to want to name my DD this.

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I love the name Elsie but have had some odd reactions when I've mentioned it to people. My sister said it was pretentious and a random lady in a shop laughed out loud yesterday. I've had the wind taken out of my sails. Is it really not on to name your baby Elsie?

I really need some objective views from ordinary folk to sort this out and don't want to ask anyone else in real life. I haven't posted in baby names as I assume most have a particular interest in names over there.

Am I being unreasonable to want to name my baby Elsie?

Elsie summons 2 pictures in my head, a totally ace old wifey out in her garden with flowers and butterflies and veg growing in a abundance; and a cute wee pixie girl. Dd2 has middle name Ailsa, so I may be a bit biased. If you like it, and she isn't likely to get ridiculed at school for it (Erimintrude?) what's the harm? You can always give her a middle name too, and if she doesn't like it when she gets older, she can always use her middle one.

I know a few young Elsies. It's a lovely name.

We got a lot of stick 20 years ago for the name we chose for our oldest daughter. Some people thought it was pretentious which we thought was just weird. More to the point I suppose it wasn't very common in the communities we came from, although it was in the environment in which we were (and still are) living and working.

Anyway, as soon as she was born it was accepted by everyone.

I LOVE it - but we had a dog called Elsie so that would rule it out ... DD3 was almost Ada after his nan - but he bottled it and changed his mind!

It's grown in popularity lots recently. Just outside the top 100 now. Great name.

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I think it's lovely. :) If you like it then go for it.

It's cute for a little baby. Go for it! There's always going to be someone who doesn't like their name - you could give them the most popular name in the world and there will be someone somewhere that would hate it.

I agree with the poster who said not to tell anyone. When you have the baby and people ask her name they'll be so busy cooing over her that they'll probably just say "aw", even if they don't like it.

It's great name.

Although it reminds me of the song from Cabaret:

I used to have a girlfriend known as Elsie
With whom I shared two squalid rooms in Chelsea
She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower
As a matter of fact she rented by the hour....

I think of Elsie to this very day
I remember how she used to smile and say
Life is a Cabaret etc etc

I'm suprised your getting all those reactions, it seems like quite a normal choice to me and not that different from a lot of popular names like Ellie
Just ignore people and go for it if you want!

How about Elsa, and Elsie for a pet name? I think both are lovely.

It's a really nice name, ignore the bores.

valium I had to have a nosy on the baby name discussion god they can be fierce cant they it is a battlefield over there,

I think it's a perfectly nice name. nothing wrong with it at all.

I know a lovely, lovely Elsie. Do it!

Why are you telling everyone in advance? When you're taking account of the opinions of random ladies in shops - it's a definite sign you're over sharing.

I quite like it. It is not one of the more usual names that have made a comeback, but it certainly isnt on a par with Gladys/Beryl/Doris which are not the nicest of names.

I'm very about alternative names, but I do love to see old fashioned ones coming back into fashion.

I Like Elsie!

Although - always with a BUT! Elsie is diminutive of Elspeth, and I don't particularly care for short versions if there is a 'proper name'.

However, I do like Elsie!

My mum is an Elsie but in her case it is short for Elizabeth.

I think it's lovely! I do agree that people will be much less rude if you keep quiet and present it as her actual name though, rather than an idea.

I also love Eloise, gorgeous!

I like it, but YABU to discuss your name choices with other people. They will always say something rude.

We never told anyone ours, (pretty dull, DS is Benjamin) not until we announced the birth - then they had to say "oh how lovely!" or look like bastards! But some tit with no brain on that day will always say "oh I knew an Elsie, she was a murderer!" if you tell them. So keep yer mouth shut and ignore!

I think it's lovely. I have a relative called Elise, which I really love too.

Personally, I really hate the name. To me it belongs to a lady of an older generation with a bad temper... don't know why... but that is what I always think about when I hear this name.

Why does 'Elsie' remind people of old women? They were little girls once. We have girls called Emily these days, as in Bronte, so isn't that old fashioned?

I like it. One of my aunts was called Gertrude Millicent. Lovely woman.

I think Elise is much nicer actually.

Why does 'Elsie' remind people of old women?

Ijust think it belongs int he old lady name corner nothing wrong with that I mean it in the nicest possible way