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Honest opinions on Meredith...

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smileygrapefruit · 04/01/2016 01:04

...with Edie as nn.

Had mixed reactions in rl.

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NHKX2 · 04/01/2016 14:29

I like it :)

MurlockedInTheCellarHelpUs · 04/01/2016 14:22

It's a lovely name, and if my current bump was a girl it's what we had chosen. Sadly I don't think I'll get to use it now!

CPtart · 04/01/2016 14:18

Meredith is a lovely name, in its entirety.

Daysleeper1985 · 04/01/2016 13:52

I like it 😊 it was on our list, but I followed the kercher murder too closely to use it myself. Go for it, let's face it there are some HORRIFIC names in this section!!!

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smileygrapefruit · 04/01/2016 13:17

Ooh v mixed. I guess you can't please all the people all the time!

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Hadron21 · 04/01/2016 11:57

Beautiful name. Also love Merry nn.

Fabsolutely · 04/01/2016 11:56

I like Edie. Meredith sounds sensible and a bit joyless.

timelytess · 04/01/2016 11:50

Meredith is great, Edie is horrible.

wigglesrock · 04/01/2016 11:49

I never thought I liked Meredith but we have one in our extended family and it's really grown on me - its lovely. She occasionally gets Mere and she used to get Merry as a child.

I'm not as fussed on Edie as a nickname, to my ears its very trendy Wendy at the minute - it seems to be the "alternative" celebrity baby name of choice.

Leigh1980 · 04/01/2016 09:06

Edie definitely. Meredith reminds me of that horrible woman in Parent Trap!

Noggie · 04/01/2016 09:02

I love the name and like Merry or Edie nicknames - BUT I do immediately think of the poor girl murdered in Italy :( like greys anatomy and the Meredith in it so that wouldn't put me off.

GladysTheGolem · 04/01/2016 08:56

I hate the character in Greys (she's a whingey, boring git) but love the name!

redhat · 04/01/2016 08:54

I watch greys anatomy and they all call the Meredith character "Mer/Mare" which isn't a great shortening but is the inevitable one.

Marcipex · 04/01/2016 08:52

Love it, I know a charming girl called this.

ItWorks · 04/01/2016 02:23

I think Meredith is horrible, sorry.

duckduckquack · 04/01/2016 02:14

I definitely thought Greys Anatomy immediately but who cares, it's a lovely name. And as an alternative nn you could have Meri (like merry). Go for it!

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smileygrapefruit · 04/01/2016 02:10

A little mixed but mostly positive so far...My DH actually picked it, he didn't like anything else, and I wasn't convinced at first but it really has grown on me and I love it! In rl it seems to have got really positive reactions or a Hmm oh right...

I don't know any other Meredith.

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sooperdooper · 04/01/2016 01:54

I love it, only ever known one Meredith and she was fantastic! Massively underused, without being too try hard.

I wouldn't worry about a nick name now though, let that come naturally.

NeedsAsockamnesty · 04/01/2016 01:49

I rather like it. You may think that me liking it is not a good thing

ZenNudist · 04/01/2016 01:34

Like. Pretty, classic, not overdone.

ifigoup · 04/01/2016 01:24

I like Meredith. It sounds American to my ear. Edie is sweet, but for me not the most natural nickname from Meredith.

HeadDreamer · 04/01/2016 01:23

I think greys anatomy too. But that shouldn't matter as it is not a kids show.

Pretty name btw.

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smileygrapefruit · 04/01/2016 01:17

Haha murders and moose...poor child!

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smileygrapefruit · 04/01/2016 01:16

Ahh, see I don't like merri but I guess they decide what they choose to be called when older?!

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HooseRice · 04/01/2016 01:15

Prefer Edith as the long name for Edie. Meredith reminds me of the murder in Italy.