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Topsy

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mrsb83 · 06/08/2015 13:57

What do you honestly think of the name Topsy?

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TwistyKnicksFuckOff · 21/08/2015 14:17

Joke right?

fruitscone · 20/08/2015 07:41

This was my nickname as a child from one close relative and I clearly remember fucking loathing it from as soon as I could think.

Said relative is now pushing up daisies and so thankfully is the nickname.

My unequivocal response would be do NOT do this to your child.

silverglitterpisser · 18/08/2015 22:44

Topsy . Topsy. Topsy?!?!?!?!

No.

ComingRoundTheMountain · 18/08/2015 22:43

Dd, a big Topsy and Tim fan, loves this.

DaysAreWhereWeLive · 16/08/2015 16:51

Tell your DH that you may as well call a child Ickle Fluffy Sparklepants Ooh I'm So Cute as call her Topsy.

Noodle1234 · 16/08/2015 16:48

Topsy is in the 1868 thread.

My phone wants to autocorrect to Tipsy :/

aoife24 · 16/08/2015 12:28

Have you been reading the 1868 name thread? Some fab names there and you know, not an Emily in sight Grin

Gingernut81 · 16/08/2015 08:22

It's my mums pet name for me!

1944girl · 14/08/2015 23:17

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Pipbin · 14/08/2015 06:53

I posted that too 1944. Are we the same person?

1944girl · 13/08/2015 22:54

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cashewnutty · 13/08/2015 22:47

My best friend had a cat called Topsy. It is not a name for a person.

Floggingmolly · 13/08/2015 22:41

Idiot, not diot. Although he's probably that too...

Floggingmolly · 13/08/2015 22:40

Well, in the absence of hormones to blame, he's just a fecking diot. And what's the friend doing "suggesting" names, anyway? Ever so slightly over stepping the mark, I'd have thought?

mathanxiety · 13/08/2015 22:35

The friend and the DH are not pregnant, Luna. They are the ones who think Topsy is a reasonable name.

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LunaSonny · 13/08/2015 15:36

Oh dear. Pregnancy hormones really can make you go quite loopy...

matchingmoll · 13/08/2015 15:27

I might be wrong, but I think it's a name associated with the slave trade - a shortening of topsail. So I really really wouldn't.
Even aside from that, I really really wouldn't.

mathanxiety · 13/08/2015 06:45

Your DH must be tipsy.

IsadoraQuagmire · 11/08/2015 14:51

Raphaella And, of course, Gabriel Rossetti's wombat!

Booboostwo · 11/08/2015 14:40

Nice for a pet, no good for a child.

DH and I considered Oopsie for DD but only for fun.

auberginefrog · 11/08/2015 13:45

I think it's a nice name but read in a baby name group that it's short for top sail which is what slaves named their babies en route to America thinking they were giving them an English name so not the most pleasant of backgrounds if that bothers you?

BigRedBall · 10/08/2015 23:56

Topsy is a rabbit's name. My pet rabbit was called Topsy. Topsy is not a human name.

RaphaellaTheSpanishWaterDog · 10/08/2015 23:51

The designer and polymath William Morris was nn Topsy, or Top for short......not a name I'd choose for my DC though. Do like Tansy!

BikeRunSki · 10/08/2015 07:25

Will she gave a twin brother called Tim?

sebsmummy1 · 10/08/2015 07:16

Pmsl. If you love it use it as a nickname.