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Original poster

Hedy for a girl

36 replies

itsannie86 · 18/01/2024 11:24

DH and I love it, it became an idea after watching a fascinating doc about Hedy Lamarr. Pronounced Head-ee.
We are both French and English speaking and DH thinks in England a daughter would be likely to get unpleasant jokes made about it.
Thoughts?

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StarbucksSmarterSister · 28/01/2024 01:56

Saw this on Twitter today.

SunnyFog · 20/01/2024 09:12

Love this name and the association with Hedy Lamarr.
Thought it was more Hay-thee than Hed-ee.
I also love Édith, Édie, Aideen, Hayley.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 20/01/2024 00:04

User13579367337 · 18/01/2024 17:39

Immediately made me think of blowjobs. I assumed I was pronouncing it wrong, but I’ve just read I’m not

This.
Please don't.

StarbucksSmarterSister · 19/01/2024 17:12

This just popped up on my FB feed. Anniversary of her death ( plus a bio for those who who don't seem to know who she was.)

https://www.facebook.com/100066780032642/posts/pfbid0G3E2cKnZ6eqwdHKGfY7je9o4xkU7kooq9Ma4TkoLawzQDs3tL8FNhBCUz9LFrPfVl/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/100066780032642/posts/pfbid0G3E2cKnZ6eqwdHKGfY7je9o4xkU7kooq9Ma4TkoLawzQDs3tL8FNhBCUz9LFrPfVl

Twoshoesnewshoes · 19/01/2024 09:44

Just think heady, as in headaches

user1492757084 · 19/01/2024 09:37

'No.
Similar but nicer ..

Harriet - Hetty, Hatty
Heidi
Hebe
Edwina - Eddie
Adrienne - Ady

theduchessofspork · 18/01/2024 19:51

It would pass as a nn for Harriet / Henrietta and that’s what I’d do, so if it’s not working you can drop it

JanewaysBun · 18/01/2024 19:44

To honour the woman you could use her middle name - Eva? (As in ayva)

CandyLeBonBon · 18/01/2024 19:43

Hedy Lamarr was an amazing woman. I love it. As for op on here - 'slaggy'??? Wtf is wrong with you?

I LOVE Haddie as well though!

BunniesRUs · 18/01/2024 19:40

Mumsnet is Mad sometimes! It's a perfectly reasonable and nice name. It will likely grow in popularity with Hey Lamaar. People are so unkind. Absolutely no negative connotations come to mind. Not everyone has go be an Ivy or Oliver!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 18/01/2024 19:40

I knew a Hedy. As far as I know she wasn’t teased. Mind you she’d be the type to give someone a snack if they did. She’d be late 40s now

Waterybrook · 18/01/2024 19:37

Yes I know a Hedy short for Hedwig but she is Norwegian. Not teased in London at any rate.

11NigelTufnel · 18/01/2024 18:14

If you are French, would you pronounce it without the hard H as in Eddie?

TeenLifeMum · 18/01/2024 17:56

Bullied for being named after an inspiring inventor and actress? Wtf? The name is fine. I have a Heidi and her friends sometimes call her Hedi - no bullying. Mind you, according to mn my youngest has a porn star name but interestingly children of her generation don’t think like that so no bullying there either. Mn is weird about names. Choose what you love.

StarbucksSmarterSister · 18/01/2024 17:49

I wouldn't even think about a joke to be honest. All I think about is Hedy Lamarr, staggeringly glamorous and amazingly intelligent. Without her I doubt I'd be be posting this from my mobile. Teenage boys will make prurient comments, who cares? Perhaps they might learn something.

It's better than Heidi ( whose name was really Adelheide).

idontlikealdi · 18/01/2024 17:43

Heidi is infinitley better.

Onelife2024 · 18/01/2024 17:42

Haddie is nice as a nn for Angharad?

Or Hettie as a nn for Harriet / Henrietta?

ImthatBoleyngirl · 18/01/2024 17:41

I immediately thought of Hedy Lamarr, but I really don't like the way it sounds.

User13579367337 · 18/01/2024 17:39

Immediately made me think of blowjobs. I assumed I was pronouncing it wrong, but I’ve just read I’m not

ManchesterBea · 18/01/2024 17:38

Please don't.

PurpleReindeer2 · 18/01/2024 17:31

She would be badly bullied. Don't do this.

Sandysandwich · 18/01/2024 17:26

With the pronounciation I just hear Heady like how you might describe a strong drink or an aftershave

WashItTomorrow · 18/01/2024 16:37

I immediately think of Hedy Lamarr. But I wouldn’t use it.

Onelife2024 · 18/01/2024 15:27

Sorry op I don’t like it. Heidi maybe? Or Hebe?

SisterMichaelsHabit · 18/01/2024 11:55

She was a really awesome person but as this thread shows, people don't know who she was and will automatically jump to nasty nicknames so I'd go with something different personally.

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