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What do you think of Dixie?

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Gailcrone · 08/02/2010 13:41

What do you think of Dixie as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

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minipie · 09/02/2010 15:30

I quite like it. But I'd probably go for Darcy or Dulcie instead which are similar but more, um, established.

rosieposey · 09/02/2010 15:17

I used to shop in Winn Dixie in North Carolina when i lived there a few years ago and so thats what it reminds me of (or an American fast food joint) - also just cant imagine a baby girl being called Dixie.I dont really like it.

slowshow · 09/02/2010 15:11

Middle name Chicken?

Seriously though, not good.

FatSeal · 09/02/2010 02:03

Our downstairs neighbour's dog is called Dixie, so sorry, that's all I think of!

sallyjaygorce · 08/02/2010 17:56

Will she be good at whistling?

Bumperlicious · 08/02/2010 17:53

I think I know what is going on here...

brimfull · 08/02/2010 17:46

I like it , I know a really sweet Dixie

theagedparent · 08/02/2010 17:45

I like it.

Jamieandhismagictorch · 08/02/2010 17:41

It strikes me as a nn

sallyjaygorce · 08/02/2010 17:37

I quite like it but it might be shortened to Dix. She'll need to be quite a character to carry that off.

dizzydixies · 08/02/2010 17:36

blanchet - I agree but mainly because I can't get over the popularity of Scarlet which has scar in it

Hulababy · 08/02/2010 17:35

I don't like it. It doesn't feel like a real name, more of a nn.

dizzydixies · 08/02/2010 17:21

love it

RollBaubleUnderTree · 08/02/2010 16:46

Anna Ryder Richardson has a daughter called Dixie-Dot.

Does that help?

ronx · 08/02/2010 16:36

I would wonder whether the sibling was called Pixie ...

mrsvwoolf · 08/02/2010 16:29

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Blanchet · 08/02/2010 16:22

Also, not sure if I'd like to have the sound "dick" in my name... especially growing up.

bluebump · 08/02/2010 16:18

I met a teenage Dixie last week and it actually really suited her.

LetThereBeRock · 08/02/2010 16:16

Awful. Too twee and it sounds more like a dog's name.

Blanchet · 08/02/2010 15:39

There's always Trixie which has the same kind of feel without also making me imagine a showgirl in a spangly stars and stripes hat?

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Gailcrone · 08/02/2010 13:54

Thanks Ziggurat

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Ziggurat · 08/02/2010 13:52

It has strong connotations with the South, i.e. the Confederate (slave-owning, pre the Civil War) states.

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momofnearly2 · 08/02/2010 13:48

There's a little girl at Ds's groups called Dixie. She is just beautiful. It really suits her.

I love love love it!

Ziggurat · 08/02/2010 13:46

Unless you are Southern, it's just weird, isn't it?

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Gailcrone · 08/02/2010 13:45

I'm not from the US. Out of interest what baggage?

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