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What kind of names do little girls love being called?

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delilah88 · 26/09/2012 16:54

Is it only super-feminine names? I think there are lots of names I think are cool as a grown-up mum that in all fairness I would have hated to be called as a kid.

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amck5700 · 27/09/2012 09:51

.....I always wanted to be called Cilla Black......we'll say no more about that!

LadyLetch · 26/09/2012 23:51

Whenever my children play make believe, DD2 is always Elizabeth (nice name) but DD1 always insists on being Margaret. For some reason she thinks it is a fab name.

Faye on the other hand, she feels is a bloody odd name and wonders why anyone would ever choose to name their kid that!

baskingseals · 26/09/2012 22:38

my dd is called Alexandra. she can't quite get over NOT being called Isabel or Amber or Rose.

uptherear · 26/09/2012 22:35

I think it depends on the individual girl. My dds like names like Rosie and Milly. They are both girlie girls despite me being far from girlie and i didnt bless them with girlie girl names!!

BeattieBow · 26/09/2012 17:19

my daughter(aged 9) is considered to have a really cool name by her sisters and classmates - it's not at all unusual and is often slated on here - it's Izzy. Her older sister is envious of her name.

When I was a little girl I wanted to be called a name like Frankie, or Danny or Charlie (i.e a boyish name). And then I wanted to be called Sarah.

picnicbasketcase · 26/09/2012 17:18

I really wanted my name to be Belinda for some reason.

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delilah88 · 26/09/2012 17:17

These are such cute stories! I can't wait to have my daughter --
I don't want to saddle her with a crappy name.

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ContinentalKat · 26/09/2012 17:15

I don't think they particularly like or dislike any names. I think they like what they associate with a name.
In nursery, my dd wanted to change her name to her best friend's and named all of her dolls and animals after her.
At the moment all of her animals are named after the neighbours cat, and all of her future pets and children will have that same name as well. Grin

scentednappyhag · 26/09/2012 17:09

I DESPERATELY wanted to be called Chan as a child. I don't even remember why. But I'm possibly not indicative of a trend amongst most small children Grin

quoteunquote · 26/09/2012 17:06

Is it only super-feminine names?

none of the girls I know would like that. Where we live, originality is the popular thing, no one wants to share a name.

WidowWadman · 26/09/2012 17:05

My daughter likes her (old-fashioned and not very common) name. And she also likes her nickname.

She actually is quite proud of having two names she likes. Some people shorten her name to a different nick name which she isn't too keen on.

I guess her proper name is quite feminine, her nick name is rather neutral, but I honestly believe, if you don't make a big deal of gender roles and guff like that, but just give her a name you truly love, she'll love it too.