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What does everyone think of Queenie as a first name?

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Chottie · 20/07/2014 20:58

Do you know many?

I like quirky type names.

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squoosh · 21/07/2014 11:21

Victorian madam who runs a spit and sawdust brothel.

ThursdayLast · 21/07/2014 11:18

Just googled and it seems it's a name in its own right.
I love it!

ThursdayLast · 21/07/2014 11:16

I actually love it.

Is it a derivative of something?

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Chottie · 21/07/2014 11:14

Thanks everyone for your comments, my first choice of name was Princess, but that is so popular around here, I thought I would have to go one better :)

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Pangaea · 20/07/2014 23:10

I know one. She's lovely and from Canada.

scarletforya · 20/07/2014 23:09

It's not really a name. It's like princess or dutchesse etc.

It's a title, not a name. You're doing the baby out of a name!

sleepdodger · 20/07/2014 23:05

??????
Dh however didn't Hmm

NormHonal · 20/07/2014 23:03

Also my Great Aunt (nickname for Elizabeth Victoria).

And no, I wouldn't use it.

Decanter · 20/07/2014 23:00

It's hardly unanimous Hermione.

SWIMTHECHANNEL · 20/07/2014 22:09

Yus My Dear

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenie_Watts

DrFunkesFamilyBandSolution · 20/07/2014 22:05

I love it but would never use it because my firs thought us drag queen.

I'll have to get a pet to use up the name

waterducksback · 20/07/2014 22:04

No No NO!!! Please don't lumbar your child with that name.

I think Pat Butcher and a donkey on the beach called Queenie.

HermioneWeasley · 20/07/2014 22:03

I don't think I've ever seen a unanimous opinion on baby names before

HermioneWeasley · 20/07/2014 22:02

Nooooooo

DoItTooJulia · 20/07/2014 22:01

Predictably, I love it. I too love quirky names and have a ds with a hated by mumsnet, quirky, try too hard name.

myotherusernameisbetter · 20/07/2014 22:01

Mrs Bug - I already said it was a nick name for Elizabeth.....I'm not old enough to remember it as a nick name for Victoria... :o

callipygian00 · 20/07/2014 22:00

I knew a dog called that when I was little, and I remember thinking it was pretty rank rotten then too - sorry :(

CointreauVersial · 20/07/2014 21:59

Knees Up Mother Brown.....

MollyBdenum · 20/07/2014 21:57

It's not really my style, but I love it. It make me think of sassy Victorian cockneys.

Slavetothecat · 20/07/2014 21:55

What???

That's not a name. People will be asking what her real name is.

EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 20/07/2014 21:53

No no no.

MilkandCereal · 20/07/2014 21:52

It's dreadful.

MsBug · 20/07/2014 21:50

Wasn't it originally a nickname for Victoria (who was queen at the time)? If so it could be a nickname for Elizabeth, that way she has other options if she doesn't like it when she grows up.

AngusAndElspethsThistleWhistle · 20/07/2014 21:50

I actually really like it. I don't think I'd have the guts to use it.

MsBug · 20/07/2014 21:50

Wasn't it originally a nickname for Victoria (who was queen at the time)? If so it could be a nickname for Elizabeth, that way she has other options if she doesn't like it when she grows up.