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Can I call my child Duckie?

313 replies

magicstar2020 · 04/10/2024 18:41

I really love it.
Is it the pregnancy hormones? Or is it as great as I think it is?

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tonyhawks23 · 04/10/2024 21:08

I think its lovely! I'm the only one I see! Drakes allowed! And Kitty, both of which I also love. Id call her Duchess with Duckie for nickname I think.

Yuckyyuckyuckity · 04/10/2024 21:08

I prefer Goosey.

Scentedjasmin · 04/10/2024 21:06

You could give your child a normal name, but relocate to The Midlands and then your child will be called Duckie permanently. Just don't actually call them that and then move there otherwise your child will be permanently confused.

SeatonCarew · 04/10/2024 21:03

BabyImaDoRight · 04/10/2024 20:15

Ductavia is beautiful, with Duckie as a nickname.

Only if she's a cartoon character.

Anastomosisrex · 04/10/2024 21:03

It's one of those ones that would sound so cute with a toddler, and possibly carried off by a sufficiently debonaire and tough middle aged man, but when you start to envisage a large teen boy having to live with it? And a girl.... I'm afraid kids will go straight to the rhyming possibilities there.

Covidwoes · 04/10/2024 21:01

This can't be a serious question. Surely. 😂

kolalumps · 04/10/2024 21:00

It’s too familiar and off-putting. It’s like calling a person honey, or sweetie.

Imagine the name tag -

Hi, my name is Duckie

People will take this piss, chuck the job application in the bin thinking it’s a prank.

80smonster · 04/10/2024 21:00

If it makes you feel better OP, we know quite a few Fox’s and Wolf’s, pretty standard names where we live.

Ilovesandwiches · 04/10/2024 21:00

nooooo, she will be picked on forever for this :(

MaisieMacabe · 04/10/2024 20:59

Well it's no worse than "Sonny" which is weirdly popular round these parts.

CandyLeBonBon · 04/10/2024 20:57

Quack

DisabledDemon · 04/10/2024 20:57

Really? You really need to ask?

However, here it is ... No. Unless, of course, you want to set your child up for a lifetime of bullying and subsequent therapy.

BackOfTheMum5net · 04/10/2024 20:56

Only if you live in Nottingham I believe.

Dottiespotty · 04/10/2024 20:54

Everyone was duck / duckie to my Nan so might not stand out in some parts of the country !
But seriously please don’t .

TuVuoiFaLamericano · 04/10/2024 20:53

😂
Can't take this seriously

IcedPurple · 04/10/2024 20:53

Well, you can. No law against it as far as I am aware.

But just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

BunnyLake · 04/10/2024 20:52

Well if you hate your child then sure but if you think you will love your child then absolutely not.

Hunglikeapolevaulter · 04/10/2024 20:50

It's a cute nickname for a newborn baby so go for that if you're feeling it but in the name of all that is holy put it nowhere near the birth certificate.

Miffylou · 04/10/2024 20:49

It’s dreadful. You’d be setting the child up for a whole childhood of other children quacking at them.

At least it would stop when the child grows up, because he/she would change their name as soon as they could.

housethatbuiltme · 04/10/2024 20:47

As a pet name totally.

On their birth certificate... no, obviously.

Campbell, Rouen, Saxony, Duclair, Bach and Elizabeth are breeds of duck, while some are out there they could maybe be pulled off as names more so than Duckie.

Sleepysleepycoffeecoffee · 04/10/2024 20:43

Please don’t

ItsVeryHyacinthBucket · 04/10/2024 20:43

Haha

Autumn1990 · 04/10/2024 20:42

one of mine has acquired a nickname along similar lines. Very sweet when they are little. So many people chat to her and ask her how old she is and what her name is after I’ve been talking to her and saying would you like a drink goosey. Goosey are you cold. She replies h Mabel and I’m 3.

Really give the child a proper name. The random nickname will come later

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 04/10/2024 20:42

Wheelz46 · 04/10/2024 19:42

The name brings back memories of the film 'Pretty in Pink'. Jon Cryers character was called Duckie, he was a great character but the name is a definite no no though 😬

That's who I immediately thought of - but I'm pretty sure that even in the film, his real name was Philip and Duckie was a nickname.

Overheater · 04/10/2024 20:40

Guessing you’re not in Derbyshire…