Too old-fashioned?

Tell you friends to feck off

Penny is a lovely lovely name, and give the reason I think it's just the sweetest thing you could do. My DD is name after a dear family member and I love her name even more because of it.

I like Penny. But don't like shortforms of names used on birth certificates. . And would call Penelope and Penny as usual name. This is a personal preference. And everyone is entitled to their own choice.

Love Penny for a name it was on my shortlist for dd. I don't think it's old fashioned at all very classy if you ask me.

Penelope nn Penny is gorgeous! Go for it.

Oooh Peggy love that too.

Penny is beautiful,and it has meaning for you.I'd definitely stick with it.

People who feel they can disparage your name choices as it's not 'final' yet. What kind of 'friend's' are these?

I had a joke name for ds when he was still a bump. More than once when I referred to him by this name a friend's face would freeze and they'd make discrete enquiries to find out if I was serious (& this was for an 'out there' name). It's not like you've chosen a bad name and you also have a lovely choice of namesake. I too think Penelope nn Penny. Was your gran christened Penny?

If you do insist on telling so called friends who are then rude about your name choice I would call them on it. "did you mean that to sound so rude/ hurtful?" is a good phrase.

I love Penny & Penelope too! I similarly love Peggy because it was my granny's name, but didn't use it for DD as I'd want to use the full name (Margaret) as her proper name & Peggy as the nn, but Margaret doesn't go with our surname.

My mum thought I should just call her Peggy and not worry about Margaret- but I like long names that can be shortened rather than short names. Go for Penny if you like it though!

Love names like this - i.e. proper names but for some reason not widely used. She will stand out amongst all the Sophies/Olivias/Isabellas.

Oh and don't tell ANYONE names before the baby is born no good ever comes of it!

Oh yes, never tell a name until you've had the baby and announcing the 'done deal' - someone will have a negative opinion, for most 'traditional' names there'll be someone who's met someone with that name who they didn't like/was a bit odd, for every 'new' name there'll be someone who thinks it's 'cruel' to give a child a 'made up name'...

I think it is a lovely name, and it is so special to be named after someone much loved.

Gnocchi i have commited your rules of baby naming to memory for (hopefully) future reference :)

I like it - and I agree it is lovely to give her a name that has a special family history. And loads of names that are very trendy at the moment, like Olivia or Eleanor, would have been seen as very old-fashioned when I was little. These things go in cycles.

I don't think it's too 'old fashioned' - I think Penelope is gorgeous too if you want to do the big 'formal' name and then Penny as a lovely, lovely nickname.

Penny Penny Penny Penny Penny - DEFINITELY!!!!

1. Its a LOVELY name
2. Suits baby, kid, grown up and old person
3. Easy to spell, say and understand [my name sin;t - its a nightmare...]
4. it means something to you and your family
5. It has a lovely lovely story behind it to telly our baby when she grows up
6. How gives a flying fanjita feckaroo about what anyone else thinks about the name. Its lovely

I don't think its very old fashioned. Its lovely to name the baby after someone who was so special in your life. All my daughters have middle names after great grannys etc and with one in particular I sometimes have a little twinge of regret not using the name as her first one.

I think its lovely. I know 2 Pennys (both Penelope on BC) one is 16 and the other is 5mths.

Its a lovely name. And so what if its an "old" name. They are back in fashion anyway.

When I picked DDs name everyone said it was old fashioned/unusual. That was three years ago and now its in the top 20.

I like it! Penelope and Penny are lovely.

It wouldn't be my choice (though I quite like Penelope), but you love it and it's not weird or objectionable in any way.

You should use it.

And remember the first rule of Baby Name Club: don't talk about baby names you might use outside Baby Name Club :o

Choose a name you like. Personally I wouldn't choose Penny because it's my mil's name but that's just me!

I think it's a lovely name, and don't see it as an old fashioned one.

I'd probably put Penelope on the BC, and use Penny day to day.

I think it is an absolutely lovely name and even nicer than it has a special significance.

Another one who thinks that it is a lovely name and all the lovelier for having a special meaning. It's not at all old fashioned and even if it was alot of the'old' names are coming back. I know a 2 yr old Penelope and it suits her