Which of these do you prefer?

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Chockablocks · 19/12/2015 13:41

Minnie Bow Butler, or Lydia Helen Butler?

Baby girl due in Feb

I'm undecided, the first one sounds like she'll be a celeb, the other one is very solid/strong and would do well as a professional name.

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KoalaDownUnder · 19/12/2015 14:01

Lydia. By a mile.

Allthatglitter5 · 19/12/2015 14:01

Lydia Helen - really lovely.
If you do use Minnie it needs a different middle name IMO. Minnie Helen would give her the option of using her mn if she wanted to if, as you say, work or marriage made Minnie less desirable.

NerrSnerr · 19/12/2015 13:58

I prefer Lydia. I think Minnie Bow would sound daft when she's grown up.

BertrandRussell · 19/12/2015 13:57

Bear in mind that in some parts of the country, Minnie is a child's word for female genitals.

I would go for Lydia anyway. Fab name.

Oysterbabe · 19/12/2015 13:57

Minnie Bow sounds silly tbh. If you go with Minnie I'd choose a middle name that isn't an object.

AuntieStella · 19/12/2015 13:56

Lydia

YellowOfficeBlock · 19/12/2015 13:55

Lydia is one of my favourite names so I prefer that one

And much as I love Minnie Mouse I just think Minnie as a child's name is too twee and sickly and I don't like it

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Chockablocks · 19/12/2015 13:51

ender her surname will be Butler, so let's hope she doesn't marry a Cooper! Yes, it would just be Minnie, not a shortened nickname for a another name etc. I imagine a little girl with a strong personality when I think of the name :)

But, I really do love Lydia and have always imagined by daughter being called as such.

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enderwoman · 19/12/2015 13:49

As Minnie Mouse wears a bow, Minnie Bow is not a combination that I'd go for. Would she be Minnie on her birth certificate? Minnie is very cute but a no-go if your surname is Cooper.

Lydia Helen is the complete opposite- very sensible and strong.

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