "Fannie; something has come up here I need to fill you in on".

Why on EARTH would you not tell her? If she knows already, she'll just say "Yes, I know, but I don;t mind". If she doesn't - and she might well not if she hasn't got children, it's not an expression, I imagine, much used by adult women - she might well say "Oh, my God - thank you! I nearly made a terrible mistake, but you saved me!"

I'd not say anything. It's quite a common term for your ahem ladygarden but I think it's not so obvious that it's a problem. As a few posters have said, there's a few Willy's Dicks and Fanny's around (as it were).

I know a girl called Minny (my age) and she does ok. It's different; she does get Minnie Mouse a lot though...

Thinking on though, I have heard "ladybits" referred to as Mary, & isn´t Minnie a nn for Mary?

Minnie's not all that common here as a euphemism (in Norfolk). I guess it depends where you are - and if it was common where your friend is, I presume she'd already be aware of it.

I would want to know...

I've heard it being called a Minnie before

William is often shortened to Willie (or Wullie ) around here, and no-one bats an eyelid. She'll be fine - just try not to giggle (as I would probably end up doing )

A good friend's sister.

Oh my goodness - a good friend sister had her DD a couple of weeks ago, London-based, as has called her Minnie...!

My first thought was that she can't know it's other meaning, and neither can my friend! I haven't said anything, as the only reason I even know that it's a euphemism for lady bits is from threads on here. I wasn't really sure how widely known it was - it is SUCH a twee euphemism that I thought it might only be known by children. And Mums...

I wonder if it's the same person?!

I've heard it being called called a 'minnie' before, I'm not down south either.

The daughter in the shopaholic books is called Minnie though, maybe that will make it a more popular baby name

Yes I have heard minne used for that before but I think more Minnie mouse.

I would appreciate being told this (if I had named a child Minnie). In the long run she will be glad that you told her.

I would tell her.

A lot of young children refer to it as 'Minnie' these days. She will be ripped apart at school!

I have started to think about this thread again and wonder whether you should drop some gentle hints to your friend after all.

Like with the Musical Minis thing -some of my friends thought it was a perfectly acceptable name for a music class but others have either found it totally hilarious or have been quite shocked that someone could use such a name.

I guess I have many hopes and dreams for my vagina or 'mini' but never that it should turn out to be musical

There is the distinct possibility that your friend and her DD could get quite a strong reaction from people. It's a shame though because (connotations aside), it's quite a pretty name

Never heard it called a minnie before!

We all had willies in this house-although as my son once pointed out-my daughter and I "only" have girls willies

Oh & my son´s middle name is William.

Any hilarity is soon grown out of imo.