Stevie for a girl

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Any thoughts?

What was the mum called?

NC for this as it would out me to my sister (hi sis!)

I went to school with a girl called Peter (spelt Peta). Honestly.

She had very little hassle throughout school but no one pronounced it properly unless they knew her and everyone thought she was a boy. She seemed used to it TBH.

It is now a perfectly normal girls namew in my mind as I picture a pretty blonde girl when I hear it, although I wouldn't use it myself.

Is it strange that I now read strandedbear as Eviebear?
Very cute name btw Stranded, hope you're happy with it :)

What have you done today to make you feeeel proud

Stevie just makes me think of the side kick in Miranda :o

Thanks Machasma, that was the kind of response I was looking for. Not necessarily having to agree but just giving a simple opinion. I wasn't expecting to receive not very nice comments like 'do you hate your baby' or strange ones like 'would you call your son Elizabeth' but I guess that is what you get when you come on something like this. I think in future I'll probably just ask friends... :)

not strange at all,given stevie is a blokey name.yes it may be used as a girl name but imo sure you know generally its a male name. stevie is imo a blokey geezer name. its right up there with dave and kevin

but i did want to generally know if the name swopping thing was only for girls. but i see you have already ruled elizabeth out for any son

as you can see,if you do seek baby name opinion online,you will certainly receive a range of opinion. and naturally its up to you whether or not to take that opinion on,or discount it.

No it's not only for girls, my friends brother is called Kelly.

read my reply i agree stevie can be boy/girl
but more commonly associated with a male as you can see from other responses on this thread

You said you genuinley wanted to know if the name swapping thing was just for girls, I was just answering that.

i wouldnt call a girl stevie,nor boy kelly
but someone else would
and thats up to them

we all have different perceptions of names, as this thread attests
but what you will get on mn that you wont get in rl is more frankness and a big range of opinion

No, I understand that. I just think some people put things across unecessarily. If I told someone my name and they responded with 'did your mother hate you' (I know that was not your response) then I would be really offended. Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I just think there are ways of getting it across.

aha thats the mn rub it will elicit a response someone probably wouldn't say in rl.

so i suppose if one really want a true response id ask on here. however if one is set upon a name and wont be dissuaded i dont see point asking here.especially if some respondents dont like the name. as inevitability it gets into a well i like it...

in rl id not comment upon a name unless it was really bad like lucifer,or adolf
on mn if someone asked for opinion, yes id be frank

I love it. Think it's very cool but then I love boys names for girls.

I would go for Stephanie with nickname Stevie though.

stevie isn't so bad.
better than calling the child after whatever made her mother drunk enough to get pregnant.
evie, there's a woman in your eyes, ooooh evie, you made me realise, that its making me turn my head all the time, looking at your face is like seeing the sun shine - must be a 70s song, just flew into my head.
don't like evie as a name.

I think today Stevie would be fine for a little girl. There are hardly (if any?) boy Stephens around. However in the 70s and 80s it was such a popular boys name.

Depends on your surname. Stevie Nicks is parodied as Steamy Nicks in southpark.

i think Stevie's cute as a nickname for Stephanie. there is no way in hell i would name a little girl Stevie as a given name, that would be cruel and unusual punishment!!

OP the joy of the internet is that you get the real, non-sugar-coated response, not the polite one. don't be offended by that, it's a good thing.

Awful, i remember there being one at my primary school and even as a child i wondered what had possessed her mother...

Our DD3 has a boys name. We love it. She suits it. I couldn't care less what people think of it. End of.

Op if you love it, use it. End of.

I went to school with a girl called Peter (spelt Peta). Honestly.

But that is a common girls' name in Australia

Peta for a girl is common in NZ, too. There's even a couple of world famous in New Zealand ones, if I recall correctly.

To me, Stevie is more of a girl's name than a boy's one. Steven, Stephen and Steve are all boy's names. Proper blokey names. Stevie is a girl's name to me - however, it is very much a nickname. I wouldn't use it as a given name.

Stranded - your experience sounds truly horrible. However, someone else with the name will have had a totally different experience from you. Other girls/women would have had a totally neutral experience, and yet other girls/women would positively like having the name. There's no way of knowing, and yes, you could say 'why take the risk?' but, really - it's Stevie; it's not a particularly 'out there' name at all...

I should add - it wouldn't be on my list; I'm just not particularly shocked by it.

StrandedBear, I'm really sorry you had a name that you hated so much and I'm really glad you've got to change it as an adult. I had an aunt called "Gobnait" (Gub-net) and a friend called Maureen who both changed their names. It's great people can do it.

However, I have to say (having been bullied myself) I don't think that people are bullied because of their names. I think it's actually really hard to pinpoint why people are bullied. Sometimes it's because they betray some sign of weakness or have poor social skills. Sometimes it's because they are too dominant in a group with too many friends/too popular. Mostly I think it's just a combination of bad luck and circumstance with some personality factors thrown in, most particularly in my experience not being able to brush things off lightly aka "letting them see they get to you". I had a friend who had the most severe stammer you could possibly imagine, head twisting/eye rolling/very hard to understand.. and yet he was never bullied even though it clearly marked him out as different in a way a name just can't. I have another friend with a facial deformity and excess hair growth that was called "Monty" at school (originating from Gorilla Monsoon) who just laughed it off and never had trouble at all or any teasing/bullying. Yet I had virtually no distinguishing characteristic whatsoever and had the most horrendous time imaginable. It really is crazy.

None of this should make you want to keep your name but as it had such a marked effect on your life, well, I would think about it a bit maybe? If that doesn't sound too crap? I just think it's a bit like saying don't wear glasses incase you get teased or people believing they were raped because they wore a short skirt or something. If you've experienced severe bullying, it definitely has profound effects.. but I just suppose I've been taught (in therapy etc) to see that it really isn't about the surface stuff.

Stevie doesn't seem out there to me either, I have to say. It's certainly no "Gobnait" or Moonbeam Starshine or whatever. I remember a little girl called Stevie I met at a playgroup, she had mad curly hair and a little leather jacket and was about 3! And had LOTS of attitude, but not in a bad way..