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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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afink · 10/08/2015 07:12

I can't imagine an adult Topsy. Well, I can. In my imagination she's an awful, braying PTA running, teacher terrorising woman.

Tansy is lovely, though.

BellMcEnd · 09/08/2015 21:53

Cute for a rabbit. Bearable as a human nickname. Dreadful as an actual name.

Sorry.

IsadoraQuagmire · 09/08/2015 21:49

The only Topsy I know is the character from Uncle Tom's Cabin. And she iritates me.

scarlettsmummy2 · 09/08/2015 09:25

I would think you were a bit light and would stay well clear of you to be honest.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 09/08/2015 09:17

Get a grip. Topsey? Ridiculous

CrystalMcPistol · 08/08/2015 22:21

Tansy is lovely. A nice alternative to Poppy, Daisy etc.

Hepzibar · 08/08/2015 22:20

It's cat's name.

BitandBot · 08/08/2015 22:18

I Quite like it. I had lovely elderly relative called Topsy. I don't know if it was her real name though. It's no different to Betsy or Patsy to me.

anonmam9 · 08/08/2015 22:11

I like it!

UrethraFranklin1 · 08/08/2015 19:32

You cannot be serious, I refuse to believe anyone would actually consider calling a child Topsy. Unless they loathed them.

Quasilulu · 07/08/2015 02:00

I knew a Tansy once. A little better than Topsy?

Sgtmajormummy · 06/08/2015 18:16

My pet name for DD when she was two and had ringlets (curly top or Topsy). Only acceptable use, IMO.

chocolatechip123 · 06/08/2015 18:14

Flopsy? Cottontail? Peter?

Mouthfulofquiz · 06/08/2015 18:10

A grown up called Topsy would be cursing you for limiting her career options significantly.

Floggingmolly · 06/08/2015 18:08

It's utterly ridiculous. As is Elfey Hmm

CrystalMcPistol · 06/08/2015 18:02

Sounds like one of those silly childhood nicknames a la Binky or Tiggy that aristos have.

But as an official name? D-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y not. No.

MagpieCursedTea · 06/08/2015 17:39

I always wondered if it was a real name and if it was, why would someone give their daughter such an unusual name and her twin brother such a common one? Then I think I've become too invested in Topsy and Tim and I switch CBeebies off.

BastardGoDarkly · 06/08/2015 17:39

No, just no.

What about Tilly or Tilda?

MamaLazarou · 06/08/2015 17:33

It's cringeworthy.

SylvanianCaracal · 06/08/2015 17:31

But (as I have discovered from MN threads on the topic - had no clue before) 'Tuppence" is what some people call their fanjo.

Lunastarfish · 06/08/2015 17:22

It's a rabbits name or the nick name of a frightfully posh person. If you really love it give your daughter a sensible name on her birth certificate and use Topsy as a nick name

reuset · 06/08/2015 17:21

So it could actually become fashionable and sound great because the "flimsiness" isn't inherent.

In Sylvanian land, perhaps. Wink

Otherwise, I really think not.

Coconutty · 06/08/2015 17:19

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Awholelottanosy · 06/08/2015 17:19

I used to have a cat called Topsy! But for a person? Nooooo!

PurpleDaisies · 06/08/2015 17:18

It's a no from me. It is a cute nickname, not a suitable name for a grown up.