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Posey?

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lavenderbag · 29/09/2008 23:57

What do you think of this? I want to use it as it is, I don't like any of the longer names.

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minko · 30/09/2008 18:11

My sister's name is Rosemary, which got shortened to Posy, then Po, which has stuck for the past 30 years much to her dismay!

nooka · 30/09/2008 18:08

Its not a name in it's own right, so that's a no for me. I don't like diminutives as given names at all. People should have some choice in the matter, and I don't think it is very fair to be given a name that sounds so "sweet", without a more formal grown up alternative. Posy Simmonds is a Rosemary, and the other name Posie is derived from is Josephine (not quite sure how, I guess Josie -> Posie?). If you don't like either of them then I would choose something else.

Noel Streatfield gave one of the other sisters in Ballet Shoes the name Petrova, so I'd not say she was the best source .

AbbeyA · 30/09/2008 17:44

I agree it would have to be Posy without an e. I would think of something that it could be shortened from.

WhereTheWildThingsWere · 30/09/2008 17:37

It rhymes with both 'nosy' and 'dozy' which don't bode well for the playground imo.

Fimbo · 30/09/2008 17:35

You can't leave us with that snippet Hetty - spill.

hetty37 · 30/09/2008 17:33

I have a Posy and she suits her name, everyone is mesmerised by her. I have given her two middle names just in case. I know it is a bit flakey, but she was my third girl, i've just had my fourth daughter, you should hear her name!!!!!!!

ja9 · 30/09/2008 14:25

if you call your daughter rosie you seem to get posie thrown in for free!

branflake81 · 30/09/2008 14:18

Posy Fossil

hatrick · 30/09/2008 13:19

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EffiePerine · 30/09/2008 13:12

posie

Dragonbutter · 30/09/2008 12:47

flump is nicer

BabyBaby123 · 30/09/2008 12:45

she would have to be a bit eccentric with a name like that - wear a straw hat and ride a bicycle carrying her organic vegetables in the basket

HensMum · 30/09/2008 12:40

Yuck. Sweet on a little girl, perhaps even over-sweet then, but can you imagine being a grown woman called Posey?!

pigleto · 30/09/2008 12:39

wasn't there a flump called posy?

EffiePerine · 30/09/2008 12:23

nice for a little girl, bleah for a grown woman

tryingtoleave · 30/09/2008 12:22

I seem to remember that the nanny was not very impressed with Posy's name in Ballet Shoes.

cheesesarnie · 30/09/2008 10:18

nope

but if you like it use it.

quickdrawmcgraw · 30/09/2008 10:17

I love the sound of it. I think it will make a lovely name. Rosie is nicer for an adult. Posy sounds a little like a child's storybook name rather than Dr. Posy X or Posy X MD etc

marmadukescarlet · 30/09/2008 10:17

I have a very nice chicken called posy.

cyteen · 30/09/2008 10:13

I also feel the need to add that 'posy' instantly = 'poser' in my mind. It's a crap name in that respect, although obviously JMHO etc.

MrsMattie · 30/09/2008 10:10

Horrific! She will be a grown woman one day, lumbered with a silly, silly name.

largeginandtonic · 30/09/2008 10:07

Sweet but i have a friend with a Rosy and she is always called Rosy Posy.

cyteen · 30/09/2008 10:04

Apparently my gran wanted me to be called this. Thank god my parents saw sense.

BabyBaby123 · 30/09/2008 10:03

don't like it personally, sorry.

if you do use it i think you should at least give her a another name which can be shortened to Posey so that she has options!!

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