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What do you think of Felicity?

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weakhorse · 03/05/2011 10:23

What do you think of Felicity as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.
following on from my previous post just canvassing opinions
tia

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Katiebeau · 03/05/2011 10:27

I love it - plan to use it!!

kreecherlivesupstairs · 03/05/2011 12:40

Pretty name, I like it a lot. DH would not consider it for some reason.

Bluebell123 · 03/05/2011 12:43

Yes beautiful and classy.

CandiceMariePratt · 03/05/2011 12:44

Awful, sounds really snooty

TeacupTempest · 03/05/2011 13:24

Tis on our list :)

SchnoogleDyBroogle · 03/05/2011 13:27

Love it

Just10moreMinutes · 03/05/2011 13:29

Fantastic name - strong, elegant, classic and pretty all at the same time. Lots of sweet nickname possibilities (Fliss, Flick etc), a lovely meaning, and surprisingly uncommon too.

(I'm completely biased!)

loobylu3 · 03/05/2011 19:59

pretty but a little too frilly for my personal taste.

Emelene · 03/05/2011 21:21

Pretty but it does sound a little fussy to me.

MercurySoccer · 03/05/2011 21:47

I like it.

wheniwishuponastar · 03/05/2011 22:50

I really liked the "Felicity" programme. But not so keen on the name.

cowboylover · 04/05/2011 00:52

Love it and we plan on using it.

I looked at the stats and there where 300ish in the UK registered last year so not to common either.

Thiscrazylife · 04/05/2011 00:53

I really like it

flopsy1974 · 04/05/2011 08:56

lovely name with a nice meaning. I don't know of any either so not popular where I live.

Jux · 04/05/2011 08:57

Lovely name.

plusRoyalisteQuUneEmigree · 04/05/2011 09:01

She is unlikely to be called the full "Felicity", so if you don't like the nicknames, don't go for it. (As with Deborah. I don't know any who aren't Debbies.)

msbuggywinkle · 04/05/2011 09:04

I have one, I love it. We call her Fliss or Lissie.

HattiFattner · 04/05/2011 09:09

I would caution that as she grows older, she may become "Facility" - we knew a lady who was - ehem - "free with her affections" and this became her nickname.

Jux · 04/05/2011 09:40

I was at school with a Felicity; she was known as Flick.

daisybear · 04/05/2011 09:44

i like it..... as well as the nicknames

youngjoly · 04/05/2011 14:59

I love it. It was on our shortlist. Unfortunately, we didn't like the nicknames / they didn't go with our surname (too many S sounds), so it was a no go for us. Lovely name tho.

virginiasmonalogue · 04/05/2011 17:11

Dislike it strongly!

ZZZenAgain · 04/05/2011 17:15

I find it a bit too fussy for my taste so I wouldn't use it. It is a nice enough name though

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weakhorse · 04/05/2011 17:43

virginia can i just ask why you dislike it so much

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BeeMyBaby · 04/05/2011 19:07

I love it, tis my name, and have extremely positive experiences with it - I still get comments from people hearing my name and saying how lovely it is, in person and over email in my job. The only people who call me facility are over email from Asia or the Middle East, where they don't recognise the name and often presume I'm a man, so being called facility is the least of their misunderstandings. I had a nn in school but have been called Felicity since I was 15 or so, as I grew out of the nn.