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Is 'Fanny' a suitable name for my fifth?

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CulturallySophisticated · 22/06/2011 22:09

Hi all,

I'm 25 weeks in with my 5th at this moment in time and already starting to think of names!!! My current kids are Claire, Helen, Julie and Jago - was thinking maybe 'Fanny' if I get a girl as a name for my fifth because Fanny Craddock is an inspiration to me and I want to keep a piece of her legend in some way living on. What do you guys think? xx

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rachel234 · 25/06/2011 15:32

Yes, I know it is a wind up - that is obvious. And I also think the culturallysophisticated and Delphiii are one and the same person, trying to be funny.

But the name Fanny, while I don't like it, is used by a lot of people, especially outside of the UK. And it may not be so funny for them.

freerangeeggs · 25/06/2011 15:04

I think it's a beautiful name and you should use it. I prefer Mingella myself though.

BellaBearisWideAwake · 25/06/2011 12:37

My mum knew a lady called fanny when she was little who married a man called Mr Penis. Totally not making that up. Wasn't in the UK though.

oneofsuesylvesterscheerios · 25/06/2011 12:36

It's been a funny (fanny?) thread but it's quite obviously a wind up. I know this because of the combination of names for the op's "other dc".

Just not a very imaginative list; very similar to those names a bloke with no idea would use.

rachel234 · 25/06/2011 12:32

Just googled the name and it seems surprisingly popular (in the US at least):

Fanny is a very popular first name for women (#974 out of 4276) and a slightly less popular surname or last name for all people (#51934 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

Larold · 25/06/2011 12:06

oh no! my mums nn for me when I was little was Fanny or Fanny Annie and some occasions Gladys. Don't know why she used these names when I had a perfectly good name thatf she gave me.

Never liked being called Fanny all the time - am probably scarred for life. Especially as XH nn was Dick!

Divorce was inevitable x

UndiscoveredApprentice · 24/06/2011 19:32

well I misread your title as ''is fanny a suitable name for my filth?'' and thought YES! but for a child, no.

fannybanjo · 24/06/2011 18:19

It's a fan-fucking-tastic name but I'm biased... Would it be short for Cunt or Twat? Wink

GrimmaTheNome · 24/06/2011 18:16

That was spunky of you (another think an American may innocently say...)

Bandwitch · 24/06/2011 16:45

i also had to type 1,000 litres of liquid gum as the contents of a container shipment and I typed cum instead. I just held me 'ead up high and did not leave though. (morto tho i was)

Bandwitch · 24/06/2011 16:44

I sent a letter to vagina in the US once. spellchecker did that!! well, it suggested vagina and i must have clicked on yes.

LimburgseVlaai · 24/06/2011 14:18

A colleague called Virginia once had a junk mail letter addressed to her as 'Vagina'. After that, she was called Fanny at work. She left that company not long after.

carney · 24/06/2011 14:07

No !!!

bumbums · 24/06/2011 14:05

Not in a million Years!!!! Please don't torture your child this way!
How about Betsy?

Bandwitch · 24/06/2011 14:01

No!

The only Fanny I know of is foreign and has changed her name to Annie.

MrsS01 · 24/06/2011 12:48

PMSL!

FannyPriceless · 24/06/2011 12:32

God, don't ask me!Grin

marge2 · 23/06/2011 12:49

Speaking as someone who's midle name is Frances and got called "Fanny" by her Mum in public. NOOOOOOOOO don't do it to her!!!!!

GrimmaTheNome · 23/06/2011 12:47

I knew an American who had to be tactfully told why greeting new UK colleagues with an enthusuastic 'Hi, I'm Randy' wasn't always such a good idea.

MackerelOfFact · 23/06/2011 12:30

Willy, Dick and Roger are all lovely if you're looking for boys' names too. Or Randy, that's cute.

pilates · 23/06/2011 12:19

This thread isn't for real, its a wind up.

IvyAndGold · 23/06/2011 12:12

peachy PMSL at jo as a middle name Grin

YankNCock · 23/06/2011 12:05
Grin

Was it the 80s? Were they neon green or orange?

GrimmaTheNome · 23/06/2011 10:54

In the USA, Fanny means bum - I lived there when 'bumbags' were in vogue and was slightly suprised the first time I heard one referred to as a 'fanny pack'.

Domesticbodess · 23/06/2011 10:52

Would be perfectly acceptable in France, but guess that's not much use to you!