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Frederick for a girl?

59 replies

Ashbourne · 21/06/2010 11:55

What do people think? I think Freddy is lovely as a shortening, and we don't like Frederica.

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lamplighter · 22/06/2010 12:19

Frederick is just too cruel for words. How about Fernanda and sort of stretch it to make a Freddie?

My ex FIL was Frederick!!

gorionine · 22/06/2010 12:02

MmeLindt

I think we have confused OP off she must be looking for a thread that actually talks about names.

Cinderellarach · 22/06/2010 10:19

Sounds very silly..

I'll never understand parents who give their dd's ugly names when there are so many beautiful and pretty names out there...

LinzerTorte · 22/06/2010 09:19

I switch back and forth between German and English keyboards, which is very useful on my laptop (which has a UK keyboard) when I need to type something with a lot of German characters. You just need to add another input language and can then switch between them by pressing Alt + Shift (probably only worth doing if you regularly work in two language, though). The only problem is that you have to remember where all the umlauts etc would normally be on a German keyboard when you're using one that still looks English...

MmeLindt · 22/06/2010 08:53

Gorionine
You need a Swiss keyboard, then you can do the àèéàèäöüä

mopsyflopsy · 21/06/2010 20:40

Excactly, frakkit, I just copy/paste from word/web. You can also use the Alt keys (e.g. alt+148 = ö) but I only know the German Umlauts, not the French accents. You can probaly look them up somewhere though.

frakkit · 21/06/2010 19:25

You can copy/paste from Word.

Frederique/Frederica yes

Frederick no.

deeply · 21/06/2010 19:16

Please tell us how you do that Mopsy

gorionine · 21/06/2010 19:11

You clever thing! where do you copy them from? [Iamgoingtolearnsomethingnewtoday emoticon)

mopsyflopsy · 21/06/2010 16:55

goriononine, I can't actually make the accents, I just copy them .

rachel1970 · 21/06/2010 15:20

Yes to Frederique, Frederica, Frieda, Friedericke for a girl. Even yes to Freddie as a nickname for a girl.

But no to Frederick. Just looks too masculine.

chipmonkey · 21/06/2010 14:41

This is not a serious thread, is it?
If I heard of a little girl by that name, I would assume her parents would have preferred a son.

VuvuzelaPlenticlew · 21/06/2010 14:12

Sorry, I guess I should have said "not only".

Pingpong · 21/06/2010 14:11

Another no vote from me

VuvuzelaPlenticlew · 21/06/2010 14:11

Frederique in other countries is not the equivalent of Frederick -- it's the equivalent of Frederica. So it does not in any way make this daft idea reasonable.

Sorry, OP, but I do think it is a daft idea and cannot really see why you would object to Frederica, but still consider naming your daughter Frederick. They're so similar and the nn you want comes fom both. So why do the "odd" thing -- just for the sake of it? Not sure your daughter would thank you for that!

drfox · 21/06/2010 14:05

Oh, dear God!

MmeLindt · 21/06/2010 14:04

No. No. No.

Why would you do that to your DD?

Frederica, Frederique, Freda are ok, but Frederick. Just no.

gorionine · 21/06/2010 13:58

Mopsyflopsy, How do you manage to put accents on your "e"s? could you teach me?

OrigamiYoda · 21/06/2010 13:53

I have a friend called Fierenza we call her freddy for short. Much nicer IMO

annasophia · 21/06/2010 13:52

Where are you living/planning to live?

Because in many countries, Frederique/Friedericke are common, accepted girls' names, as is the short form Freddie.

CornflowerB · 21/06/2010 13:49

Why don't you get a cat and call it Frederick if you like the name so much and call your daughter a girl's name. And really, you know, Freddy is a boy's name too. This is a little person you know, who I'm sure you would prefer didn't get laughed at for her name. Life is hard enough.

jellybeans · 21/06/2010 13:44

No way!

goingdownhill · 21/06/2010 13:38

Terrible sorry!

annasophia · 21/06/2010 13:35

In Germany, FRIEDERIKE (Pronounced: free-du-REE-kÉ™) is the female version of Frederick.

Quite like it, actually.

annasophia · 21/06/2010 13:35

In Germany, FRIEDERIKE (Pronounced: free-du-REE-kÉ™) is the female version of Frederick.

Quite like it, actually.