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Birdie?

139 replies

Babytalkx · 21/02/2024 17:26

Is ‘birdie’ okay for a girl? I’m not too sure on the name extended e.g. birdette but I love it for a baby girl!

My mother thinks it’s a cruel name and that it could subject her to bullying?

Please help!!!!

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Missingmyusername · 21/02/2024 20:05

I’d name a cat Birdie. I’m not a fan sorry.

HemlockSoup · 21/02/2024 20:05

Birdie sounds like a character in a Southern gothic novel. Sitting on her porch barefoot, smoking, and reminiscing about being in love with Earl.

wafflingworrier · 21/02/2024 20:04

Penguin?
Giraffe?
Parrot?!

Hahahhaaaaaa

lioneggs · 21/02/2024 20:04

Not a fan of birdie but love bridie

clipclop5 · 21/02/2024 20:03

wafflingworrier · 21/02/2024 20:02

That is the most ridiculous, hideous girl's name I have ever heard.
You do know she will be a...human, right?

I think you’re being a bit harsh. Relatively speaking it’s not that bad. Far worse suggestions on here on a daily basis!

Sauvblanctime · 21/02/2024 20:03

Awful

gettingolderbutcooler · 21/02/2024 20:02

Have you watched Kin?

wafflingworrier · 21/02/2024 20:02

That is the most ridiculous, hideous girl's name I have ever heard.
You do know she will be a...human, right?

Rocknrolla21 · 21/02/2024 20:00

I’ve got a 60up friend called birdie. She’s got a cafe called birdies cafe :)

clipclop5 · 21/02/2024 19:57

It’s pretty but definitely more of a nickname for you to use at home. A PP’s suggestion of using Wren and then Birdie as a nickname is really nice.. maybe Robyn too!

clipclop5 · 21/02/2024 19:54

Roundaboot · 21/02/2024 17:31

It's a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine, along with Queenie but I'm not sure that I could ever use either on an actual child! As an adult woman, would you want your name to be Birdie?
Could you use a proper name with nn Birdie? A Google tells me that it's a nickname for Elizabeth apparently.

DD knows a Queenie.. lovely and immensely talented girl but I’ve always felt sorry for her having that name! It always raised eyebrows with anybody new that she met

Topseyt123 · 21/02/2024 18:25

Horrendous. Sorry. You've now got me thinking of the Birdie Song and that will now be going through my mind on a loop for hours.🙄🤣

Bridie is much better, although still not really to my taste personally. I do know a Bridie, and I'd admit that it does suit her.

RaininSummer · 21/02/2024 18:20

That is a bad name.

MrsJellybee · 21/02/2024 18:11

Is anyone old enough to remember Tottie’s House from the 1980s? I’m still traumatised by what happened to Birdie…

TinyYellow · 21/02/2024 18:06

It’s awful.

Clarabellawilliamson · 21/02/2024 18:04

I know a kid called Birdie, don't know if it's short for anything. She doesn't get teased, bullied or called Dickie! You could have it as a nickname for Bernadette. But you could also have Bernie, which I love more. There's a cleaner at school called Bernie, and she has 10'kids and her name is so incongruous to me, it's made me love the name even more!

mitogoshi · 21/02/2024 17:57

Listen to your mum!

My advice is think about that cute baby applying for good job? Think about them being in a profession with clients and business cards ... would you choose a solicitor called Birdie? Your GP? Kee nicknames as those and give proper first names so the child has a choice when grown.

Before you think this is far fetched, I've worked in hr and we really did filter the hundreds of applicants by name, too silly or childlike and my boss stuck them through the shedder.

Catlord · 21/02/2024 17:52

ParanoidGynodroid · 21/02/2024 17:49

You love it for a baby girl? Baby girls grow up to be women!
Its a cute nickname, but as a full name I don’t think it’s suitable, sorry OP.

Others have suggested Bridie. Do not choose this if you ever plan to live in Scotland!

Didn't think of Forfar Bridies! Still think it's a lovely name tho

AdaColeman · 21/02/2024 17:52

Listen to your Mother.

Jessforless · 21/02/2024 17:50

I actually really like it…

Mittens1717 · 21/02/2024 17:50

Lord no

Catlord · 21/02/2024 17:50

I really don't like it, sorry. Flappy and silly. Bridget nn Bridie is lovely.

ParanoidGynodroid · 21/02/2024 17:49

You love it for a baby girl? Baby girls grow up to be women!
Its a cute nickname, but as a full name I don’t think it’s suitable, sorry OP.

Others have suggested Bridie. Do not choose this if you ever plan to live in Scotland!

Anjea · 21/02/2024 17:49

Dreadful. She'd be called Dickie