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Baby names

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BJacks86 · 08/12/2018 15:28

Hello I'm pregnant with DC3, and me and DH have started speaking about names. I love the name Eddie for a girl but can't think of a longer version for the full name. Family hate this name as its a boys name. Do you think its a bad choice?

Also please could I have suggestions on names like Eddie, Tori (full name Victoria), and Margot (full name Margret).

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Pachyderm1 · 08/12/2018 15:30

Edith? Edwina?

hammeringinmyhead · 08/12/2018 15:30

I really, really wouldn't call a girl Eddie. It could be short for Edwina. I like Edie for Edith though.

Pachyderm1 · 08/12/2018 15:30

Also I would say Margot is a name in its own right, not a shortened version of Margaret.

hammeringinmyhead · 08/12/2018 15:31

Pronounced Eeedy obviously!

Iknowthatguy · 08/12/2018 15:31

Margret please don't spell it like that on the bc. It's Margaret.

Bambamber · 08/12/2018 15:31

Honestly? I think it's a ridiculous name for a girl. On paper, people will always presume she is male.

Could you not call her something like Edith and call her Eddie as a nickname?

Pachyderm1 · 08/12/2018 15:33

Could you not call her something like Edith and call her Eddie as a nickname?

That’s exactly what OP’s planning to do, hence why she’s asking for longer versions 🙄

AntMoon · 08/12/2018 15:34

I love Eddie for a girl. I really like unisex names. Same for Frankie and Quinn.

But Edie is more feminine.

StroppyWoman · 08/12/2018 15:35

Isn't it Edie, like Edie Sedgewick?

peachypetite · 08/12/2018 15:36

You mean Edie?

Lazybonita · 08/12/2018 15:37

Eddie is short for Edina in Ab Fab.

MrsFoxPlus4 · 08/12/2018 15:38

Eddie is short for Edward. Edie is a name in itself but can be short for Edith or Edwina.

LucieMorningstar · 08/12/2018 15:41

Why not just call her something completely out-there and go with Graham? Hmm

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BJacks86 · 08/12/2018 15:41

I really like Eddie, the way it would be pronounced if you shortened Edward. Don't like Edie anywhere near as much.

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Alieeeeeens · 08/12/2018 15:44

Edina? (Like on Ab Fab?)

Original poster
BJacks86 · 08/12/2018 15:44

One of my daughters is named Margot, decided to just go for Margot on the birth certificate. However with Eddie would go for a longer name, the same with Victoria to Tori for DD2 as doesn't necessarily feel like a full name in its own right.

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knittedjest · 08/12/2018 15:45

Edina or Edwina. That's all I got.

Icklepup · 08/12/2018 15:46

Edelia
Edwina

MiseryLoves · 08/12/2018 15:48

Meredith
Edele
Eden
Edelia
Edwardine

MamaDane · 08/12/2018 15:50

I'd suggest using Edie.

Original poster
BJacks86 · 08/12/2018 15:58

Thoughts on going with Eddy and using as a full name?

Alternatively like Etta, Aida, Agnes and Ingrid.

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WhyAmISoCold · 08/12/2018 15:59

It's a ridiculous name for a girl.

MamaDane · 08/12/2018 16:04

Etta, Aida, Agnes and Ingrid are all better options. Honestly. Don't give your daughter a boy's name Blush

Iknowthatguy · 08/12/2018 16:06

Eddie/eddy is a boys name op. There's so many beautiful girls names, why choose a mediocre boys name?

AnotherPidgey · 08/12/2018 16:09

Is it worth commiting her to a lifetime of correcting confused people? People will either make errors assuming that she's male or manually "correct" to a version like Edie/ Eadie when pronoucing it.

Etta, Aida, Agnes and Ingrid are fine. Ingrid is probably most distinctive due the popularity of a range of names like Ella, Ellie, Ava etc which tend to be quite short with a high vowel to consonant ratio, and starting and ending with a vowel.