Sylvie

[TabithaTwitchet]

I have always liked this name because of a lovely girl at school.
Honest opinions needed though!

I really dislike names that I consider cutesy or little girly, slightly concerned this name could fit in that category. Do you think it sounds "grown up"?

Will she spend her entire life correcting people who call her Sylvia (which btw is a name I don't like)?

Do you think this name might be seen as a bit "trendy"? Really want to avoid this!

Thanks!

Quite like it, don't think it will date or become too popular but these things are very hard to predict.

If you love it then use it

I love it but DP won't allow us to use it.

Love it, it's not a nickname, it's the French spelling, like Amelie and there are plenty of those.

It's pretty. It makes me think of something fairy and sylph-like.

This is top of my list. I love it. DH wants Sylvia though so we may have to negotiate!!

none needed you are the one giving birth!

I think it's rather "trendy", sorry.

Love it!

Aargh Pepsi you are confirming my fears - why do you think it is trendy?

I love it , really love .
DH wouldn't let me use it for either of our DDs ( and I argued really hard for it) because he once knew a sausage dog named Sylvie :(

You have to use it .
It is a lovely elegant , timeless name .

Yes , you will probably have to put up with correcting people who think it's Sylvia but you 'd get that whatever you called her .
Ann will get called Anna , Sarah will get called Sara , and so on .

Go for it !

Tis a beautiful name. My mil is Sylvia so dd1's middle name is the same. But mil has turned in to a nutter-from-hell type woman so glad it's only a middle name and dd1's not likely to want to use it [phew] Sylvie is just lovely tho

Sorry :( I think it's because I've only heard of children with the name recently.

However if you like it, use it :) We're just random strangers on the internet, after all!

This was one of my choices about 14 years ago so not sure whether it's "trendy" - or I was just uber avant-garde

Knowing teenage girls though, I think it'd get shortened to Sylv or Syl

Love it. We had a cat called Sylvie and it reminds me of the St Etienne song.

Both good things.

Sly for a nn?

It's beautiful,and not at all trendy imho.

If you've always loved it and it's got positive connotations for you...use it!! I don't know of any others and I wouldn't say it's particularly 'trendy'. I like the frenchness of it, but it is still English enough that people won't be asking if she's half French all the time. Doesn't it mean something like 'of the woods' ...Think it's lovely, romantic without being too cute.

I think of it as on-trend too. I know of quite a lot of little Sylvias/Sylvies. Offspring of trendy N.London types. Not necessarily a bad thing though.

It's very pretty, but apparently in France it's considered a middle-aged name, not in fashion. Still I suppose that doesn't really matter.

Yes, love it but it's the French equivalent of Linda or Brenda

Beautiful name. Love it and not over-trendy at all here - but I am in darkest Wales.

Does remind me of Sylvie Vartan, ageing French rock chick, though. Which is probably where all those French middle aged references come in. For them, it might be the equivalent of calling a boy Cliff.

Regardless, it's a wonderful name.

I know a five year old Sylvie, so I think it's on-trend but it's not too trendy - and starts from a low base of popularity so even if it spikes, it won't ever be too popular, iyswim.

We have one at playgroup...she is gorgeous so I love it...!!!!!!!!!

Fabulous, and if you love it enough the other stuff won't matter too much!