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Name for our DD?

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LongLiveTheChief · 21/12/2016 21:56

DH and I are really struggling for names for our little girl, we have none that we like! We don't want family to know our choice so it's over to you guys!

DH has come home from work today and said he likes the name Tivy. I've never heard of it but I love it! We said we would like a name ending in 'y' or 'ie' so it fits that.

She would be Tivy Young....

What do you think? Xx

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JudgeJudySheidlin · 21/12/2016 22:47

How is the name pronounced?

If I've guessed the pronunciation right
Tivy/Tivvy is quite pretty sounding. So what if it's not a 'real' name? I like it & I've got an unusual name that nobody ever pronounces or spells correctly!

GRW · 21/12/2016 22:37

There is a river Teifi in West Wales and my cousin has Teifi as her middle name, so she is Anne Teifi. It is pronounced Tivy.

SarahOoo · 21/12/2016 22:24

I've always been sure I'd find it impossible to name my child. Being a child of the 80s and being called Sarah I wanted something very unique....my husband suggested 'Charlotte' and 'Lottie' for short and somehow I liked it and that's what we are going for!

I'm not sure I like Tivvy/Tivy though. Just some ideas I had on my list that may help.....

Aspen
Hayden
Amber
Orla
Payton/Peyton
Gabriella
Autumn
Misha
Estelle

SirNiallDementia · 21/12/2016 22:16

I've never heard of that name before. I think she'll be forever spelling out and repeating her name as it's so unusual!

I've just googled s it and it looks like Tiverton in Devon is known as Tivvy. Think that might put me off tbh.

SoftSheen · 21/12/2016 22:14

Tivy isn't a name. It might be a shortening of a longer name, perhaps Octavia?

As pp points out, Tivy rhymes with an insult, which might well cause problems at school.

ScruffyTheJanitor · 21/12/2016 22:09

I'd be very worried about any name that rhymes so easily with an insult.
But.... That's only really relevant for her school years.

Blossomdeary · 21/12/2016 22:08

She might not thank you for it, even though you like it - a bit too much like TV I think.

ConvincingLiar · 21/12/2016 22:07

It sounds a bit like a name you've made up/misheard. That would be a problem for me, but maybe it's not for you if you're less keen on traditional names. I think she'll have a lifetime of "pardon?" and "how do you spell that?".

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LongLiveTheChief · 21/12/2016 22:05

Oh I just don't know. DH has said maybe it's to be spelt Tivvy? I really like it but worried that she's stuck with it for the rest of her life if we get it wrong :-( x

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SquedgieBeckenheim · 21/12/2016 21:58

Not to my taste, but go with what you like!

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