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Cassidy for a girl....

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bonbonpixie · 28/12/2011 23:07

So I'm 20 weeks now and although we don't know for sure the sex of this LO something is telling me that it is going to be a girl (also we have the boys names already sorted!).
We have a short list of three at the moment to go with a surname beginning with a Cr. Please be honest and let me know what you think....
Cassidy
Cordelia
Harriet
If you can think of any others along the same lines is love to know! Thank you!

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Bunbaker · 31/12/2011 08:16

Hmm It's an American website. That may explain why Cassidy is so well liked as a name.

lisaro · 31/12/2011 02:20

Cassidy is a surname. As a first name it sounds ugly. It would also, as mentioned before, be a bit 'trailer park'. I can imagine a woman with kids in a mucky buggy, smoking and wearing pyjamas at the school gate shrieking 'Cassidy get 'ere you little fucker'. And that really is what springs to mind.

Italiangreyhound · 31/12/2011 02:16

bonbonpixie

Found this, just for fun, no idea how scientific it is!

babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/suitability_of_Cassidy.html

Italiangreyhound · 31/12/2011 02:13

I think Cassidy sounds lovely. I am old enough to remember David Cassidy but to be honest if I met a child called Cassidy then the name would make me think of the child (iyswim). I think Cass is a lovely nickname and Cassie too.

Cordelia is beautiful.

Harriet is lovely too.

Congratulations.

SoFreshNSoClean · 30/12/2011 12:20

Cassidy is dreadful. Reminds me of crap American rapper/singer or Butch.

Cordelia is lovely, though.

BalloonSlayer · 30/12/2011 08:45

"less than feminine" WTF did I put it like that???? I meant if she failed to conform to some stereotypical ideal of what a woman should be like and thus be judged to be not very feminine by her peers.

BalloonSlayer · 30/12/2011 08:43

I think Cassidy has a lovely sound to it, and were it a proper forename I would be in favour. But bit is a surname . . .

I would also worry, if I called a DD that, should she grow up to be regarded as less than feminine by cruel school-mates, she might end up with the nickname "Butch." Or maybe I have been reading too much Jilly Cooper.

Bunbaker · 30/12/2011 08:34

"I love Cassie/Cassidy and I don't think that it's a surname. I think a lot of the name references (butch, sundance) are very old or will bite the dust pretty quick (Natalie)."

I am old Sad, so to people my age the name refereneces will alway spring to mind. bonbonpixie has a point that these references will be meaningless to a child though. That said, I don't care for "surname" names, but that is only my opinion. I'm sure what ever name is chosen will suit the little girl.

Machasma · 30/12/2011 08:27

I really like Cassidy. Go for it. It's different and i love Cassie for short x

Pudden · 30/12/2011 08:22

Cassidy is an awful name for a girl- not even a first name anyway. Cassandra 'cassie' a million times better- classic and elegant

Ephiny · 30/12/2011 08:14

Cassidy as a girl's first name (rather than a surname) sounds quite American to me, I think it probably is more popular in the US than in the UK or Ireland (though don't have statistics to hand!).

If you love it then use it, you don't need permission from anyone one here!

imaginethat · 30/12/2011 07:08

I think Harriet is a gorgeous name.

CheerfulYank · 30/12/2011 07:01

Psht...it's not Sioux anyway, Oiko. Lakota is okay or Lakota/Dakota/Nakota if you want to be really PC. :)

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bonbonpixie · 30/12/2011 00:12

I think I shall be defensive actually.... LolSmile
Guess its just a marmite name, either love it or hate it. Only thing now is I seem to be totally stuck on these three names and find it very hard to consider others.
Many people say that once the child is born, a certain name just sort of 'fits' it. Fingers crossed that will be the case!!

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oikopolis · 29/12/2011 23:44

you can get defensive about Cassidy if you like... but fact is, it's a surname, and to many it sounds trendy/American, as well as dated. If you like that, then go for it. Personally, I would not.

Also I think it's fairly obvious that most "American" names come from Europe in some shape or form. Unless you happen to speak Sioux or something. What most people mean is, "this name sounds like an American would use it", which sadly is not always a compliment (see Nevaeh, etc.)

LittleWhiteWolf · 29/12/2011 23:33

I loved Cassidy when I was expecting DD but DH wasn't keen. Its not American, its actually Irish, and I think its lovely. I also really like Cordelia, but what put me off that name was the possibility of the nn Delia, which I didn't like.
Harriet is ok, love the nn Hattie.

BunnyLebowski · 29/12/2011 22:54

The surname might be Irish but the trend for using surnames as first names is most definitely an American one.

Fwiw I'm Irish and I've never met an Irish child called Cassidy. If I did I'd be just as Hmm as with anyone else.

I didn't proffer my opinions on your other 2 names. Cordelia is beautiful and as someone else pointed out has numerous lovely shortenings.

Harriet imo is a rather ugly name that I associate with strapping horsey girls.

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bonbonpixie · 29/12/2011 21:33

Thank you all for your input.
Cassidy is actually Irish/Gaelic (a surname admittedly) and not American at all.
Plus these awful rubbish television associations will not be relevant to a child of her generation....

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SootySweepandSue · 29/12/2011 18:00

I love Cassie/Cassidy and I don't think that it's a surname. I think a lot of the name references (butch, sundance) are very old or will bite the dust pretty quick (Natalie).

lockets · 29/12/2011 17:54

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inspireme · 29/12/2011 16:39

I know a little girl with this name but it's spelled Casidhe, took me ages to work out it was spelled phonetically and wasnt some obscure irish name.

I think it will date v quickly Harriet is a lot more timeless.

oikopolis · 29/12/2011 16:10

Cassidy is awful. Cowboy-surname-slash-trailer-park-chic, to me.

Cordelia is gorgeously gorge. Nicknames: Cora, Delia, Coco, Lia... lots of choice for her, if she wants to try out a different identity when she becomes a teen :) but the full name is lovely enough that she could become PM/marry into royalty/get a damehood and it would sound natural with any title.

(Whereas Princess Cassidy sounds like a My Little Pony. Dame Cassidy sounds like a wild west madam. The Honourable Cassidy Smith sounds like a sheriff who got too big for his boots. Etc.)

Harriet is just as good, but Cordelia is lovelier to my ear.

everlong · 29/12/2011 15:37

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BunnyLebowski · 29/12/2011 15:14

I have a Cassie. I was mortified when a playgroup lady misheard me and called her Cassidy for an entire session.

It's the whole american trend for surnames as first names. Bad enough for boys (Hudson, Jackson, Hunter) but truly awful for girls (Harper, Madison, Mackenzie)

Cheap, tacky and trailer trashy.

PipaLockstocking · 29/12/2011 15:10

Yep, Harriet is lovely. Cassidy is awful.