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Is Robin Rose for a girl ridiculous? How about Riley or Minnie?

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brockleyD · 25/10/2010 10:48

Anybody else thinking potentially of Robin for a girl or Riley? I like Robin Rose and Riley Rose but not 100% in love with them. I also quite like Minnie and Dotty but are those names likely to get picked on?

PS did you know Snowdrop is an actual name!

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JamieLeeCurtis · 29/10/2010 18:47

Yes, you are right MrsVincent. I'm not generally a fan of surnames-as-first-names, and I'm not sure I'd actually do it, but I do like the role model

CheerfulYank · 29/10/2010 18:42

I like Robin. I think Minnie is very nice but am American and it's not used for vajayjay here :o. Riley is ick IMO. I like Rose/Rosie a lot!

MrsVincentPrice · 29/10/2010 18:36

Ripley is a fantastic role model, but her name is Ellen. Robin is nice if slightly butch. Minnie is a frequently used name for female genitals which may or may not be common in your area, and you do not want to find out the answer via howls of laughter when she introduces herself on her first day in reception.

JamieLeeCurtis · 29/10/2010 18:12

I like Robyn

Or a fantasy name I have is Ripley (Aliens) being one of my favourite films)

PfftTheMildySpookyDragon · 29/10/2010 18:08

Is that Robin with Rose as a middle name, or Robin Rose as a first name? I don't have a problem with the alliteration if it's a middle name, no-one will notice, they go togther well I think.

I would not use both as a first name,

DinahRod · 29/10/2010 17:59

Robyn is lovely and is the more commonly spelt version for a girl.

No Smiley for Riley

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brockleyD · 29/10/2010 17:56

Thanks so much for your advice! Really appreciate it! D

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3thumbedwitch · 27/10/2010 02:54

I know three Rileys, all boys. I wouldn't use it for a girl.

Robin is a lovely name for a girl, wouldn't use the 'y' spelling though. Not sure I like it with Rose though..

like Elsa - what about Elise, Elodie, Eloise as alternative considerations? Elsie way too popular at the moment. Elissa is another alternative (or you could spell it Alyssa)

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clpsmum · 27/10/2010 02:47

Love all your names ESP Riley v cool xx

Faaamily · 25/10/2010 14:53

Love Robyn, Rose and Minnie. Riley sounds like a member of the Rooney family, sorry Grin.

Delilah is lovely (with an 'e') but a very loaded name when you consider the biblical connotations.

Betsy is very sweet.

I like Lola, but you'll get a lot pof 'ooh, no' comments on MN.

Elsa OK. Not keen on Ishbel.

BuntyPenfold · 25/10/2010 14:47

PS Also, she was called Redbreast at school, she says, though I don't remember (much older than she was)

BuntyPenfold · 25/10/2010 14:46

I like all of those names brockley

I love the name Robin and I know it is meant to be unisex, it just never seemed like it in real life.
Everyone said my parents must have wanted a boy, which was true Sad, they did.

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brockleyD · 25/10/2010 14:27

um, well in my british baby name book it is spelt Robin for girls and boys, unisex name. I guess I only like Riley because it has family history and we both like unisex names...Robin is sweeter..

Elsa, Dilalah, Lola, Betsy, Ishbel (gaelic for Isabelle - I am scottish)) any better?

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BuntyPenfold · 25/10/2010 13:48

When my sister Robin went to uni she was assigned to the men's hall of residence as they thought she must be male.

I said 'I suppose they didn't look at your middle name.' (one of the above) and she said they had, but thought she was a French boy. Confused

superpenguin · 25/10/2010 13:47

Robin is a boy's name.
If you spell it Robyn then is a girl's name.

sparkle12mar08 · 25/10/2010 13:45

Yes.

letsblowthistacostand · 25/10/2010 13:43

Robyn very much NOT american, Robin for a girl is american, unnecessary Y's always look a bit stripper to me.

Robin is really nice, what about Robin Louise or Robin Michelle?

LynetteScavo · 25/10/2010 13:38

Minnie is my favourite!

LetThereBeRock · 25/10/2010 13:37

I really like Robin,but Riley and Minnie are horrid.

mrsSmurf · 25/10/2010 12:38

My dd is minnie I love it obv. Robyn is really nice.

hocuspontas · 25/10/2010 11:58

It sounds like a name from the Wild West. Pistol Pete, Buffalo Bill, Robbin' Rose... Grin

Dorothy is good if you like Dotty or Dot.
Yasmin or Jasmine also have Minnie as a shortened form.

Riley - no. No. No. No.

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brockleyD · 25/10/2010 11:38

Thanks for your suggestions ValiumS, that is really sweet of you! Oh my god I had know idea that Minnie was slang for fanny!!! Funny enough my mum suggested Greta!

Looks like Robin is most liked, we will see...

Thank you everybody again.

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BuntyPenfold · 25/10/2010 11:38

I have a sister called Robin, she has always had a lot of 'but that's a boys name' comments.
I do think Robyn is sweet and indicates a girl!
Not keen on Riley as it's the in boys name for a certain sector here.

I agree about Minnie slang for genitals. Also called fanny. fairy, mary around here. That could be a thread on its own. :)

ValiumSkeleton · 25/10/2010 11:25

OP what about Greta, Dulcie, Lois or Maggie? All of those are unusual. There may be others out there but I think they are unusual enough. (I know you said on another thread that you don't know anybody else with your name and you can't imagine your child having a popular name.)