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Thoughts on the name Romy?

91 replies

helpwithname · 15/10/2025 09:03

Stilll can't decide on a name for our baby girl due imminently!!

Other names we like:

Ava
Daisy
Marnie
Margot
Bonnie
Eden
Esme
Orla

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averythinline · 15/10/2025 14:46

I would have said roh me not ro me like Rome with a Y ..so doesn't sound great... Like most of your others... Less keen on Daisy as there were a couple of horrors at dc school...
Marnie is probably my favourite also Bonnie and every Orla i've has been lovely

DappledThings · 15/10/2025 14:45

Darragon · 15/10/2025 14:29

I can’t believe we’re on page 2 and no one else instantly thought of Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion. I feel old. 😂

Third post, I mentioned it!

Emanwenym · 15/10/2025 14:39

deeahgwitch · 15/10/2025 14:26

Is there a reason why Marnie is becoming popular ?

@deeahgwitch It's not particularly, but it's mentioned on here more frequently.
It also has sounds that occur in popular names. (Margot, Arlo, the -ie names)
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It's short for Margaret, I think.

Darragon · 15/10/2025 14:29

I can’t believe we’re on page 2 and no one else instantly thought of Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion. I feel old. 😂

deeahgwitch · 15/10/2025 14:26

Is there a reason why Marnie is becoming popular ?

Mizztikle · 15/10/2025 14:02

Romy is nice unusual name and it will suit a child and an adult.

Viviennemary · 15/10/2025 14:00

Not at all keen on Romy. In your list I like Daisy best and Margot next. Marnie is pretty dire.

zigazigahhhh · 15/10/2025 13:57

I love Romy! It’s number 1 on my girls list

DreamOfTheRarebitFiend · 15/10/2025 13:51

I like it but think it sounds more like a nickname? I knew a Romy who pronounced it 'Rah-me' so you might find that she's always having to tell people how to say it.

I love Eden, and Edie is a lovely nickname.

ohyesido · 15/10/2025 13:45

I’ve always loved Romy. Is it short for something or a name in itself though?

whataweekImhaving · 15/10/2025 13:43

Michaelah · 15/10/2025 09:06

I don’t think it sound like a proper name

Agree.

It’s a bit like Romany gypsies, but not quite.

There are better names out there.

catin8oot5 · 15/10/2025 13:38

If I’d ever had my longed after girl she would have been Romilly 😀

Enough4me · 15/10/2025 13:29

From your list - Orla.

Bournetilly · 15/10/2025 13:28

I like it pronounced Rom-me but not Rome-me. I know 2 children called Romy, 1 pronounced each way.

TooManyCupsAndMugs · 15/10/2025 13:26

Ava is v common - there will be at least 2 others in her school class I promise!
Romy is nice and in a country I know well it is is the nickname for Romina, which is also nice.

Moreteaandchocolate · 15/10/2025 13:22

My top three are Ava, Esme or Marnie.

Most of the others are also nice, except I really dislike Bonnie (because I would hate to be called this myself).

3luckystars · 15/10/2025 12:05

statetrooperstacey · 15/10/2025 09:11

Romy is lovely, the world doesn’t need any more maggots.

😂

Lifeisnotalwaysfair · 15/10/2025 12:02

All of except Bonnie which sounds like a pet name. Or a nickname. And people will expect her to be a bonny child.

RawBaby · 15/10/2025 11:57

I quite like it, but yes to pps' associating it with Post-Its and Romy Schneider (who I think was christened Rosemarie).

Not Bonnie, and not Orla if she will grow up with and surrounded by non-rhotic accents. I like Ava best of your other options.

modgepodge · 15/10/2025 11:54

I’m not sure how to pronounce it? It is like Rome with an ee sound at the end, or does it rhyme with tommy?

what about romilly? Romy as a nickname? I like all your other choices though.

Emanwenym · 15/10/2025 11:50

@MiddleAgedDread , it's like Rome with a y on the end.

Emanwenym · 15/10/2025 11:11

I don't really like any of them, but Daisy is ok.
Then Orla or Romy.
Ditch the rest.

Romy - not keen. Schneider
Ava - overused and I don't see the appeal
Daisy - ok, a bit twee
Marnie - ok, Hitchcock film
Margot - maggot
Bonnie - Stan, Tyler
Eden - Former PM's surname. Not keen
Esme - Essmy or Ezmae?
Orla - nice in an Irish accent

MiddleAgedDread · 15/10/2025 11:02

I prefer everything else on your list apart from Bonnie (which should only be used for Golden Retrievers).
Is it Row-me, Raw-me, Rom-me, Roo-me??

Suednymph · 15/10/2025 10:05

I like it for a girl yes but it does sound more like a cutsie nickname. The only Romy I have met is a boy though.

pamshortsbrokenbothherlegs · 15/10/2025 10:03

I like Romy and Bonnie.