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Dixie?

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Kirstle · 14/09/2011 21:24

I know there is a band called the Dixie chicks
I know its pretty cutesy for a child
I know that it breaks tradition (massively)
I know I will (for the most part) get slated by you gorgeous lot

BUT

I love it
There is a Dr on telly who calls herself Pixie fgs (ok i know her real name is something like Bernadette)
Plus so many kids are being called Beetroot, Macintosh and MmmDanon now (possibly an over-exaggeration by me there) that surely by the time my little Dixie is at school, it will be positively boring?

Slate it/rate it... dont be afraid to be nice if you want to be ;)

To those of you who like it pls suggest Middle names (surname is one syllable beginning with G)

thanks in advance x

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ThatsNotMyBabyBelly · 14/09/2011 21:27

Not keen sorry! I think it sounds very mid west American. Not a bad thing necessarily, but not what I would be going for.

EdithWeston · 14/09/2011 21:31

I like it! But think it's better as a nn (for more or less any "d" name, or possibly Richenda).

For middle names, avoid vowel initials (eg "dog" on a girl, not good). And obviously, avoid Billie!

Do you have anyone in your family you could honour (to counterbalance with a bit of tradition)?

Gluttondressedaslamb · 14/09/2011 21:32

Definitely slate it. Conjures up American brass bands playing Dixieland.

Jackstini · 14/09/2011 21:35

Does sound quite American.
Would avoid any middle names that sound like it should be said all together:
Dixie Lou, Dixie Sue, Dixie Jane, Dixie May etc.
Also children are cruel and she may get called dicks.
But if you love it...

There are far worse names!

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Kirstle · 14/09/2011 21:37

I was thinking a middle name with three vowels to counterbalance the surname. I like Dixie Elowen, Dixie Eloise or Dixie Adelaide so far...

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LetThereBeRock · 14/09/2011 21:42

It's dreadful.Twee,cutesy,sounds like a porn star or stripper,and has connotations of slavery for me.

NoHunIntended · 14/09/2011 21:45

I absolutely love it! I just looked it up (www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Dixie), so if you aren't quite feeling brave enough, you could go for their suggestion of Benedicta, or similar (see www.thinkbabynames.com/beginning/0/Di or www.thinkbabynames.com/ending/0/di), and use Dixie as a nn.

I also adore Nixie, and prefer the name meaning (water sprite, as opposed to 'ten'). www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Nixie.

Middle names, how straight do you want to be compared to Dixie?
Something like Samantha could work? Or Seraphine!

ThatsNotMyBabyBelly · 14/09/2011 21:45

Ooooo Adelaide is lovely - would you consider that as a first name?

NoHunIntended · 14/09/2011 21:46

No to Adelaide - her initials would be DAG. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag_(subculture)

LOVE Eloise!

rempy · 14/09/2011 21:46

Can you whistle dixie? That might put you off a bit.

I would be expecting you to come from Nebraska.

BluddyMoFo · 14/09/2011 21:47

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SootySweepandSue · 14/09/2011 21:51

I think she would be tormented horribly at school with this name. You would never call a girl Dicksy yet it is pronounced the same.

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Kirstle · 14/09/2011 21:52

lol at some of these answers - thanks girls!

DAG are my brother's initials - hes 27 and seems to have survived - I dont think you can turn down a name based on a slight insult from Australia when you live in the UK lol. Or put another way, I'm 30 years old and have never heard of that insult.

Thanks for all ur comments so far, ladies (yes, even the slaters) it helps me get a feel for people's reactions. Believe it or not my other favourite name is Beatrix! How dis-similar can u get? x

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MummysLittleSunbeams · 14/09/2011 21:54

The lesbian paramedic from Casualty. Not that it makes it a bad name by association, that's just the first thing I think of.

MummysLittleSunbeams · 14/09/2011 21:55

Beatrix is lovely - Trixie!

kitya · 14/09/2011 21:56

It's not though is it? Beatrix would be trixie which is like Dixie. I prefer Trixie to be honest. Infact, I love Trixie.

WhereYouLeftIt · 14/09/2011 22:06

Given the casual cruelty of the teenage years, I'm not sure I'd want my daughter serenaded by a laviscious rendition of "I Wish I was In Dixie".

Just saying.

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Kirstle · 14/09/2011 22:17

Whereyouleftit - I have no idea what you are talking about and if I dont, I doubt teenagers that havent actually been born yet will have :) just saying.

Dixie seems to be a name that is dividing opinion - as I suspected.

Thanks so far for all ur comments, girls.

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Meteorite · 14/09/2011 22:19

Dixie music. Better than Trixie though.

3billygoatsgruff · 14/09/2011 22:23

We have Dixy Chicken (like KFC) round here so it just makes me think of that.

I love Beatrix!

EdithWeston · 14/09/2011 22:25

Deg might be liveable with, but please not Dag!

Some other 3+ syllable names: Genevieve, Camilla, Saskia, Francesca, Xaviera, Mirabella, Zephyrine, Jacqueline?

Moominsarescary · 15/09/2011 02:37

Not keen sorry

SlinkingOutsideInSocks · 15/09/2011 03:04

Dixie is a loaded word in the US and has very strong Confederate, Old South (read: slave-owning) connotations....

Do you really want that sort of association for your child...? Hmm

Kaekae · 15/09/2011 09:24

I do like pretty cutesy names but I am not sure about Dixie, it sounds very American. I visualise a little girl with bright blond short curls and wearing a little pair of cowboy boots. [hmmm]

minipie · 15/09/2011 10:38

Makes me think of Dixie Fried Chicken. Not keen, sorry.