Brodie for a Girl?

[TheFantasticFixit]

It's scottish, I'm sure; I love it - but what do you think?

I should perhaps mention that I, nor my fiance are Scottish - we live in London!

A definite no.It's horrid.

If you're not Scottish, I'd think twice about it. I was going to say I prefer Bridie for a girl but I think that's an Irish diminuitive for Bridget.
Perhaps if you spelt it Brody it wouldn't look quite so Scottish?

Ummm.. Not sure!

Would you put 'Brodie' on the birth certificate.

I suspect that when you know a brodie & associate the name with a particular child/adult it would seem lovely if that makes any sense!

Like it

And I'd assume that a Brodie would be a boy.

love it, but it's a boy's name

Ooh no! What about Jody instead?

I like Brodie. I have taught a Brodie as well but it was a boy. I am Scottish though if that matters in any way. Have you looked up its meaning and things like that?

Meaning is here I think I prefer to think of Brodie Castle though

I'm Scottish too and I love the name Brodie - but for a boy, not a girl. It was one of the names I always thought I might use, but then DH's nephew's partner called her DD Brodie and he said it would offend his sister if we used it for our DS - grrrrr. DD has 2 Brodies (both boys) in her year.

I know a guy who's last name is Brodie

It's very unfeminine - there are so many pretty girls' names - why not pick one?

Thanks Delhi for your immensely helpful sarcastic comments

A friend of mine has it for her daughter and toobreathless, you are right. When she first mentioned it I thought 'hmm weird' but now her daughter is here it suits her SO completely and she is the prettiest little thing so I don't think of it as an 'ugly' name at all. I quite like the fact it isn't twee and princessy I think.

But I do accept that without actually being scottish it may seem weird to people!

What about Esme?

Not sure about Brodie, it does feel more like a boy's name. What about Bronte?

I think the more important factor is that if your friend already has a daughter called that then it might be a bit odd and also confusing if you use it for your child too.

Mater - we live about 150 miles apart now and see each other quite infrequently so it wouldn't be too much of an issue to have the same name.

Lolster - good point with the village!

Okay thanks all

Not a fan of Bronte. Love Esme though. I have to admit I prefer both brodie & esme to the rather twee girlie names that are so popular at the moment.

I can see both as concert pianists, doctors, journalists etc in a way I struggle to imagine a Maisie being.

I quite like it actually, for either girl or boy, don't much like the meaning mentioned in that link though...

Esme is lovely,and much nicer than Brodie.

Toobreathless/Ephiny - thank you! That is absolutely what I like about both of them. I'm not much of a fan of the Daisy/ Molly/ Maisie ultra feminine names either (no offence intended)

I like it, but it's our dog's name!

i started this exact thread over a year ago but in the end couldn't use it because of our surname. I 'donated' it to another friend and she now has a lovely brodie! :)

we are in scotland though.

I've always associated it as a boys name but i went to a party and met a very stunning female brodie and it suited her perfectly which is why we considered it. My DD1 also has a unisex scottish name so if it wasn't for our stupid surname we'd have had a brodie! :)

I'm in scotland,never met any brodies male or female.

Do know a lovely little girl called Brogan though.