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What does everyone think of Queenie as a first name?

112 replies

Chottie · 20/07/2014 20:58

Do you know many?

I like quirky type names.

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mulberrylover · 23/07/2014 21:51

Can you see an adult of importance being called Queenie? A supermarket worker maybe- but a merchant banker, a doctor, a teacher? No.

maggiethemagpie · 23/07/2014 21:47

I'm actually going to give my cat (when I get one) this name. Love love love it!

CaptainSinker · 23/07/2014 20:34

If you are planning to give birth to a large breeding sow who will lie lie by the back door nosing food scraps from a pail while nursing piglets it is PERFECT.

CruCru · 22/07/2014 13:53

I think it is nice for a tiny child or a really old lady. However I can't imagine a 45 year old Queenie with two kids, a job, a husband and a mortgage.

bleurghblah · 21/07/2014 21:55

Love it

maggiethemagpie · 21/07/2014 21:32

Love it!

SunshineOutdoors · 21/07/2014 19:29

I like it

shouldacoulda · 21/07/2014 19:23

Nice

IfNotNowThenWhen · 21/07/2014 18:41

"Princess" is a Pit Bull. You weren't serious about that were you??

IfNotNowThenWhen · 21/07/2014 18:40

Yeah, I think it's a nickname for either Victoria or Elizabeth-forget which.
See, I don't hate it, but those kind of "Pearl, Jean, Shirley" type names that are very mid 20th centrury are becoming very in, so I would worry her name would seriously date her.
I like Q though. Tres Bond Grin

ThatBloodyWoman · 21/07/2014 18:39

Well,I like it.

Alisvolatpropiis · 21/07/2014 18:36

It's ridiculous as a given name.

smokeandglitter · 21/07/2014 18:35

Makes me think of 'According to Queenie' by Beryl Bainbridge. Smile Not necessarily a bad thing, she was a fantastic writer! However, I'm not sure personally about the name, don't think I'd use it.

Loz1975 · 21/07/2014 18:11

My friends DD is Queenie. I love it.

squoosh · 21/07/2014 17:58

Queenie.

What does everyone think of Queenie as a first name?
Sundaedelight · 21/07/2014 17:56

Love it!!! Adventurous yet everyone has an opinion about it! If you love it, go for it!

AmysTiara · 21/07/2014 15:40

Awful name

cheesecakemom · 21/07/2014 15:34

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WhiteHairReally · 21/07/2014 15:08

I know of a teenage Queenie. It was also my grandmother's nickname. Her real name was France's but apparently as a child she was bossy, hence the nickname. By the time I knew her however she was known as 'Q' which I thought, and still think as cool. Anyone less like a pearly brothel keeper, you couldn't hope to meet.

I wish I'd given my DD 'Q' as a middle name.

NanooCov · 21/07/2014 13:21

Awful

MamaDoGood · 21/07/2014 13:16

Yes I know a baby called Queenie (real name)
And a lady in her 50s who is only known as Queenie (I don't know her real name !!)

Jackie0 · 21/07/2014 13:07

For not fir ............sorry

Jackie0 · 21/07/2014 13:06

I love it. Maybe it doesn't have the 'east end ' associations fir me because I don't live in England. It's a beautiful name.

MostlyMama · 21/07/2014 13:03

Terrible choice....you asked...theres an opinion

You are cruelly opening your child up for a life time of ridicule.

ThursdayLast · 21/07/2014 11:55

I think that's why I like it