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Lulu?

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wolfear · 09/06/2009 20:50

What do you think?

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Thelongroadhome · 18/06/2009 23:03

Sorry but I dont like it either.

saintmaybe · 17/06/2009 10:26

Wolfear, WHY are you 'not expecting her to be prime minister to be honest' ???

Just out of interest?

LuLuBai · 17/06/2009 09:47

All the best people have Louise as a middle name

Bathsheba · 17/06/2009 09:26

My DD2 has Louise as a middle name, and I call her Lulu a lot as a pet name...

oliviasmama · 17/06/2009 08:06

Me too, lovely!

LuLuBai · 17/06/2009 07:27

Love it!

RachR · 16/06/2009 19:20

My DD has a 'long' name, but has only ever been known by a much shorter version at home and at school (along Lulu/Tallulah lines, but less well used). She does know that she has a longer name, but only because I've told her! I'm glad we gave her the longer name, as I think it gives her choices when she's older. If she never uses it, that's fine - but at least she will have the choice.

boodleboot · 16/06/2009 19:15

oh dear. i metioned the name to my daughter and she said completely deadpan...'erm no, what do call a girl with two toilets on her head.....'

she is 9....this must be a school jokes thing.

Firawla · 15/06/2009 20:37

Lulu by itself as a full name is fine, it means pearl in Arabic

crumpette · 13/06/2009 09:27

I called my DD Lula as a NN (real name Lucia) but I'd never ever use it as a full name- sorry I don't like being negative. How about Lucie, Lucy, Luella, Talullah, Louisa?

I think that if she chooses to have a sensible career she may appreciate a more formal name, you don't know what kind of person she will be.

The other thing to consider with Lulu is potential playground taunts- 'loo'? etc. I don't think the botoxed scottish singer will feature that prominently on the radar of children her age.

Alternatively if you really want that to be her name (which I understand, tbh, if that's her name then that's her name and everyone should call her it) then choose a 'sensible' middle name, so she can pick and choose.

cookie100 · 11/06/2009 21:03

I'm sorry to me it sounds a bit like a pet's name...or a cabaret performer.. imagine if she works in a customer service environment when she's older and having to give her name to customers 50 times a day. She'd had to laugh off jokes about Lulu the singer about 40 times a day.

cookie100 · 11/06/2009 21:03

I'm sorry to me it sounds a bit like a pet's name...or a cabaret performer.. imagine if she works in a customer service environment when she's older and having to give her name to customers 50 times a day. She'd had to laugh off jokes about Lulu the singer about 40 times a day.

onepieceofcremeegg · 11/06/2009 20:58

We gave dd2 a more "traditional" name but like lulumama's daughter she has been known by the cuter version since she was very tiny. She wouldn't even know her real name tbh (it's not lulu/lucy btw but a bit similar)

Sometimes I think we should have just given her the shorter form, but it is a name like MrsB says might become a bit cutesy. If she wants to change back to her more sensible name when she is older then that would be fine with us.

In this case I absolutely love the name Lulu though.

boodleboot · 11/06/2009 20:55

i think Lulu is really lovely and doesn't sound like a non name. again i think of Lulu guiness when i hear of it.....and man i love those bags....

hazeyjane · 10/06/2009 21:29

I think Lulu is lovely as a name in it's own right (not just as a nn), and not cutesy at all. It makes me think of Lulu Guinness, so i think it sounds quite elegant.

I think it's good that people have a mix of sensible, classic and unusual names, not everyone is going to be a lawyer or politician!

MrsBadger · 10/06/2009 21:25

was just saying, is all

I have a horror of cutesy names for girls - they will be adults for much longer than they are children.

MissisBoot · 10/06/2009 21:20

Lucienne is a different first name that is often shortened to Lulu if you have second thoughts about lulu has a first name.

bumble75 · 10/06/2009 21:17

I like it - I have a Lucy and I call her Lulu as one of many nn's. Know someone who recently called their dd Lulu, was struck by how lovely I thought it sounded... dh never would have gone for it though...

Lulumama · 10/06/2009 21:15

maggie thatcher made it into number 10

we had a tony in number 10. that is hardly a name bursting with seriousness

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wolfear · 10/06/2009 21:14

Lacks dignity??? I'm not expecting her to be Prime Minister to be honest Mrs Badger.

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Lulumama · 10/06/2009 21:13

i have a lulu.

if she hates her name and feels it lacks gravitas, i will change it back to Lucy for her
we changed it by deed poll to lulu about 12 months ago as she had been called Lulu rather than lucy from about 2 days old

MrsBadger · 10/06/2009 21:11

lacks dignity IMO

Imagine her graduating / being called to the Bar / becoming prime minister

etchasketch · 10/06/2009 21:05

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wolfear · 10/06/2009 21:03

Anymore for Lulu? I wouldn't use it as a NN - it would be her full name.

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tummytickler · 10/06/2009 14:00

I like it, but definately call her Lucy or Louisa and use it as a nn.
Our dd is called Pearl and we call her Lulu quite often as a nn (pearl turned to Pearlie turned to Pearlula turned to Lulu), so i am sure you could make it a nn for loads of names with an 'l' in them somewhere!