Stevie for a girl

What have you done today to make you feeeel proud

Stevie just makes me think of the side kick in Miranda :o

NC for this as it would out me to my sister (hi sis!)

I went to school with a girl called Peter (spelt Peta). Honestly.

She had very little hassle throughout school but no one pronounced it properly unless they knew her and everyone thought she was a boy. She seemed used to it TBH.

It is now a perfectly normal girls namew in my mind as I picture a pretty blonde girl when I hear it, although I wouldn't use it myself.

Is it strange that I now read strandedbear as Eviebear?
Very cute name btw Stranded, hope you're happy with it :)

What was the mum called?

My mum had neighbours the dad was called Steve, the son Steve and the daughter Stevie.. I thought it was very inbred haha

Stranded

I feel your pain - my name was a 'normal' name with a chavvy spelling - OK people didn't think I was male but it was still bad enough for me to have changed it.

Not that my mother will use the name I've been using for nearly 30 years.

OP

I'd go with Stephanie with Stevie as a nn - then she has options to change, as do you.

I really like it

I also like Robyn, and Billie

DP and I thought about the name Stephanie for our DD, and Stevie would've been her NN. If we have DC3, Stephanie/Stevie will be back on the table.

Wouldn't use Stevie as a first name (SB said it all really), but love it as a NN.

My stepgran is a Stevie, was more than shocked the day my mother told me grandad was having an affair with someone called Stevie when he was in his 70's, not only was I surprised he'd have an affair at this age but with a man?!! obviously mum put me in the picture eventually.

lol fleetwood mac is for elbow patch wearing teachers who like some soft adult roooooooooooooooock and think fleetwood are deep

its musical keech

I love Stevie for a girl, but I would use it as a NN for Stephanie so she had a "sensible" name on her birth certificate and if she ever became Prime Minister

Don't knock the Mac, scottishmummy, that's not cool.

Yikes no, sounds terrible for a girl, naff and cheap! soooooooo many lovely names to choose from.

would you call your son sophie op
or is it boys names only for girls?
i dont think picking traditionally male names imbues them with strong or feisty characteristics.and has been said it may lead to bullying. You are most likely aware stevie is traditionally male name and diminutive of steven/stephen. Therefore it will raise an eyebrow

seriously would you pick a traditionally female name (elizabeth,anna..) for a boy just because you liked the name?

Nay, nay and thrice nay. Give the poor little girl a girls name.

Going by what others ave said though, it's not just the problem of being bullied about the name. It's the fact that on paper, most people reading the name would assume the wrong gender, hence mail addressed to Mr and other such probs.

Officially naming the baby Stephanie, and having all paperwork in that name still leaves you totally free to call your baby Stevie, while giving your child the option of using either option when she is older. Would seem to be the fairest compromise imo.

For those who say they knew a Stevie, maybe she didn't have problems as she was officallybStevie and chose to enjoy the nickname on her own terms without the beurocratic misunderstandings iyswim.

Stevie is cute but not a girls name, when there are so many lovely ones. My sister mentioned possibly naming one of her girls Gary or Sydney. She changed her mind.

I had a friend called Stephanie at college - I used to call her fuffnie as she didn't like Steph.

Stranded Bear is obviously the expert on this, so I bow to her opinion, and if she says she had a hard time because of it, then I would say don't do it, but if I saw the name Stevie, I would assume it was a girl, and if I met a boy or man called Stevie, I would think "that's a bit of a girly name for a boy".

Can I add the poet Stevie Smith to the mix?

I just googled stevie and of course it came up with Stevie Wonder - a man - but I've never thought of him being called Stevie because I just think of his name altogether "Stevie Wonder". I bet when people address him directly, they call him Steve.

Now I've typed it so many times, it has begun to look very odd.

The female one I knew was a Stephanie, and the male one is my brother (christened Stevie, not short for anything, now calls himself Steve)

I knew a Stevie, but she was really Stephanie - I always liked it more than Steph, which is what all the other stephanie's I know go by.

I also know a Billie, and she hates her name. She has two sisters and they all have what are traditionally boy names.

My dd is Charley, but that is short for Charlotte. I quite like 'boy' names for girls, but I also think options are really important.

I really like it.
It's awful that Stranded has had such a bad experience but don't kids always find something to bully about? whether it's hair colour, body size, braces, brain power...

That's the point though isn't it? Their own choice.

loopy I never even considered Stevie for a boy!

I just love it for a girl and I am really shocked at Stranded bears experience especially as she is so young, I am much older and know a few women with male names (Frankie, Billie, Sam, Jack) who don't have any problems and like their names - all of them have shortened as their own choice.