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Original poster

Winifred?

59 replies

Sexnotgender · 20/01/2021 19:08

I hate picking a name😂

Winnie would be her usual name but would put Winifred on the BC.

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GarlicSoup · 20/01/2021 23:37

Love it

peapotter · 20/01/2021 23:36

Marmite!

I’d be interested to know the ages of the posters. I don’t like it. I’m over 40. Therefore I reckon it will become cool and popular soon.

Firebird83 · 20/01/2021 23:31

I like it!

adrianmolesmole · 20/01/2021 22:50

It's a bit 'old fussy aunt', like a Prudence or Prunella type of name, so no.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/01/2021 22:37

I have a relative in her 60s who is winifred and she found it old fashioned when she was young.

I'm 60, it was a name redolent of battleaxe Great Aunts in that era.

TriSarahTops · 20/01/2021 21:45

My grandmother was Winifred. She used Frida as a nickname.

LizFlowers · 20/01/2021 21:44

Horrible.

Arrierttyclock · 20/01/2021 21:38

I love love love the name Winnie- I do like a full name on a BS though! I once knew a girl from Hong Kong called Winnie back in the 90s and she was the most wonderful girl so the name has always held good memories for me

rockinaftermidnite · 20/01/2021 21:38

Love it!

TigerDroveAgain · 20/01/2021 21:30

No, no: a zillion nicer names

formerbabe · 20/01/2021 21:28

It's sweet for a baby and an old lady...not so much for a teen and a young/middle aged woman

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 20/01/2021 21:25

I think it is a lot nicer than many of the old lady names that are popular at the moment
Winnie, fred, freddie,freda are all cute pet names.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 20/01/2021 21:02

Guilty pleasure name, but I probably only like it because of the TV show "Angel" - one of the main characters was Winifred but she was known as "Fred" (and to be honest if you wanted the Fred nickname rather than Winnie, then Freda or even Frederica sound a bit less old-fashioned than Winifred).

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Sexnotgender · 20/01/2021 20:34

Haha, very mixed responses 😂 I’m not super sold so it’s probably off the list.

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pinkandblueflowers · 20/01/2021 20:34

Lovely name

twinkledag · 20/01/2021 20:25

Awful - sorry

JemimaTiggywinkle · 20/01/2021 20:22

I like it

AlexaShutUp · 20/01/2021 20:15

Horrible. It's a very ugly name in my view. Winnie is ok, not great but not awful.

katy1213 · 20/01/2021 20:14

Greasy, mousey hair and NHS specs part of the package?

Singlenotsingle · 20/01/2021 20:14

Horrible. So old fashioned.

RuthW · 20/01/2021 20:12

Lovely

ThatVeganFeminist · 20/01/2021 20:09

God no
I have a relative in her 60s who is winifred and she found it old fashioned when she was young. It's not a chic old lady name.

Quercus3 · 20/01/2021 20:08

I would be delighted to meet a baby Winifred!

MaverickDanger · 20/01/2021 19:33

Winnie is cute, I know a little girl called Winnie day to day but her BC name is Winter.

ErrolTheDragon · 20/01/2021 19:33

Awful. One of the irredeemably ugly old fashioned names. Older family members saddled with it hated it.

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