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What do you think of Felicity?

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weakhorse · 03/05/2011 10:23

What do you think of Felicity as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.
following on from my previous post just canvassing opinions
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manicinsomniac · 08/05/2011 20:40

I think it's really pretty.

I quite like Flick and Fliss too.

Though the Felicity in my class is known as Fizzy which I think is adorable while she's a child but not sure I'd want to be stuck with that as a teen or adult!

CharlotteWasBoth · 07/05/2011 21:49

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robincousins · 07/05/2011 13:10

not overly keen on felicity

but fliss is quite sweet don't see it as pretentious at all

MercurySoccer · 07/05/2011 12:38

Agree emmanumber3, I dislike "Fliss" and "Flick" too.

emmanumber3 · 07/05/2011 12:37

I dislike it intensely. Mainly because I can't stand the nicknames "Fliss" or "Flick". Very pretentious.

dexifehatz · 07/05/2011 00:19

Valium-so weird that you prefer Verity as that was the name that we were going to go with,but when I told MiL she went quiet and told me that she had a stillborn little girl who they called Verity,my husband didn't know.

mrsdaz · 05/05/2011 10:08

Love it..its on our shortlist but will prob be a middle name as we have so many we like

valiumbandwitch · 05/05/2011 09:17

it's a normal name, but I personally hate it. I think there is no obvious nick name, it is a bit too close to felatio for comfort and the sssssss sound in the middle is a bit hissy.

I like the style of it though if that makes sense. Verity is lovely, much softer.

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weakhorse · 05/05/2011 08:04

Too when you use the word common do you mean popular or c*y

if popular what exactly makes you think that . my understanding is that in 2009 there were only about 240 in england and wales so not too frequently used . i know none where i live

also alot of the less popular names seem to be moving up the ranks . so i'm not going to avoid a name just because it may become popular in future . short of gazing in a crystal ball there is no way of predicting a names progress.

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Tolalola · 04/05/2011 22:15

I quite like it but have the impression that it's getting really common, which puts me off a bit.

dexifehatz · 04/05/2011 21:59

Our 2 yr old is Felicity Faith and is usually called Flissy,although my dad calls her Filly-must be a generational thing.

BeeMyBaby · 04/05/2011 19:09

Also it translates so well in French and Spanish that I often get comments on when holiday on what a nice name it is. I honestly don't know anyone else who gets so many comments on how nice their name is (bar other Felicity's of course!).

BeeMyBaby · 04/05/2011 19:07

I love it, tis my name, and have extremely positive experiences with it - I still get comments from people hearing my name and saying how lovely it is, in person and over email in my job. The only people who call me facility are over email from Asia or the Middle East, where they don't recognise the name and often presume I'm a man, so being called facility is the least of their misunderstandings. I had a nn in school but have been called Felicity since I was 15 or so, as I grew out of the nn.

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weakhorse · 04/05/2011 17:43

virginia can i just ask why you dislike it so much

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ZZZenAgain · 04/05/2011 17:15

I find it a bit too fussy for my taste so I wouldn't use it. It is a nice enough name though

virginiasmonalogue · 04/05/2011 17:11

Dislike it strongly!

youngjoly · 04/05/2011 14:59

I love it. It was on our shortlist. Unfortunately, we didn't like the nicknames / they didn't go with our surname (too many S sounds), so it was a no go for us. Lovely name tho.

daisybear · 04/05/2011 09:44

i like it..... as well as the nicknames

Jux · 04/05/2011 09:40

I was at school with a Felicity; she was known as Flick.

HattiFattner · 04/05/2011 09:09

I would caution that as she grows older, she may become "Facility" - we knew a lady who was - ehem - "free with her affections" and this became her nickname.

msbuggywinkle · 04/05/2011 09:04

I have one, I love it. We call her Fliss or Lissie.

plusRoyalisteQuUneEmigree · 04/05/2011 09:01

She is unlikely to be called the full "Felicity", so if you don't like the nicknames, don't go for it. (As with Deborah. I don't know any who aren't Debbies.)

Jux · 04/05/2011 08:57

Lovely name.

flopsy1974 · 04/05/2011 08:56

lovely name with a nice meaning. I don't know of any either so not popular where I live.

Thiscrazylife · 04/05/2011 00:53

I really like it

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