would you tell a friend that her new baby's name is used by some to refer to vulva/fanny/tuppence/girlie bits...

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My mate is calling her little girl Minnie (she's now 10 days old).

I thought nothing of it, apart from the Minnie mouse/me connections until I mentionned it to a few friends who said that they used as a baby word for vulva/fanny {insert much argued over word of your choice here].

I had never come across this before but having re-read a few threads on this topic that some people do. It appears to be gaining in popularity.

So should I make my friend aware of this connotation of the name, in case it becomes like being called Fanny (as one of my aunts was much to our amusement as kids).

Or just leave it be.

This was quite a common euphemism when I was a child.

I still want to know why I didn't know this?

I don't get the Jessica/Holly thing.

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Of course, sorry.

People can take dislike of their choice of baby name very perosnally, even on here among strangers when it isn't actually personal and is just honest opinion.

How would you like it if someone said you child's name was a slang word for vagina?! I think she'll just shoot the messenger. Leave it be.

I've heard it (SW) - would probably feel bound to kind of slip it into the conversation somewhere

I would want to know. If I was calling my DD Fanny and had no idea of the slang I wouldn't thank my friends for keeping schtum.

It's nOT all that commonplace in Kent as far as I am aware because although I've heard of it, I've never thought of it as meaning that rather than a pretty old fashioned name.

Minnie Driver gets away with it

There are Mary's everywhere

It's in different context and therefore shouldn't HAVE to be a problem unless you are a teenage boy...it's first and foremost a name and you can't avoid ALL the fanjo nicknames or you would be stuffed.

(forgive the expression)

It's a sweet lovely name, don't mention it.

Also if she were considering it, you could have said something then had you know, - but she's not, she's chosen it already so you are duty bound to keep quiet unless it's really, really awful. Which it isn't.

Presumably she didn't run it by you first?
She will have run it by someone and got their approval so really it would be rude to comment negatively.

I would feel you were less of a friend if you did, I think. The moment has passed.

known, sorry

My fanj is called Doris.

LOL

I had a boyfriend who called me his Doris

but the ol' beaver was known as a 'muff'

dear me this is a minefield..

Never heard it called a minnie before!

We all had willies in this house-although as my son once pointed out-my daughter and I "only" have girls willies

Oh & my son´s middle name is William.

Any hilarity is soon grown out of imo.

I have started to think about this thread again and wonder whether you should drop some gentle hints to your friend after all.

Like with the Musical Minis thing -some of my friends thought it was a perfectly acceptable name for a music class but others have either found it totally hilarious or have been quite shocked that someone could use such a name.

I guess I have many hopes and dreams for my vagina or 'mini' but never that it should turn out to be musical

There is the distinct possibility that your friend and her DD could get quite a strong reaction from people. It's a shame though because (connotations aside), it's quite a pretty name

I would tell her.

A lot of young children refer to it as 'Minnie' these days. She will be ripped apart at school!

I would appreciate being told this (if I had named a child Minnie). In the long run she will be glad that you told her.

Yes I have heard minne used for that before but I think more Minnie mouse.

I've heard it being called called a 'minnie' before, I'm not down south either.

The daughter in the shopaholic books is called Minnie though, maybe that will make it a more popular baby name

Oh my goodness - a good friend sister had her DD a couple of weeks ago, London-based, as has called her Minnie...!

My first thought was that she can't know it's other meaning, and neither can my friend! I haven't said anything, as the only reason I even know that it's a euphemism for lady bits is from threads on here. I wasn't really sure how widely known it was - it is SUCH a twee euphemism that I thought it might only be known by children. And Mums...

I wonder if it's the same person?!

A good friend's sister.

I've heard it being called a Minnie before

William is often shortened to Willie (or Wullie ) around here, and no-one bats an eyelid. She'll be fine - just try not to giggle (as I would probably end up doing )

I would want to know...

Minnie's not all that common here as a euphemism (in Norfolk). I guess it depends where you are - and if it was common where your friend is, I presume she'd already be aware of it.

Thinking on though, I have heard "ladybits" referred to as Mary, & isn´t Minnie a nn for Mary?