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Everyone’s hates the name!

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flyingtnx · 16/12/2017 14:39

Baby girl name Nancy

Everyone hates the name but I love it, what do you all think?

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Talith · 16/12/2017 16:32

I don't love it but wouldn't say I hate it. Everyone will have an opinion so please yourself Grin

yikesanotherbooboo · 16/12/2017 16:29

I love Nancy and din't really understand why one wouldn't as said before Swallows and Amazons etc. It has a fresh feel now but is not unusual as such and everyone can spell and pronounce it.

Xmasbaby11 · 16/12/2017 16:24

I don't like it but then I don't like old fashioned names generally.

Just choose a name you and dh love. Everyone will learn to love the name regardless, as they associate it with your dc.

RestingGrinchFace · 16/12/2017 16:21

It wouldn't be my first choice but I see absolutely nothing wrong with it. I think it's a good name.

DramaAlpaca · 16/12/2017 16:20

I don't like the name Nancy at all, sorry.

It's a million miles better than Lorelai though.

I do like Sienna.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 16/12/2017 16:19

Love Nancy.

MothQuandary · 16/12/2017 16:15

My grandmother was called Nancy. She was a terribly posh, tough as old boots and rather terrifying. I think it’s a great name!

Sienna is perfectly nice but it’s just a bit meh in my opinion. But of course your DH’s opinion matters too. I had to accept a name I wasn’t 100% keen on for DD because DP vetoed the ones I loved.

SheGotBetteDavisEyes · 16/12/2017 16:13

My total, all time favourite name!!!! Absolutely love it. We came to using it for DD2 but switched at the last minute. I still think it would really suit her!!

Nancy is literally the perfect name, to me.

NinonDeLenclos · 16/12/2017 16:11

I think it will become fashionable again

It's already fashionable again. But not so fashionable that it's everywhere like Sienna.

MonumentalAlabaster · 16/12/2017 16:09

And of course there's also poor Nancy violently murdered in Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist"!

NinonDeLenclos · 16/12/2017 16:06

Love it. Used it as a middle name for my DD.

Lorelai is godawful.

Piggywaspushed · 16/12/2017 16:06

insert it really isn't. Nancy is a diminutive of Anne.

ACertainRatio · 16/12/2017 16:04

It was on my list! Had two DSes though...

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 16/12/2017 16:04

I love Nancy, it’s a classic pretty name

YellowMakesMeSmile · 16/12/2017 16:02

Fine for when she's retiring but not for a baby or school child as it's very old fashioned. You also need to agree on a name, unfair to just decide on it knowing the other parent doesn't like it.

cloudyweewee · 16/12/2017 16:02

I love the name Nancy.

MissWilmottsGhost · 16/12/2017 16:00

I like it.

One of the most important things I have learned from reading MN is NEVER REVEAL THE CHOSEN NAME OF YOUR BABY BEFORE THE BIRTH Grin

zeeboo · 16/12/2017 15:57

It's gorgeous!! My 7 year old has a good friend at school called Nancy. Smile

Mintychoc1 · 16/12/2017 15:56

Since you ask, I think it's a hideous ugly name, and I think Sienna is rather pretentious .

Insertnameherenana · 16/12/2017 15:53

Nancy is an alternative to Agnes,like Peggy for Margaret.

eggsandwich · 16/12/2017 15:52

This is why you don’t tell people of your possible name choices, too much input from others.

happypoobum · 16/12/2017 15:50

Oh dear. Where I live it is derogatory term used by homophobic bastards for young gay men so no, I would never use it for a baby girl in this area.

Agree with PP though, I never told anyone what I was planning to call my DC.

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flyingtnx · 16/12/2017 15:48

All names are pretty much a hit with the surname as I have taken on my husbands Eastern European surname. Something about Nancy just seems to have a bit of classiness and originality to it! I’m all for common names but I do like to be a little different!

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ivenoideawhatimdoing · 16/12/2017 15:47

I adore Nancy! I always wanted to call my daughter Nancy but our surname doesn't go with it.

It's a beautiful name for you little girl - call her whatever you like, regardless of others.

BringMeTea · 16/12/2017 15:47

Lovely name!