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Ziggy King

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InRainbows · 22/11/2017 05:58

I just love the name Ziggy and think a little girl called Ziggy would be the cutest name in the world! But you can't actually call your baby Ziggy... Can you?

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Dolwar · 24/11/2017 22:28

Your child will hate you for it.

pnutter · 23/11/2017 17:31

Oh! for a girl i wouldnt but im not sure why exactly.

pnutter · 23/11/2017 17:27

My ds is Ziggy . I used it 25 years ago after meeting someone lovely called Tsigi from Hungary.

dowotmakesuhappy · 23/11/2017 17:22

I know of two boys called Ziggy and Ziggey.

MammieBear · 23/11/2017 12:32

You might like the names Zipporah, Zoe, Zofia, Zinnia... You name Ziggy isn't the worst in the world people after all use names such as Kitty and Teddy.

AnchorDownDeepBreath · 23/11/2017 11:07

I work with a man called Zig; which he carries off very well - it’s not a nickname or a shortening.

SleepingStandingUp · 23/11/2017 10:47

Annoying eldest daughter in Home and Away, sibling to Coco but it is cute.

ByThePowerOfRa · 23/11/2017 10:46

Love Zoe Ingrid with nn Ziggy!

yasmin05 · 23/11/2017 10:44

I think it's more for boys than girls. But some boy names were ones perceived to be the same like george, alex and tony. your choice actually. I think anyone getting use to it will eventually find it cute :)

hawkmcqueen · 23/11/2017 10:34

I also think it’s cute as a nn. Maybe use Antigone as full name? Which is usually Tiggy but you could probably get away with Ziggy? Or maybe Tiggy is an alternative?

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InRainbows · 23/11/2017 08:41

CrypticClues you have some baby name talent! Iove that idea, it's going on my list!

Thank you for all the ideas everyone there are some real crackers here!

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LineysBum · 23/11/2017 01:13

Sigrid Zélie King

Battleax · 23/11/2017 01:10

Ziganna is a Hungarian (?) girls' name.

CrypticClues · 23/11/2017 00:44

I think it's great! If you're not sure, how about calling her something like Zoe Ingrid King? Then just call her Ziggy anyway – you can claim it as a nickname, and if she loves it her whole life, great. If she doesn't she has two pretty names to work with.

bridgetreilly · 22/11/2017 23:22

I've only known male Ziggys so I wouldn't pick it for a girl anyway.

buttercup54321 · 22/11/2017 22:58

Its terrible.
Zoe nickname Ziggy
Xanthe
Maggie
peggy
Penelope
Isabelle (Izzy)
Tamara (Tizzy)
Michaela
Sara

winterhappiness · 22/11/2017 10:39

There was a female Ziggy on Australian Survivor this year. I think she was an Olympican. I don’t know if it was short for another name, but Ziggy really suited her ! I think it’s a great name! If you like it, I think you should go for it!! Definitely not the most unusual name I’ve heard of ! Smile

SuperBeagle · 22/11/2017 09:14

I think it's horrible.

Someone in my family briefly considered it with their last baby, but it got a resounding "Hell no" from the rest of the family, and she didn't end up going with it.

ShotsFired · 22/11/2017 09:12

@Lavabravacava I'd say yes but give her a more "normal" name and shorten it to Ziggy

This is the least worst option. Or get a hamster and use it for that.

(Saying that I've just seen "Kyson" which sounds like someone tried to say three names at once. Compared to that, Ziggy sounds pretty harmless.)

sparechange · 22/11/2017 09:09

I went to primary school with a boy called Ziggy. He was from the traveller community

And I know a woman who goes by Siggy, short for Sigrid. She is Swedish.

Lavabravacava · 22/11/2017 08:52

I'd say yes but give her a more "normal" name and shorten it to Ziggy.

lovelyjubilly · 22/11/2017 08:49

I taught a boy called Ziggy a couple of years ago. He had the wildest afro around and the name suited him perfectly! Can't imagine the name on anyone else though, especially not a girl.

daimbar · 22/11/2017 08:47

It’s a fabulous name and I know an adult Ziggy who loves her name - I say go for it!

17caterpillars1mouse · 22/11/2017 08:44

I thought not when i saw it but I don't like it and if King is the surname it sounds way too rockstar. Not in a good way. Imagine if she's a shy little thing it would be such a hard name to pull off

AuntieStella · 22/11/2017 06:37

Thank you Troysmammy

Perhaps Erica or Heather, OP?

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