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Andy for a girl

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NobleAndMostAncient · 22/11/2010 19:24

WDYT of the name Andy? It's been my favourite name for a while and I wasn't sure what other people thought of it.

Also what coud it be short for? I'm not keen on Andrea or Andra (sorry). I love Andromeda, but not sure if that's too much for a child.

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lilly13 · 24/11/2010 22:38

Is it a short form of Andrea or Adriana? If so, then I like these. Not a fan of Andy on its own - very cute for a baby, but too casual for a grown up...

nickeldonkeyonadustyroad · 24/11/2010 15:41

poppy's got an idea though - you could use Andy as a nickname for Alexandra...

nickeldonkeyonadustyroad · 24/11/2010 15:40

I'm an Andrea - when I was a teen I was Andi, but never andy cos it sounds too boyish.

I would steer clear of giving a girl Andy as her full name, as it really is too boyish. (and naming her Andrea gives her the choice to change if she wants to)

Sorry.

ps: mine's pronounced bog standard way, but when I met a friend at 6th form ,she said it And-rey-a and it was soooo pretty. Grin

didn't last long though, cos everyone else pronounced it the normal way. :(

Fimbo · 24/11/2010 15:39

I know girls called Finley, Cameron & Dylan.

Fimbo · 24/11/2010 15:39

I quite like it especially spelt Andie.

nagynolonger · 24/11/2010 15:37

Obviously not once people get to know them!

It is just a matter of opinion. There are lots of wonderful names for boys and for girls, and I prefered not to go for unisex names.

rachel1970 · 24/11/2010 15:20

"But for children in school uniforms it isn't always so obvious"

Well, most of the children in school uniform I know are pretty obviously masculine or feminine.... and the little Morgans, Alex's and Charlies I know (both genders) have not been mistaken for the other gender once people get to know them.

YellowDaffodil · 24/11/2010 14:09

I know an Andrena which I think is lovely. You could have that on the Birth certificate and shorten to Andie.

nagynolonger · 24/11/2010 13:43

It's not in adulthood that it would worry me . Obviously as soon as you see or hear a female Sam it's quite clear it's a Samantha.
But for children in school uniforms it isn't always so obvious. I have seen little children get very upset when an adult stranger calls them a boy/girl by mistake....at the very least all their class mates laugh.

Summertime92 · 24/11/2010 13:37

i would spell it Andie if its for a girl...its alot more popular for girls than you think!

poppydaisy · 24/11/2010 12:54

Lots of my girlfriends are called Sam (Samantha), Sandy (Sandra) and Alex (Alexandra), all of which can be used for men. I therefore wouldn't worry about people mistaking her for a man Grin.

I think Andie is a little more feminine than Andy, but I like the sound of the name.

rachel234 · 24/11/2010 12:43

"No one's going to tell you they don't like it."

No, not after a child is born, that would be rude. But the OP is asking for opinions ahead of her dd being born. And a lot of mumsnetters have very strong opinions indeed about how much they hate/love a proposed name Grin.

I think Andie is cute for a girl and think that Andie MacDowell has made the name much more commonplace for girls.

turniptop · 24/11/2010 10:44

I really like Andy for a girl, but, like you, I don't like Andrea very much. We considered Miranda for our baby girl with Andi as a nickname.

FairyArmadillo · 23/11/2010 22:55

I like Andie with that spelling.

pointydog · 23/11/2010 22:31

No one's going to tell you they don't like it.

I have never met someone and told them I didn't like their child's name and no one has done it to me.

fin54 · 23/11/2010 21:40

I have a grand daughter who is ten now, her name is Finlay and I have never met anyone who doesn?t like it, although her name constantly appears on the boy?s register at school. I also have a 2 yr old grand daughter whose name is Isla and people constantly call her Izla,, their dad?s name is Andy and I thought it would have been lovely to call the second one Andi

Dolittlest · 23/11/2010 21:11

Andi in Pretty in Pink. Very cool!

LolaBellsAllTheWay · 23/11/2010 21:09

I like it, we considered Andrea for DD2 as DP's middle name is Andrew. I also have a cousin Andrea who goes by Andie and her dad is Andrew, her mum is Anne!

I know an Andrina, that could be shortened?

nagynolonger · 23/11/2010 17:01

I don't like Andy for a boy or a girl.

Andrew is OK for a boy, and I would say the female equivalent(sp?) is Andrea.

I don't like any name where the gender is in any doubt! So I'm not keen on Sam for a girl so would never choose Samantha.

MarniesMummy · 23/11/2010 16:57

Bruffin, it seems to be quite trendy at the moment to name girls things like Maggie and they are not Magarets on their birth certificates.

MarniesMummy · 23/11/2010 16:54

Big Daddy = Shirley Crabtree!!

Been guffawing at that for over a quarter of a century now! Pants! I'm showing my age.

pointydog · 23/11/2010 16:53

It's insulting for a boy to have a girly name but it's cool and strong for a girl to have a laddish name.

pointydog · 23/11/2010 16:52

Boys' names are becoming unisex but girls' names are not.

I haven't yet met a boy called Rachel, Annabel or Sue.

Why is that? Why is it ok to give girls boys' names but not the other way around?

bruffin · 23/11/2010 16:44

Rachel most of those names are nicknames and very few will be their name on the birth certificate except maybe Morgan.

Secretwishescometrue · 23/11/2010 14:38

I like it spelt Andie but would give her one of the lovely suggestions above as her full name/name on paper just to give her the option herself as a teen/adult ya know... Love Adrianna myself

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