To use the name Alfie for a girl?

[Notverycreative]

I really really really love the name, we were actually hoping for a boy so we could uae this. We won't be able to have any more children after this and have just found out are having a girl.
WIBU to call her Alfreda and use the nickname Alfie?

You could just use “Elfie”, which is a legitimate female name.

Althea?

Initial reaction: No way
Read the bit about her real name being Alfreda: Okay that’s better.

I wouldn't. It's a popular boys name.

I'm saying YABU for a niche reason. There's a very VERY pornographic webcomic with a female Alfie as the man character.

Unlikely that most people will have heard of it, but I wouldn't want even one person making that association with my daughter!

And before anyone says it I wouldn't say the same for a name like Jenna, because that's an established girls name.

Do you actually like the name Alfreda or are you only using it so you can use Alfie?

How about Effie?

Setting the child up for years of being thought of as unwanted. You wanted a boy and pick a boys name for her? Nope. Give her a name she can call her own and don't make her feel like a poor substitution.

No. Alfreda isn’t a nice name.

Sorry but that would be really cruel, think of the teasing she'd get at school and it also tells her that she not what you wanted

Yes. I don't think it's a nice name for a girl. I don't think she will thank you. My DD wouldn't.

Don't do it, she will have a lifetime of teasing at school, 'oh you're female' as she grows up, letters addressed to Mr whatever.

Why do that when you can pick from so many other names.

I much prefer Elfie. Or what about Aoife (Ee Fa)?

Don't know about the porno! But love Alfie for a girl just Alfie, but then I also love Freddie, Frankie, Jaime and most of all Noa. A celeb called their girl James, quite like that too.

I like it! I taught a female Alfie - she was 19.

I don't think it's too bad either. I do like boy names for girls, and Alfie is an effeminate name. Alphie? Althea? Hmm.

I think it’s your baby, your choice. It’s cute. I know a little girl called Frankie, she suits her name and no one teases her.

Sorry, I don't like it either. But then I'm not keen on the currently popular names like Alfie, Archie, Ruby etc etc. There are literally millions of names out there. Surely you can find one for a girl that you like too?

I don't like it tbh and alfreda isn't a very nice name.

Alfreda is a bloody awful name. It sounds like alfredo, the sauce.

It comes across like you're giving her a horrible full name just to use a cutesy nickname.

Alpha?

Go for it. Cute. I know girls called Freddie.

So you don't think you might be making life a teensy bit difficult for her?

No?

Don’t particularly like Alfreda, but quite like Alfie for a girl! I went to uni with a girl called Henry, and nobody batted an eye after the initial “ooh!”. Actually I always thought it was deeply cool.

Nope it's not a nice name for a girl, I can understand Bobbi, Billie and Frankie for a girl but not Alfie. Call a dog/pet Alfie instead.

I would go for Alphene and then you can shorten it to Alfie