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Does Winnie work as a stand-alone name?

35 replies

LazyDaisy89 · 16/02/2023 03:38

Or only as a nickname for Winifred?

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ourflagmeansdeath · 16/02/2023 12:58

I'm so sorry but it just sounds like whiny to me. As a nickname though it's sweet, but consider putting a fuller name on the BC.

SpinningFloppa · 16/02/2023 12:07

Yeh I know someone called Winnie

Rauha · 16/02/2023 11:42

Yes, I think Winnie is a lovely name.

MrsRobinsonsHandprints · 16/02/2023 11:33

BeyondMyWits · 16/02/2023 11:31

I don't think I'm an adult yet...

my first thought was why would you saddle a child with a name connected with pooh and rotundness... kids can be cruel.

I do think it is a lovely nickname, but would not use it as a full name.

Nor me, my first thought was 'is the middle name Bago'

As a nm I think it is sweet but would definitely require a proper name.

BeyondMyWits · 16/02/2023 11:31

I don't think I'm an adult yet...

my first thought was why would you saddle a child with a name connected with pooh and rotundness... kids can be cruel.

I do think it is a lovely nickname, but would not use it as a full name.

user1492757084 · 16/02/2023 11:15

Winnie is a nick name and very sweet.
Winsome
Winona
Winifred
Edwina
I like Winsome and Edwina best.

sashh · 16/02/2023 05:05

In Snowpiercer there is a Winnie, short for Winnipeg.

I was at school with a Fred, she was actually a Winnifred but it really suited her.

northernlola · 16/02/2023 04:36

I know a Winnie! It's great on her. Go for it.

AnotherCountryMummy · 16/02/2023 04:08

I love it as a standalone!

SauvignonGrower · 16/02/2023 03:41

Or Winona. (I wouldn't want to give a child a nickname like Winnie that constrains choices of adult name. Other than Winnie, there nothing else they can be called...)