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.

I'd not say anything. It's quite a common term for your ahem ladygarden but I think it's not so obvious that it's a problem. As a few posters have said, there's a few Willy's Dicks and Fanny's around (as it were).

I know a girl called Minny (my age) and she does ok. It's different; she does get Minnie Mouse a lot though...

Why on EARTH would you not tell her? If she knows already, she'll just say "Yes, I know, but I don;t mind". If she doesn't - and she might well not if she hasn't got children, it's not an expression, I imagine, much used by adult women - she might well say "Oh, my God - thank you! I nearly made a terrible mistake, but you saved me!"

seeker - I do think that but then as can be seen on this thread others wouldn't!!

My ex boss was Fannie - she was French. She worked in Paris, I worked in London and had to call every day to update her on work. I did get some strange looks frothe day I was on the bus and we had a call that involved me saying into my mobile "Fannie; something has come up here I need to fill you in on".

I live in Yorkshire and have never heard of Minnie as a euphemism for anything. It must be a cockney thing.

me neither, nor Tuppence for that matter

I feel my life is boring and sheltered . sigh

my nana is called Minnie, I've never associated it with my bits.

Hi
Also live in the South East and have heard this alot.
But it is a pretty name.
If she has registered the name dont tell her. The poor girls will only worry about her DD. If she has a middle name they could use that when shes older.

Say nothing....just send her the link to the 'savaged min-min thread' in classics

Never heard it being called a Minnie either, heard it referred to as a Mary and a Molly too. Doesn't make me want to giggle when I her these names but I'm not 10.

Fact is I find it odd that people have a nickname for a part of their body anyway. I never have.

Next time you visit, could you stuff your hand down your drawers for a good rummage and say "blimey, I have a really itchy minnie"

Hint Hint

Maybe not

Minnie Driver manages quite well I suppose!

Gah! My family all call me Minnie - it's a long-standing nickname. Had no idea it had any connotations whatsoever. Am going to consider huffing (and possibly flouncing) at my family

Minnie Driver manages quite well considering her name is completely ridiculous - did she choose it so that casting agents would have sympathy for her? Or hoping to get a part in the remake of the Italian Job?

Minnie Driver is an adult - who presumably chose to call herself Minnie, because her real name is Amelia. The same could be said for Fanny Craddock, whose name was Fraces or Willy Rushton, whose name was William.

This thread is about someone calling a child who has no say in the matter a name which in many parts of the country would produce giggles -regrettable but true - among her little classmates.

Life is tough enough already without being called Fanny, Tuppence, Minnie, Willy, Dick, Titty or Roger.

I met a Fanny Hyman once (sorry, Fanny, if you're reading)

Hi, I'm in London. I have heard of minnie but am more used to her sister, ninny, being used to describe lady bits.

It wouldn't be my first thought on hearing the name - but then I'm not a 5yo boy.

Find a 5 - or even 10 year old boy and ask. Honesty - mine just collapesed in a hysterical heap at the thought of a girl called minnie. Sad, but true.

Wow. I had never ever heard of the word "minnie", & nor had I "got" Minnie Driver's name until Elephants mentioned it. You live and learn!

What happened to fanny then? Do kids not say that anymore? Hmm, I wonder if every generation of parents invents a cutesy name for the vulva which their children then grow up and say in totally filthy contexts, thus creating a need to make up a new one to use with their kids.

My ds (my expert on the peurile) saya that "fanny" is much ruder than "minnie". It's OK to say "minnie" in front of anyone, but not "fanny"

Thanks seeker

Just noticed NotAnotherNewNappy's post... ninny?? Oh dear, I say that in a completely non-vulva-related way, when I'm feeling a bit silly and want a foppish turn of phrase - "Don't be such a ninny". What have people been thinking of me?? (apart from that I should stop trying to make grandma-slang cool?)

If you're any sort of friend then you'll tell her.

Is this her first baby? She probably has no idea, why would she?

Just say, 'look, please don't be offended but before you register DDs name I must tell you that in the world of primary aged children, Minnie is an extremely common slang word for girl bits; akin to Willy.'
She will be horrified. She may be somewhat offended but as long as you're good friends and she knows you've told her with the best intentions, she'll thank you for it.

She may chose to still use it but at least she's going in with her eyes open. If I were her, I'd want to know!

I think you should tell her... the word minnie seems to be getting more commonly used for this nowadays too so i think it will just be for the best to let her know, i really doubt she knows

That's a really tricky one. All my 11 yr old daughter's friends call their vaginas "minnie". But how do you tell her without offending? Perhaps you could say you saw a thread on Mumsnet and was shocked that apparently many children use the name Minnie?

I just cannot understand why anyone would be offended if they were told this. Embarrassed, maybe, but I would think grateful would be a more sane reaction!