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Is Birdy usable?

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DitsyDonkey · 23/10/2013 20:53

Just to note THIS NAME HAS HUGE SENTIMENTAL MEANING for me so please don't rip it apart as the person I would be using it after was just buried yesterday Sad

I think it is beautiful and I do know of a little Birdy and it seems to work but I don't want to give a name either that would be super difficult to live with. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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MiaowTheCat · 24/10/2013 13:46

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GillyBillyWilly · 24/10/2013 11:50

I work with a lady called Burdy (yes with a U)... That's her real name. Thought it was weird at first but actually you get used to it!

BuntyPenfold · 24/10/2013 11:48

Doesn't Avis and Ava mean a bird?

GaryBuseysTeeth · 24/10/2013 11:44

Sorry for your loss. I think using a name after a departed family member/friend is a lovely idea.

We were going to use my g.grandads name for one of our ds's, however it didnt/still.doesnt suit either of them so glad we didn't.

Having grown up with a very odd name myself I'd say middle name and call her Birdy but give her a different first name. My Ds's have 'normal top 100' first names then less common middle names.

BornToFolk · 24/10/2013 11:44

I think it's a sweet old-fashioned name, along the lines of Queenie which I secretly love but could never use. I always use the test of "how would I feel walking into a new job and introducing myself with this name?" For me, Birdy doesn't pass that test.

So sorry for your loss.

NotYoMomma · 24/10/2013 11:38

my granny was Birdie but her full name was Susannah - she coukd just sing like a bird Grin

I contemplated birdie too

kissmyheathenass · 24/10/2013 11:29

I wouldn't use it.

I do know a Wren though and I think that's lovely if you want an avian-ish name

Anjou · 24/10/2013 11:27

I agree with the others, OP, that its a lovely name but perhaps best kept as a nn/mn. I love the idea of using a birds name but using Birdie as the nn. Wren has already been mentioned and is beautiful. A bit out there but how about Skylark. Could then be Sky/Skye later in life if she chooses. Or Alouette, French for lark?

squoosh · 24/10/2013 10:14

It's a bit Alabama. I'd perhaps use it as a nickname, definitely not as the full name though.

Isabeller · 24/10/2013 06:45

Made me think of Birdee Pruitt (in a nice way).

It sounds good to me.

Sunnysummer · 24/10/2013 06:43

I think it's an adorable nickname, and could be a lovely name for some older girls and women but really hard or others (not just talking about the annoying 'high court judge' thing, but also a tall or big girl could become Big Bird, for example).

Could it be a nickname for a lovely bird name like Linnet, Wren or Robin, or for a B name like Bridget or Belinda? Or a middle name that you use as a nn?

WetGrass · 24/10/2013 06:41

It's an adorable nickname - but I really think you should have a more formal birth cert name. Bridget is fine.

mathanxiety · 24/10/2013 06:36

I love it. I have a Brigid (Irish) in my family who has always been Birdie.

I love Biddy too. I wanted to call DD3 Brigid and call her Biddy as a nn. It would have suited her down to the ground in a funky, retro kind of way.

I would use it as a first name if it means a lot to you.

BuntyPenfold · 23/10/2013 23:09

Birdy could be a cute nn for Robin/Robyn, or Linnet.

How about Beatrice; with a B at the start, it might seem a more natural short version?

MortifiedAdams · 23/10/2013 21:18

Ooh I love the name Bridgit!

Camsie30 · 23/10/2013 21:08

If you love it and it means something to you then go for it. I wouldn't take any notice of what anyone else thinks!! The name I want to give my child is one that I don't think anyone else will like, but who gives a shit?!!!

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 23/10/2013 21:07

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BikeRunSki · 23/10/2013 21:06

A very sweet nn, and love it as nn fro Robyn or Wren, but it doesn't feel like a legitimate name.

HerbertGistcool · 23/10/2013 21:06

Sorry for your loss OP. I would agree with PP though. Wasn't there a First Lady called Ladybird Johnson (after JFK)?

BunnyLebowski · 23/10/2013 21:05

I love it Smile

Busy Phillips has a Birdie (prefer it spelled that way) and she is awesome.

Let's not talk about her DD2 who is called Cricket Shock Confused

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DitsyDonkey · 23/10/2013 21:05

Maybe Florence Birdy or Juno Birdy or Iris Birdy.....oh I don't know I think it may be best in middle spot!

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orangepudding · 23/10/2013 21:02

I met a toddler called Birdy/Birdie, her mum was embarrassed that she had picked that name for her as her proper name.

LifeOfPee · 23/10/2013 21:02

As a NN it would be OK but I wouldn't use it as a full name.

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DitsyDonkey · 23/10/2013 21:01

I may use it as a middle name either.

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