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stevie?

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izzydrizzy04 · 18/07/2024 16:03

i'm expecting a baby girl soon, and i really love the name stevie. as you probably already guessed, after stevie nicks. i was having doubts about using it as a full name, as it definitely seems like a boys name, and obviously her namesake is actually called stephanie. i'm not a fan of stephanie though. can stevie be a full name?

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TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 18/07/2024 16:21

congolongalee · 18/07/2024 16:10

One of my DD's 5yo friends is called Stevie - I definitely think of it as a girls name. Very cool!

I suspect that Stevie Wonder would disagree with you.

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izzydrizzy04 · 18/07/2024 16:20

PerkyMintDeer · 18/07/2024 16:11

An old school acquaintance has called her daughter Stevie, she’s just over a year old. I also taught one, she’d be early/mid 20s now. So people do use it in its own right.

I prefer it as a nickname for Stephanie, Stephania, Stefania.

Or for something like Stella Violet, Esther Vivienne,

I’d personally probably use Stefani and then it has both Stevie and Gwen as influences!

i have actually loved the name stella for a while, and vivienne would be cool as i'm a big fan of vivienne westwood

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Catandsquirrel · 18/07/2024 16:12

I really like Stevie and don't usually care for '-ie nicknames as full names'. It's about the only one I personally think is fab on its own!

Stephanie is a perfectly lovely name but not to my taste either so I'd go for Stevie!

PerkyMintDeer · 18/07/2024 16:11

An old school acquaintance has called her daughter Stevie, she’s just over a year old. I also taught one, she’d be early/mid 20s now. So people do use it in its own right.

I prefer it as a nickname for Stephanie, Stephania, Stefania.

Or for something like Stella Violet, Esther Vivienne,

I’d personally probably use Stefani and then it has both Stevie and Gwen as influences!

congolongalee · 18/07/2024 16:10

One of my DD's 5yo friends is called Stevie - I definitely think of it as a girls name. Very cool!

Procrastinates · 18/07/2024 16:10

I wouldn't. Stevie is only called that because she couldn't pronounce her own name so it's a naturally occuring nick name. It seems really odd to give what is effectively a mispronunciation to your child as their actual name. I would give her name to fall back on and maybe use Stevie as a middle name incase she doesn't want to spend enternity being presumable to be male.

Plump82 · 18/07/2024 16:09

I love it. Not a huge Fleetwood Mac fan so for me I don't associate it with them. I just think its a fab name!

fortifiedwithtea · 18/07/2024 16:08

Before I clicked on your thread, my thought for a girl that is so cool. I am also a fan of Fleetwood Mac.

As an actual name, yes why not?