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Thoughts on the name Marnie?

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mamaaax · 29/07/2025 13:06

Due my first baby girl in a few months and trying to figure out a name. We are pretty set on Marnie but interested to hear other people's thoughts on it as it's not one I hear or see a lot.

If you don't like it, what other names do you like?

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HoratioNightboy · 29/07/2025 20:43

I really like it. It's my cousin's name and she's in her late 40s. Apparently named after Marni Nixon, the singer. Amused at all the people saying it's like mardy - I used to know a Mardie too!

BatshitCrazyWoman · 29/07/2025 19:31

I love the name Marnie (I had two boys, so never got to use it). Like a PP, I've loved it since I read When Marnie Was There as a child.

RitaIncognita · 29/07/2025 19:22

I like it when spoken with a rhotic accent, but not so fond when it's said with a non-rhotic accent.

Norastroud · 29/07/2025 19:16

I really like Marnie, I know a baby and a teen with this name. Personally I think I’d use Marianne with nn Marnie.
Also love Romilly with nn Romy or Milly.
Similar options I like are Mila or Mina.
Best of luck 😊

NescafeAndIce · 29/07/2025 17:31

This is one of my favourite girls' names!
The only thing I'd be slightly hesitant over is the potential for mardy/moany Marnie....

Dandelionsand4leafclover · 29/07/2025 17:28

Not if you live up north, as 'ar Marnie sounds a bit cringe.

DiggingHoles · 29/07/2025 17:26

There is a movie name "When Marnie was There". Worth watching. I feel neutral about the name.

BasilThePlant · 29/07/2025 17:25

I knew a Marnie, a diminutive of Marianna.

I think it's lovely (as is Marianna)

Moreteaandchocolate · 29/07/2025 17:22

Romy and Marnie are both lovely 😊

JillyGiraffe · 29/07/2025 15:50

I’ve never met a Marnie, so it just makes me think of Marnie from Geordie Shore. I personally wouldn’t choose it because it sounds like a nickname and rhymes with sarnie!

justaddittothelist · 29/07/2025 15:40

I quite like it, although it does make me think of the girl from Geordie shore. Not that it's an issue tho, I quite liked Geordie shore 😂

What about Lainey?

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 29/07/2025 15:39

I love it and think on it as a name in its own right, not a nickname. I only know one person called this, a lovely woman pin her 40s, and also one adorable little black kitten recently acquired by my neighbour.

EvelynBeatrice · 29/07/2025 15:34

I’m put off it by the old (and very misogynistic) film of that name about a woman who hated the male touch due to sexual abuse.

Romilly and Romy are pretty. Mildred/ Millie/ Caroline / Calista / Callie.

StarlightRobot · 29/07/2025 15:16

What about Romilly, and Romy for short?

StarlightRobot · 29/07/2025 15:15

I love Romy and Marnie x

autienotnaughty · 29/07/2025 15:12

I love it. I know one Marnie in her 50’s.

Squishymallows · 29/07/2025 15:11

I like it it’s cute but I would want a proper name as well

LucasBuck · 29/07/2025 15:10

Like others I prefer it as a nn for more classic Marina/Marianne/Mariana as “Marnie” as a given name is very trendy, according to the stats - it’s rising rapidly and I wouldn’t be surprised if it just scrapes into the Top 100 soon (we’ll know when they release the stats tomorrow!)

I don’t know masses of little kids as DC is only starting pre- school this year, but I’ve still met a couple of little Marnie’s. However if you don’t care about it potentially dating, then I think she’ll fit right in with her peers names and it’s quite a cool name too (the Hitchcock film is great).

Personally I much prefer the sound of similar Sylvie or maybe even Indie (though that last one is probably even trendier than Marnie), but that’s just my own tastes.

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mamaaax · 29/07/2025 14:59

Thank you all for your replies! Some of them made me lol 😂

My husband is definitely more set on it than me but he is much more decisive and not an overthinker like me.

Another name I love is Romy but someone put me off it because Boris Johnson named his daughter that. I guess you will never find a name that everyone likes so eventually you just have to pick one and go with it!

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GoldenRosebee · 29/07/2025 14:53

mamaaax · 29/07/2025 13:06

Due my first baby girl in a few months and trying to figure out a name. We are pretty set on Marnie but interested to hear other people's thoughts on it as it's not one I hear or see a lot.

If you don't like it, what other names do you like?

I prefer Marina, but Marnie is ok as name

Cinaferna · 29/07/2025 14:19

MiddleAgedDread · 29/07/2025 13:37

I'm not a fan, it sounds like a nickname but it's not. Moany Marnie!

I think that's why I don't love it more. It is a bit whiny: Meanie, moanie, mardy Marnie. It does make me think of a librarian in a brown home knitted cardie.

Venalopolos · 29/07/2025 14:17

I was in the bath yesterday literally thinking about this name (something reminded me of Halloweentown which made me think of it).

I decided that it was a good balance of unique and easily recognisable, but I think it’s but cutesy for adulthood.

I did think about posting on here about what names it could be nn for as I think it would work well with a more formal legal name. The best I came up with was Carmen, but I think I actually really like Carmen with the nn Marnie as a youngster and options as she gets older.

Cinaferna · 29/07/2025 14:17

I like it. I don't absolutely love it, but it's pretty and a bit unusual without being try-hard or too out-there.

mathanxiety · 29/07/2025 14:14

Marnie, sarnie, mardy - for the life of me I can't see the attraction of this name. It makes me think of a greasy Wimpy in about 1978.

purplecorkheart · 29/07/2025 14:13

I am not a fan. I know one lady with that name at work who is lovely but I always feel that I am calling her by her nickname when I am talking to her.

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