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Thoughts on the name Phoenix?

55 replies

123youandme · 29/11/2022 12:35

Due baby girl soon, love the name Phoenix. Possibly Nixie for short.

Appreciate it isn't 'traditional' but I love more unusual names.

Thoughts?

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asimileofsomesmoke · 29/11/2022 14:04

Phoenix is a lovely name - for a 6ft supermodel with amazing red hair. Potentially a lot to live up to if you're short and middle aged and going to the bank and then the supermarket.

A nixie is, in folklore, a freshwater water spirit that lures passers-by into the river to drown and sometimes eat them.

soundsofthesixties · 29/11/2022 13:58

Nixie is dreadful

Swampthing55 · 29/11/2022 13:58

My friend had a son phenix and I know a girl phoenix cos that's where she was conceived place names have that connection don't you think

Howeverdoyouneedme · 29/11/2022 13:55

Drag Queen vibes.

brandonflowersmushtash · 29/11/2022 13:53

My daughter is called Phoenix.
I love it and so does she.
Doesn't really matter what other people think does it?

alongtimeagoandfaraway · 29/11/2022 13:46

Anything called Phoenix always makes me think it comes after a disaster of some kind. Eg a school with Phoenix in its title has almost certainly been in special measures or had challenging circumstances in the past.
In a child, I’d assume there had been family problems before its birth.
Not a fan of the name.

orbitalcrisis · 29/11/2022 13:44

Might be a good name for a child of divorced parents, a child rising from the ashes of their parents' doomed relationship. But I might be overthinking it!

DotDotDotDotDot · 29/11/2022 13:37

I met a lovely little boy at playgroup recently with this name. His mum came across as quite arty/bohemian/middle class so I think they could pull off a name like Phoenix. Otherwise it might seem a bit naff to be honest.

Vinvertebrate · 29/11/2022 13:35

My friends has a DS called Phoenix - he has hated the name since the age of about 4 and now goes by "Finn". Much better.

RandomMusings7 · 29/11/2022 13:33

dragonbreaths · 29/11/2022 13:23

definitely a transwoman name

Or a drag queen

Onnabugeisha · 29/11/2022 13:27

I think Phoenix is a lovely name and the mythological Phoenix is actually female. I’d just call her Nix for short.

Rauha · 29/11/2022 13:25

I don't like it

dragonbreaths · 29/11/2022 13:23

definitely a transwoman name

gaf · 29/11/2022 13:15

I really don’t like it, never have. It’s a bit try hard, somehow. Also the only Phoenix I know changed their name to Phoenix, to rise from the ashes I guess… 🤷🏻‍♀️

MollyOffHerTrolley · 29/11/2022 13:06

I suppose it could get shortened to Fee? Not a fan I'm afraid though either of Phoenix or Nixie.

DuchessOfSausage · 29/11/2022 13:06

Scary Spice is 47! Ginger Spice is 50! How did that happen?

Needmorelego · 29/11/2022 13:02

I know one. A boy. I thought his name was Felix for about 3 years until I saw it written down.

SavouryFlavour · 29/11/2022 13:01

My first thought is Phoenix Nights, followed by 'Isn't that what Mel B called her baby at the height of the Spice Girls fame I wonder how old she is now oh my god she's 23 that can't be right bloody hell I am so old'

DuchessOfSausage · 29/11/2022 12:59

People will spell it as Pheonix or assume he is Felix.

Starstruck2020 · 29/11/2022 12:58

I personally think it sounds more like a masculine name and it wouldn’t be something I’d choose for a daughter.

PearlclutchersInc · 29/11/2022 12:54

Raising Arizona....

Not a fan but I prefer traditional names. Whatever you do don't go with any wierd spellings please!

ChocoFudge · 29/11/2022 12:54

I like it but I would assume it was a boys name

arthurfonzerelli · 29/11/2022 12:51

River Phoenix would be my first thought (and then Joaquin), followed by Phoenix Arizona.

I think it's a little "out there" but if you think you can pull it off, go for it.

I would initially think of it as a boys name, but I think maybe one of the spice girls as a daughter named Phoenix?

loz1996 · 29/11/2022 12:40

A friend of mine has a little boy named Phoenix, it's a lovely strong name but I think best suited for a boy.

minticecreamisjustok · 29/11/2022 12:40

I like it although only heard of boys being called this.