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Millie-Jo???

94 replies

NannyGR · 21/02/2014 23:47

Does this work?? Also is it bad that my mother Inlaw is called Joanne and her cat is called Millie. I can see past it as I love the name but not sure the family will xx

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ladymia · 22/02/2014 21:29

No, I don't like hyphens they really dumb down the name.

scarletforya · 22/02/2014 21:38

Op, honestly it's awful. Nurseries are heaving with Millies and Tillies. Jo is just dated and doesn't flow well with Milly.

LynetteScavo · 22/02/2014 21:38

Hahaha MrsBungle!

In that case maybe Josh J is Josh-Jay. Grin

Davidhasselhoffstoecheese · 23/02/2014 20:15

When I first saw the name, the Michael jackson song 'billy jean is not my lover' popped into my head! Millie-Jo is awful sorry. Millie and Jo are both ok on their own though Millie-Jo would live on a rough estate and mix with a bad crowd.

Davidhasselhoffstoecheese · 23/02/2014 20:17

What about calling the baby Emily Josephine and then you can call her milly Jo as a nick name.

BirthdayMuppet · 23/02/2014 20:36

I don't like any of the 'ee' sounding names - Poppy, Milly/Millie, Daisy etc, and I don't particularly like Jo either. My first thought was also Billie-Jo Jenkins. However Emily Josephine suggested above is not bad and would give you options to use Millie as a nn?

dustarr73 · 23/02/2014 20:53

How about Millicent Joanne nn Millie

Puddles1234 · 23/02/2014 20:58

Millie Jo?! Sounds like a child from a council estate.

If you like Millie how about Camilla or Millicent?!

EirikurNoromaour · 23/02/2014 21:07

Puddles, that's an awful comment.

JellyMould · 23/02/2014 21:15

Sorry, but no, you CANNOT give your child a name that's combines your mil's name and her cat's name. In fact, you can't use the cats name IMO.

Oldtimer1 · 23/02/2014 21:16

WTF?

Are you for real Puddles?

ProfondoRosso · 23/02/2014 21:21

Oh Lord, children from council estates - run for the hills Waitrose Ma! Hmm Seriously unpleasant comment.

I'm not a fan of either name, but find Millicent a heck of a lot worse than Millie. Not everyone wants a name from the John Lewis acceptable list, you know.

Thumbcat · 23/02/2014 21:26

I think all puddles has done is pinpoint the exact reason why hyphenated names never go down well on frightfully middle class MN. Or are we going to pretend otherwise?

usualsuspect33 · 23/02/2014 21:34

Some of us are not frightfully MC though.

Some of us live on ,Shock,horror, council estates.

Thumbcat · 23/02/2014 21:59

Yes I live on a council estate too. But there is a reason why hyphenated names are so hated on mumsnet and puddles has, not very tactfully, named it.

usualsuspect33 · 23/02/2014 22:09

I'm aware of why she said it.

She's a snob.

EirikurNoromaour · 23/02/2014 22:15

I don't believe it's snobbery exactly. I think hyphenated names are in juvenile taste and lack sophistication. I also think that about names that are shortenings of traditional names such as Archie, Alfie, Millie. They are all of a similar type to my mind. I don't think it's about being uneducated or less well off, or whatever 'council estate' is being used to signify in this context. I know plenty of middle class children with silly, cutesy names and I don't like them either.

NigellasDealer · 23/02/2014 22:16

Billie-Jo is better IMO do you like that?

EirikurNoromaour · 23/02/2014 22:18

Betsy, Elsie, those types are equally cringy to me for the same reasons and they are more commonly MC names.

usualsuspect33 · 23/02/2014 22:18

Maybe Puddle would like to come back and explain her comment.

I can see no other reason for it apart from snobbery.

MolotovCocktail · 24/02/2014 12:16

Hold the phone: "hyphenated names are in juvenile taste and lack sophistication" Hmm

What about French names such as Ann-Sophie? Jean-Luc?

And yes, the council estate comment was low.

Flicktheswitch · 24/02/2014 12:22

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EirikurNoromaour · 24/02/2014 12:34

That's just my opinion Molotov. And I'm talking about the cultural context which we are in here, not France or anywhere else.

dozily · 24/02/2014 12:44

Some of these replies are downright cruel. If I was the OP I would probably be in tears Sad

MolotovCocktail · 24/02/2014 12:54

Okay Eirik you are indeed entitled to your opinion. To say hyphenated names lack sophistication is unfair, I think, hence the examples I gave. I honestly think it's the name combinations, rather than the conjuction itself of names, that is the heart of whether a name sounds 'sophisticated', 'classy', or whatever.

It speaks volumes of how the OP must be feeling as she haa not returned to her own thread.