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Posy Ethel

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AmberSocks · 02/07/2013 10:33

I have a Tabitha,middle name Marion,after mil.NOt foud out sex yet but if its a girl we definitly love Posy,very small possibility of using Josephine officially just in case and also because its dils mothers name.

All my children have family names as middle names and theres only really NIcola,Karen,Eleanor and Ethel left.I dont like the first two so i am thinking ethel?

I know its very old lady like but i do love granny chic?Also love Percy for a boy but dh doesnt like it and whenever ive mentioned it ive had looks of pure horror,so lets hope its a girl!

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BuntyPenfold · 02/07/2013 20:34

Mine are not - small Devon village.

ladymontdore · 02/07/2013 20:32

My circles are high!

TripleRock · 02/07/2013 20:30

'move in different circles' «snort!»

BuntyPenfold · 02/07/2013 20:27

AmberSocks, sorry, x-posted with you.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 02/07/2013 20:26

DD2 however, does say that if I had called her Posy she would either change her name or kill herself. But what does she know?!

BuntyPenfold · 02/07/2013 20:26

I have never heard anyone say 'xxxx is a bit posy'. Never ever.

However, in Ballet Shoes, wasn't the baby Posy introduced with the words 'Her name unfortunately is Posy' ? I don't have a copy to hand to check right now though.

Personally, I like it. Couldn't it be short for anything else? Persephone?

Eleanor is much nicer than Ethel though. Ethel is so Just William.

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AmberSocks · 02/07/2013 20:25

and id ont get the grown up thing either,you just grow into your name,the only stage i can imagine it being difficult is maybe the teen years and even then it depends on personality.Posy Simmonds is an adult.

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AmberSocks · 02/07/2013 20:24

Can i PLEASE point out the word Posy does have a meaning,it means a posy/bunch of flowers,theres no such word as Posy meaning someone poses,afaik.

I am very confident it wont cause her any problems,no more than ay other child anyway.I guess we just move in different circles.

I think i prefer Eleanor for middle name.I do like Ethel but my surname is 2 sllable so i think the 3 syllable name balances it out.

DifferentNow- congrats on your new baby Flowers

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ladymontdore · 02/07/2013 20:22

Eleanor Josephine! Perfect name! Feminine but not cutesy, grown up but pretty, beautiful but unaffected.
Wish I had thought of it for DD1!

ladymontdore · 02/07/2013 20:18

Eleanor is beautiful; graceful and strong. Great name of some really fantastic women from 'history' for your DD to feel proud of being associated with. Looks lovely written down too.

I think why I feel strongly about Posy is that when I say it I mean it as an insult "xxx is a bit posy" and, to me, you might as well call someone Tossy or Wanky, I use it in the same kind of way. I genuinely feel sad to imagine a child being given a name so very likely to cause teasing. Why would you call a child something with a nasty meaning? At least Poppii-Mai, Kaidon etc don't actually mean anything and although not 'classy' not actually likely to cause problems for the children. I may be alone here though as I also say "Cripes!" and I'm aware that's on a bit of a down-turn.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 02/07/2013 20:17

Posy Violet = perfect.

TripleRock · 02/07/2013 20:17

Eleanor is a lovely name, although I would say that :)

Ethel is a good choice as a middle name in tribute to a family member.

Posy is actually quite dreadful but marginally better if only a nn of the actual real name. But you say you're decided on Posy so that I guess is by the by.

flossy101 · 02/07/2013 20:15

Love it Grin

DifferentNow · 02/07/2013 20:14

Posy Ethel is beautiful. My DD born last weekend is Posy Violet. I've had mixed reactions to the name but I absolutely love it.

PuzzledBear · 02/07/2013 20:14

I can't understand all the objection to Posy. It's a lovely name, and of course it will work for an adult. I have always admired Posy Simmonds.

Eleanor has always been one of my favourite names (I think because of Eleanor of Aquitaine) and the only reason I didn't use it for either of my DDs is that I don't like it shortened to Ellie. So as a middle name it is great, and I think it sounds lovely with Posy.

I'm not keen on Ethel really, and I think the extra syllable in Eleanor works better.

Wahla · 02/07/2013 20:12

Oh oh, if it's a boy you could stick with the Flumps theme and have Perkin... or Pootle perhaps that's pushing it a bit Grin.

HandMini · 02/07/2013 20:11

Ethel is lovely.

Posy is not a proper name, far too cutesy, far too twee sounding. I really wouldn't.

clippityclop · 02/07/2013 20:10

Why not Eleanor Josephine? Ethel is truly grim, sorry.

Wahla · 02/07/2013 20:09

Posy (Posie) makes me think of The Flumps which, all in all is no bad thing but Ethel make me think of "Little willies" - don't do it to the poor child! Eleanor is much nicer.

MissStrawberry · 02/07/2013 20:05

Dozy Posy

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SoftSheen · 02/07/2013 19:55

Posy is absolutely awful; I wouldn't use it for a cat. Ethel is not much better.

Josephine is OK- how about Josephine Eleanor?

MustafaCake · 02/07/2013 19:51

Eleanor is a lovely name.

Ethel is far too old lady.

Even though you don't want opinions on Posy I really really dont like it. Far too "cutesy" and try hard. Agree with other posters that it will sound ridiculous on an adult and is too like poser.

Conjures up images of a pig tailed bratty show off I'm afraid

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Sanjifair · 02/07/2013 19:46

Prefer Eleanor to Ethel.

Rhubarbgarden · 02/07/2013 19:43

Ethel is absolutely fine as a middle name in tribute to a family member.

Posy makes me cringe, personally

StrawberryMojito · 02/07/2013 19:42

Posy is nowhere near as bad as some of the names I've heard on here.

Ethel? Granny-yes. Chic- no.

Pick Eleanor, it's lovely.

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