Your views please - can this be a stand-alone name and other questions

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Edie/ Eadie? Or is it best used as a nn for Edith - which we're not as keen on. Is it a name that's growing in popularity?

Also, which spelling do you prefer? I prefer Edie but am concerned we will forever be correcting people 'no, it's E-dee not Eddie ...'.

Thanks!

I have heard of quite a few Edies. I would think it was short for Edith, Edwina etc.

Not too keen, it does seem a bit nicknamey.

No reason why not, lots of recognised names are also nicknames like Jack, Molly, Alfie etc. It's not easy to find the right name, go for it!

No. Give the poor child a proper name. What about Eden if you don't like Edith? (although it seems odd not to like Edith if you like Edie)

I love it my friends littke girl is Edie Grace - never had any probs with other people pronouncing it as far as I know

I'd see Edie as a boys name, short for Edward . Why would you pronounce the E as ee and not as Ellie?

Because it's short for Edith which is prn Ee-dith. Don't ask .... :)

I like Edie - much nicer than Edith. Eadie looks weird to me.

Couldn't Edie also be short for Edwina, for example?

I think a lot of people would mispronounce Edie. Whilst Eadie looks a little odd, at least the pronunciation is clear.

I think it's lovely, and I think, although it's unusual, it's not so out there that you'd spend your life explaining it away.

It would be on my list if it didn't sound hideous with my surname.

I think it is gorgeous, I automatically thought of Edie Sedgewick. I don't think it would be mispronounced and is lovely as a standalone name.

Edie isn't short for Edwina - that would be Eddie.

I think of it as a nickname. I like the suggestion of Eden, or how about Elodie, Sadie, Lydia?

I would call her Eden and Edie as a nn

wants an Eden so badly

I don't like many 'granny chic' names but like this one and Agnes. I like it Edie. But you could go with Eden?

Around where I live, Edie is pretty popular. I've never heard anyone think it is a nickname as all the girls are called that as a full name. I think it is lovely.