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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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SirChenjins · 23/02/2024 18:56

DoYouWantToStartACultWithMe · 23/02/2024 18:05

Unless you're currently incubating this baby by sitting atop an egg in a nest, then no.

😂😂

serin · 24/02/2024 00:01

Oooh very Kin!
I don't like it but I think Bridget is a strong and cool name. Especially when my mother says it in an Irish accent.

LoreleiG · 24/02/2024 00:19

@MrsJellybee I am still traumatised by that programme too! And the book but particularly the creepy series.

Abouttimeforanamechange · 24/02/2024 00:27

I loved Ernie for a boy

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Yellowsubmarineunderthesea · 24/02/2024 00:34

No no no no and no. Seriously, please do not call any poor child Birdie

Pieceofpurplesky · 24/02/2024 02:15

I like it.
But then I like Bridie, Bridget, Kizzy, Hester, Rosalie and Betsy (I think it's my Romany blood - although I draw the line at Esmerelda (a great aunt!))

user1492757084 · 24/02/2024 13:19

My great aunt had a fun friend called Birdie who rode a motor bike and had a wall mirror collection so it seems perfectly normal and lovely to me. My Birdie went to boarding school, was clever, told funny stories, had a beautiful garden and went to the horse races often. Was it anick name? I don't know.

Soowoo · 24/02/2024 15:06

No to Birdie. How about Biddy?

butterpuffed · 24/02/2024 15:13

Abouttimeforanamechange · 24/02/2024 00:27

I loved Ernie for a boy

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😂

AmusedMaker · 24/02/2024 15:14

I’m a Bridget nn Bridie. I’ve often been called Birdie as people read Bridie and just see Birdie. I’ve got used to it and actually like it. 😄

mathanxiety · 24/02/2024 15:38

It's a cute nickname for Bridget, if you wanted a more 'formal' name on the BC.

I think it's a lovely name (I also like Bonnie).

There is no name that will bully proof your child.

mathanxiety · 24/02/2024 15:40

I'm chortling at the people suggesting Bridie.

It's such a granny name in Ireland, and not in a good way.

Everyone in Ireland aged 40 and over has an aunt Bridie. My mother had two.

mathanxiety · 24/02/2024 15:45

You could name her Bernadette, nn Birdie.

Birdette would be a little silly.

Bernadette has a cool, clunky vibe imo.

Flowerfairie · 24/02/2024 22:46

Birdie?
Ernie?

is this actually Benny Hill’s ghost posting.

NonoLePetitRobot · 24/02/2024 22:56

Traumatic memories of extremely gothic 80s children's TV. The fate of Birdie (far right) was not pleasant (understatement).

Birdie?
TheTimeIsNowMaybeNow · 24/02/2024 23:00

mathanxiety · 24/02/2024 15:40

I'm chortling at the people suggesting Bridie.

It's such a granny name in Ireland, and not in a good way.

Everyone in Ireland aged 40 and over has an aunt Bridie. My mother had two.

I like it, ds13 has a friend called Bridie and no one chortles about it . She's the only one I've ever known in rl though

Flowerfairie · 24/02/2024 23:54

I like it, ds13 has a friend called Bridie and no one chortles about it . She's the only one I've ever known in rl though

a. You’ve not said whether she’s an Irish grandma or not
b. The op is asking about BIRDIE
c autocorrect doesn’t even recognise that as a name

TheTimeIsNowMaybeNow · 25/02/2024 00:10

Flowerfairie · 24/02/2024 23:54

I like it, ds13 has a friend called Bridie and no one chortles about it . She's the only one I've ever known in rl though

a. You’ve not said whether she’s an Irish grandma or not
b. The op is asking about BIRDIE
c autocorrect doesn’t even recognise that as a name

What are you talking about?
a, No my 13 year olds friend is not a grandma
b, I was replying to a post about the name Bridie
C , autocorrect doesn't even recognise what as a name? And what does autocorrect have to do with anything?

Babla · 25/02/2024 00:36

Birdette?! 😂

celestebellman · 25/02/2024 09:26

Birdie makes me think of a character The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell, who was disturbingly sadistic and came to a bad end. Also of beady eyes and beaks, but I'm not a particular bird fan.
I guess at a push could be a nickname for Bridgett. Also agree would work on a small delicate child but not if they turned out a bit more lumpen!

I quite like Bridie - though it does make me think of the pasty.

Yellowsubmarineunderthesea · 25/02/2024 12:58

Knowing the way my kids went through school and work, all I can imagine is a lifetime of nicknames of Tweet tweet, Puddie Tat, Twitter, cheep cheep, etc

TheSandgroper · 26/02/2024 11:42

You could call her Nancy Bird and expect her to do great things.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Bird_Walton

Nancy Bird Walton - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Bird_Walton

Catlord · 26/02/2024 12:12

Pieceofpurplesky · 24/02/2024 02:15

I like it.
But then I like Bridie, Bridget, Kizzy, Hester, Rosalie and Betsy (I think it's my Romany blood - although I draw the line at Esmerelda (a great aunt!))

Esmeralda is FABULOUS

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Babytalkx · 28/02/2024 15:59

I love Betsy! But bets is my surname and my nickname is Betsy :(

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Ellmau · 29/02/2024 08:16

It's a bit twee, and Birdette is dreadful, sorry.

And it definitely sounds awful with your surname.