Queenie

[RetroMum1]

Any thoughts?

I wrote on an earlier thread that I was thinking of using it for DD2 and thought I'd open up it's own thread!

My great aunt had it as her middle name and I always loved it, maybe better as a middle name?

As someone who likes most old lady names I think this is pretty bad. Just awful how could you hold a tiny newborn and say "this is Queenie". To me its the name of a turn of the century prostitute sorry.

I was at a village fete with my mum who bumped into an acquaintance out with her newborn granddaughter who was called Queenie - granny was clearly deeply unimpressed with the name as was everyone else that heard it. So a definite no no in the 60 plus generation I think .

Used to be my mumsnet nn many moons ago as I loved the character in Black Adder. I would use it for a cat but not a child, sorry.

I will have to add my no - OK for a nn maybe, but not to my taste

It is a truly awful name. Reminds me of an old fashioned char lady or a game old bird running an eastenders pub.

The only Queenie I've ever met was an elderly and very fat pony with bad feet. Sorry.

Poor OP, it's not going well is it?

Sorry to add another negative image, but my first thought was old lady sitting in a nursing home smelling faintly of wee.

Not OK, ever, not even as a middle name.

Queenie is a fat tabby cat who gets fed Sheba instead of "normal" cat food.

She is not a child. Please - imagine having to introduce yourself as "Queenie". Do you want your child to hate you?

My friend has a little girl called Queenie - she's 4 now and totally gorgeous. Her dad is Japanese and it's a name that apparently is easy for both cultures :)