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Wendy?

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WolfTobias · 07/04/2017 16:11

Hello, thoughts on Wendy? We have a Betsy. We absolutely adore it. She's almost 6 weeks, so time is getting short. Thanks!

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Orangepear · 08/04/2017 11:12

I know an extremely cool and clever teenage Wendy!

kittybiscuits · 08/04/2017 10:59

I almost had a Betsy and I really like Wendy. Mumsnet is not the entire universe.

Jojoanna · 08/04/2017 10:59

Love it cute name

squoosh · 08/04/2017 10:55

I'd discount the whole 'being Wendied' thing. 99.9999% of the population will never have heard of that.

wowfudge · 08/04/2017 09:19

How about Norah or Coral or something a bit different? I have an Auntie Wendy - she's anything but drippy!

Sophronia · 07/04/2017 22:22

I don't mind it. I know a Wendy in her late twenties.

BattleaxeGalactica · 07/04/2017 21:07

Drippy Butterflies woman was Ria. Played by Wendy Craig.

Op, if you love it, go for it. Doesn't matter what the internet thinks.

wizzler · 07/04/2017 21:03

I don't think you can be on mumsnet and have a DD Wendy.. you would flinch everytime you went on AIBU.

CaipirinhasAllRound · 07/04/2017 21:00

I like it

buttercup54321 · 07/04/2017 21:00

Most Wendys are over 50 I think so it wouldn't be common now. If you love it go for it. Your baby your choice

smilingsarahb · 07/04/2017 20:59

My loveliest friend is a Wendy so it has positive associations for me. It might be nice to find something it could be short for. Lots of Welsh names end in wen

Mooey89 · 07/04/2017 20:49

I have been too long on MN and so I thought this was a joke, I'm sorry.

The more I think about it though, it is growing on me!

I love older names though, Betsy is on my short list, as is Eliza, Cecelia, Delilah.

not even ttc yet!

ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 20:44

But I do like the name :)!

ChippieFishieHorshie · 07/04/2017 20:44

I don't know what wendied is...?

EyeStye · 07/04/2017 20:39

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 07/04/2017 20:39

No, sorry OP.

THirdEeye · 07/04/2017 20:35

No. Sorry!

Lemondrop09 · 07/04/2017 20:28

I've never heard of being wendied and have no intention of googling it.

The reaction on here seems a bit strong. I think Wendy is a perfectly normal name so can't see why anyone would object to much to it. It's nice enough, if you love it, go for it.

BearHunting · 07/04/2017 20:14

Mumsnet has ruined Wendy as a name for me.

But objectively, it's okay as a name. Uncommon, but a name most people will have heard of, and not one that's particularly dated.

KatherinaMinola · 07/04/2017 20:09

Ha ha - there is a thread called "My DD is being Wendied" just below this one Grin.

But personally I love the name - no-one except MNetters gets the Wendied reference.

madeleinecreek · 07/04/2017 20:06

I think it's lovely

RooKangaroo · 07/04/2017 20:01

It's fine, go for it.

And the more I think about it, the more I like it, actually.

PunkAssMoFo · 07/04/2017 19:59

If you're looking for a hipster name, there are far better. Some names fall out of use for a reason.

SavoyCabbage · 07/04/2017 19:49

I'm fairly sure that the whole 'wendied' hoo-haa originated on MN after a woman was pushed out of her own friendship group and the OP named the pusher after Wendy in the Blubber book by Judy Blume. So it's not exactly commonplace.

Logolphin · 07/04/2017 19:45

Wasn't the feeble character in Butterflies called Wendy?

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