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Queenie

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RetroMum1 · 10/02/2012 18:46

Thoughts on Queenie?

I love Queenie, we are in south east London and I love that she would have a sense of relevant local history to her name.

There are a lot of the old fashioned names coming back around here like Dolly, Mabel, Ethel and Maud so I don't think it would be that out there and I really do like the idea of her beng able to tell people about the history of her name.

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darksideofthemooncup · 15/02/2012 01:11

Love it, you could always go for Regan which I think means Queen (and is a Shakespearean name, one of King Lear's daughters) I would definitely go with Queenie though.

MitrochondrialEve · 15/02/2012 00:44

Pearl is pretty, Marguerite / Margaret also mean pearl.

Queenie isn't a name I would like to put on my CV. I think it would be very limiting for an adult. So even though I love Blackadder, I just couldn't.

eggandtoastedsoldiers · 14/02/2012 22:08

Makes me think Black Adder. Love it :)

tumble8 · 13/02/2012 17:00

love it, such lovely connections you have with it, or associations.

your child if you like it, go for it.

MyNameIsNotSusan · 13/02/2012 16:06

Oh wind your neck in seeker. People have slated this name, I am just offering an alternative viewpoint.

kilmuir · 13/02/2012 09:16

Its horrid, is the child going to be one of those pearly king or queens in later life??

seeker · 13/02/2012 09:13

"There are so many dullard Evies and Isobels"

Nice.Hmm

MyNameIsNotSusan · 13/02/2012 09:03

There are so many dullard Evies and Isobels. Go for it!

Denj33 · 13/02/2012 05:27

Cruel and abusive??
Please get a grip?!
This is my daughters name we are talking about it, you may not like it but I think you may be taking it a bit too far, she is 14 and never had any issues with her name, believe it or not

NatureAbhorsAHoover · 12/02/2012 16:43

Queenie was usually a nickname but was sometimes a given name - Queenie Leavis (literary critic and wife of FR Leavis) was a Queenie, not a nickname as far as I can tell, she was born in 1906. HTH

madaboutmadmen · 12/02/2012 16:34

if you like the bloody Queen that much call her Elizabeth, don't burden her with Queenie.

MyNameIsNotSusan · 12/02/2012 16:24

I love it. My neighbour (who is in her nineties and real name is Victoria) has always been called Queenie. I also know a Queenie in her 30s.

Its a real, old London name and was very popular in the East End in years gone by.

girlsyearapart · 11/02/2012 06:21

It's dd3s middle name after my great aunt who brought my mum up so was more like my gran really.
It took four girls between me & my sister before I had the courage to use it on the 5th!
I wouldn't use it as a first name though.

Btw my aunts name was Queen

nooka · 11/02/2012 06:14

I think it's awful too and I come from South East London. I don't associate it with the area at all. Looking it up I see that it was a nickname sometimes used for girls who shared their given name with the queen of the time. I don't like the meaning much either: 'woman'

ThePoorMansBeckySharp · 11/02/2012 05:59

It's horrible. Really, really horrible. Don't do it.

Alligatorpie · 11/02/2012 05:43

I used to teach ESL in Taiwan, and had a student with an 'English' name who was called Queenie. I thought it was a bit strange TBH. Not sure I would use it for a proper name. Sorry.

Wizbangwallop · 11/02/2012 00:31

Personally think Queenie is lovely, and Pearl too. Rather depends on how it works with your last name tho. A workmate wanted to use Queenie for a future DC but ended up using the name for the dog instead after the old snipsnip...

PopcornBiscuit · 10/02/2012 23:14

I am not familiar with the East End or why Queenie is a name associated with it. What's the story?

FrankiDon182 · 10/02/2012 23:11

I am from the eastend and know a few 'queenies' iam pretty sure none of them are actually there given name but, it is certainely connected with someone of great pride, well respected and loved!

How about Eliza? Iam liking Lillabet as well - never heard of that before, very unusual! I long for a daughter whom will be called Genty or Violet :) DH hates my other favourite (Florence!) what does your DH/Family think of Queenie?

Shoutymomma · 10/02/2012 23:08

Then go for Pearl!

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RetroMum1 · 10/02/2012 22:57

Thanks for all the comments and opinions.

Queenie was originally a nickname for victoria and later Elizabeth, we don't like the name Elizabeth so wouldn't use that.

Queenie was also commenly given in the east end to the first born daughter which I think is really lovely. i also like Elsie but is already very popular around here.

Vitaminc Maud is a fab name but my friend already has one.

Not at all keen on Regina or Virginia! It wasn't really to do with the golden jubilee but more to do with the east end connection.

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Shoutymomma · 10/02/2012 22:38

Regina is a great name.... if you want your teenaged daughter to start refusing to eat because she is being called Vagina at school. Forward thinking, people!!

vitaminC · 10/02/2012 20:54

Rude? I'm honestly not convinced she wasn't joking, TBH.

And there's a big difference between naming a child after a flower and naming a child "dumpling"!

Queeenie's not a name I would go for, but it's not horrible. Same with Ethel, Mabel etc. And I actually have a dd called Maud... But with all the pressure young girls face regarding appearance and body image, calling a child "dumpling" is just setting them up for ridicule and is downright cruel and abusive :(

yellowflowers · 10/02/2012 20:35

That's really rude Vitamin C

yellowflowers · 10/02/2012 20:34

I love it though only as a nickname for Elizabeth or Victoria

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