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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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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…

RaininSummer · 21/02/2024 18:20

That is a bad name.

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.

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

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!

Rocknrolla21 · 21/02/2024 20:00

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

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?

gettingolderbutcooler · 21/02/2024 20:02

Have you watched Kin?

Sauvblanctime · 21/02/2024 20:03

Awful

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!

lioneggs · 21/02/2024 20:04

Not a fan of birdie but love bridie

wafflingworrier · 21/02/2024 20:04

Penguin?
Giraffe?
Parrot?!

Hahahhaaaaaa

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.

Missingmyusername · 21/02/2024 20:05

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

Theoldcuriosityshop · 21/02/2024 20:08

David and Georgia Tennant have a Birdie.

WildCherryBlossom · 21/02/2024 20:09

I've known two - both were nicknames. One was originally a Bridget and not sure about the other. I quite like it as a nickname.

wafflingworrier · 21/02/2024 20:09

Missingmyusername · 21/02/2024 20:05

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

😂😂😂

Cathbrownlow · 21/02/2024 20:10

I like it!

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 21/02/2024 20:12

It’s not a name I would want or use. Fine as a nickname and I’ve heard it used as a nickname for Bernadette.

Cantalever · 21/02/2024 20:13

Awful name, except as a nickname. It sounds trivial, as though she is not to be taken seriously.

User373433 · 21/02/2024 20:15

I know one, a toddler. I was a bit surprised at first as I'd never come across it before, but very quickly got used to it as any other name.

HuntingoftheSnark · 21/02/2024 20:18

She's a doll in Rumer Godden's The Dolls' House. I loved that book and the name suited her - she was flighty and rattled when you shook her, as she had a bead in her head. Not great for a real person though.

Samzzz · 21/02/2024 20:21

I like it! Non mainstream names don’t get good feedback on here.

Roselilly36 · 21/02/2024 20:22

Just makes me think of golf, tbh.

IggyAce · 21/02/2024 20:25

I initially thought you’d done a typo and the name was meant to be Bridie.

Wren Or Lark with the nn birdie could work.