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I've been told name choices are unkind to DD on the way

238 replies

MousematsRule · 24/01/2020 21:52

We are expecting a sister for our DD Annie Coco.
We've had a little opposition to our favourite names for this one, but then none of my close relatives liked DD's name either but it gets a lot of compliments now and suits her down to the ground.

Would love thoughts on our current shortlist...

Ottilie (Would love to name her Ottilie Tiger and her pet name would be Tilly Tiger but I've been told this is cruel?)
Clementine
Sunny (would want to use Clementine as middle name for this)
Clover
Juniper (we just love the nn Junie)
Indigo (we love the nn Indie)
Mollie
Maggie

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kalinkafoxtrot45 · 25/01/2020 09:03

Drop the Tiger and Sunny Clementine. The other names are fine!

MsTSwift · 25/01/2020 09:02

FWIW my 10 year old loves her name and says usually when they have a supply teacher they say “ohh that’s a nice name” 😁

She is the only one at school except once we attended an excruciatingly middle class children’s event and there were 2 others so not kidding myself we in any way innovative!

Mamabear88 · 25/01/2020 09:01

Ottilie is beautiful and my favourite on your list but why Tiger?!!!!! That's a stupid name and most likely the reason people have said it's cruel. I don't like Sunny either. India shortened to Indie would be nicer imo. Mollie is my 2nd choice.

SleepDeprivedElf · 25/01/2020 08:54

Honestly we live inaworld that already discriminates against women. I couldn't call a girl a cutesy made up name in case she wanted a serious career in the judiciary or whatever. It shouldn't matter, but it does. Being called Sunny or Tilly Tiger is a barrier not a help.

JurassicShay · 25/01/2020 08:53

Sunny is my front runner for my Dd due in may. I'm planning on having Sunday as her full name and everyone I mentioned it to doesn't like it but I don't care! My baby not theirs!

Honestly stop telling people your options just present her with her name when she's born.

SimonJT · 25/01/2020 08:49

They’re lovely names, my old boss was called Clementine, it’s a very nice name.

My sons audiologist is called Indigo.

Stayawayfromitsmouth · 25/01/2020 08:45

There are some much more out there names in my ds preschool class at the moment.
My dh was a bit of a stick in the mud when it came to names and now my ds is the one with an unusual traditional name in his school class.
Are your objecting relatives over 30 and do not know any young children?
I would just not tell them your choices until she is born and named.

maddiemookins16mum · 25/01/2020 08:45

Why would anyone have tiger as one of their children’s names.
I think you need to move away from the ‘cutesy’/cartoon names.

MsTSwift · 25/01/2020 08:38

White rose I was reading a biography of Churchill on the beach when pregnant was the only name ever on our list and suits dd2 perfectly

SubordinateThatClause · 25/01/2020 08:37

She won't always be a cute baby. Babies grow up and become teenagers and adults. Naming a child is a responsibility!!

I love Ottilie and Clementine. Why add the gimmicky middle names?

IndecentFeminist · 25/01/2020 08:35

Sunny is the only unusual one tbh

Sadiee88 · 25/01/2020 08:27

Mollie ....
or Indigo
Clover sounds like a cats name. Juniper (will get called June) Clem Hmm
I just don’t like the others- but each to their own x

Whatsyourflava · 25/01/2020 08:11

Oh or Maggie - I love the name Maggie and even the name Margaret has grown on me so much

Whatsyourflava · 25/01/2020 08:11

I ADORE Ottilie and Clementine - please pick one of those @MousematsRule - it would make me happy 😆

whiteroseredrose · 25/01/2020 07:53

Clementine (Clemmie) is a lovely name. It was Winston Churchill's wife's name I think.

With Ottillie is the stress on the O as in O-tillie or is it like Otter-ly?

I also like Molly and Maggie (Thatcher? - showing my age!)

SoupDragon · 25/01/2020 07:48

Just call your dd what you want.Kids will always find something to tease over.

As do adults. You only have to look at the threads called "funny names you've come across" to know that.

It's shit growing up with a "funny name"

bluemoon2468 · 25/01/2020 05:58

You don't need to give your daughter the middle name Tiger in order to use it as a nickname 😕 you could have a daughter called Tilly and still call her that... I know a little girl whose nickname is Shadow, but that's not her actual name. Middle names don't really matter in the greater scheme of things, but bear in mind that it might be a bit of an embarrassment as a teenager, if/when it's read out in her wedding vows etc. etc.

Pulpfiction1 · 25/01/2020 05:47

They sound like cat names

TartanMarbled · 25/01/2020 05:36

Annie and Ottilie/Tilly go well together as sisters' names.

Middle names don't matter - how often do you say/use yours?

ForkHandlesplease · 25/01/2020 05:35

I'm no help. But after reading Sunny Clementine, i can't get "my funny valentine" out of my head.

mathanxiety · 25/01/2020 04:57

Ottilie (Would love to name her Ottilie Tiger and her pet name would be Tilly Tiger but I've been told this is cruel?)

Sorry - erased my thoughts on Tiger - I think it's gorgeous. Maybe not with Tilly, but Clementine Tiger would be very nice indeed.

mathanxiety · 25/01/2020 04:56

Sunny and Annie are too matchy matchy.

Clementine is lovely (as long as there is no chance whatsoever of her having red hair; one of my DDs who is not called Clementine dodged that bullet very narrowly).

Mollie is lovely, and sounds nice with Annie.
Ditto Maggie.

I honestly don't get the name Ottilie at all.
If you want to use Tilly or Tillie as a NN, would you consider Matilda?

Ottilie (Would love to name her Ottilie Tiger and her pet name would be Tilly Tiger but I've been told this is cruel?)

Clover - bovine.
Juniper (we just love the nn Junie) - so call her June? Juniper sounds like a comic book hillbilly name of yore, 'Jumpin' Juniper'..
Indigo (we love the nn Indie) - I would use India rather than Indigo. Indigo makes me think of the word Indigestion.

IJumpedAboardAPirateShip · 25/01/2020 02:37

My DD’s name is on your list Grin

I know an Indy and it really suits her, hers is short for Indiana, I also like Ottilie and Clementine

MrsApplepants · 25/01/2020 02:24

The Tilly Tiger idea is dreadful. Sorry.

Clementine is nice. Sort of orangey.
The others are ok.

alexdgr8 · 25/01/2020 02:12

the only one I like is clementine.
that is a proper name, and can be shortened/ adapted as/ if she wishes.
the others, I can see why people would say cruel. I think they may hamper her chances in any serious job. not everyone will be or move in arty circles. I think parents should try to avoid causing their children the burden of embarrassment, explanation, apology re their name,
this could set them on a path of being apologetic, unconfident.
why did you name the other one after a clown ?