Stevie for a girl

[Powderpink2012]

Any thoughts?

I think it's nice as a nickname, but not as the only option. Maybe Stephanie or something like, then call her Stevie if you want to. Then when she's older it's her choice.

Stevie is lovely, as is Bobby for Roberta ("Daddy! My Daddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

YES YES YES YES YES.

It's the name I would have called my daughter (I had a son) and if I ever have a baby girl that's what she will be called. I LOVE it.

I don't think of it as a boy's name. I would think of it primarily as a girl's name. It doesn't sound one bit like a boy's name to me and the only person I've ever met with this name was female.

Also, people don't bully because they don't like a name. They bully because they want power over someone and see a means to do it, something that marks someone as different. If the name isn't it, it would be something else. The name is just a conduit, not a cause.

I didn't say some people are just victims. I said some people are bullied because they are victims, and some because they threaten someone else's dominance in some way and some probably for neither of you. Some people are bullied because they are friendless, some because they have too many friends. However, it doesn't make any sense that a name is the reason for bullying when other people who have much more obvious signs of difference manage to escape being bullied.

As for the FFS, I think that actually you are missing the point. Blaming an arbitrary name for causing aggressive behaviour excuses the behaviour, actually. It's like saying an inevitable consequence of X is that you will be bullied when there's no evidence this is the case - otherwise why would some girls who meet conventional standards of beauty find themselves queen bees and others horrendously bullied. People used to try to explain rape by blaming the victim for wearing certain clothes. The clothes didn't cause the rape, the name doesn't cause the bullying. A myriad of factors lead to bullying.

Agreed.

stevie is usually associated wuth male
its blokey white van man name
and really to insist hey really its a girl name is being obtuse

it IS a girls name though.
Steve is a boy/man's name, a shortening of Steven/Stephen.
All the men I know called Steve are never called Stevie.

apart from stevie wonder?

There's a female poet called Stevie Smith.

yes knock yourself out convincing self stevie is associated as girls name
yes some ole rock chick has it as a nick name (but her name is stephanie)
stevie is a blokey name and usually diminutive of steve or stephen

Stevie Smith was christened Florence Margaret.

To be fair sm, it kind of depends who you've met. I haven't met any of these white van men called Stevie, I have never met ANY male called Stevie and I have met a little girl called Stevie and think of Stevie Nicks. So not at all obtuse, I really do think of it as a girl's name, I would think it was a very girly name for a boy. I think of Billy and Robin as male names only, whereas most people seem to be very accepting of Robin/Robyn as a girl's name these days etc. None of them seem terribly gender specific to me.

My SIL's mother is called Kevin and my aunt's sister was called Paul. Those are 100% male names and yet neither of them were bullied. I am not saying people have to like the stupid name, my point is simply that suggesting that having the name = passport to future bullying seems not to make a great deal of sense.

expect someone to say my aunty is called henry
granny is called Ralph
and dear papa is bridget

in some kind of there you go,ta dah

What kind of family do you have!!!!!

You can be as cynical as you like, but these are real people and these are really their names.

My aunt is my dad's brother's wife and she is called Martina which is pretty pedestrian as a name. Clearly, my SIL's mother is also an inlaw and I have no idea whatsoever about the rest of her family's names.

I'm sure I won't be the only one who knows of people with these sorts of names, but really, if I didn't it wouldn't make my actual point which is that a name does not cause bullying any more or any less relevant.

Stevie Smith was nicknamed Stevie because she was small/short, and there was a famous (male) jockey at the time called Stevie who presumably came to mind when family members pointed out how small she was.

Of course names can cause bullying. It sticks a label on the child's head. It dramatically increases the odds of a child being singled out if they have a name that considered odd in their social group.

of course a name can be cause of bullying
as someone here has attested and she was a stevie

Stevie Wonder!

To me Stevie is a nick name for a little boy who grows up to be Steve.
For a girl it's ok as a nick name for Stephanie, I have only heard of one Stevie girl who is a teenager but not sure if she is a Stevie or a Stephanie.

Names do not cause bullying. They can be a target for bullies. So can being good looking, plain looking, wearing glasses, having curly hair, having ginger hair, having crooked teeth, having no boyfriend, having had too many boyfriends, living in a bungalow, living on the wrong side of the road, being clever, being "thick", being too quiet, being too loud, having an unusual laugh, having a good singing voice, a crap one, thinking nothing of yourself, thinking too much of yourself, being gay, having special needs, being gifted and talented, being new to an area, travelling on a particular bus route, having your parents do a particular job, transferring to a particular school etc etc.

The list is virtually endless, and all it really says is that bullies will pick on anything. You can call your kid John or Sally and they may never get bullied for their name, but a bully can slap a cruel nickname on them and use that instead. My name is Violet. I was called "Dotty" at school.

If you are going to be bullied because someone has it in for you, they will find a reason. I'm not going to live in a particular house, never move home, not get glasses for my kids if they need them or dye their hair if it's the "wrong" colour to appease any bullies and I wouldn't make a decision on my child's name for this reason either. As it is, my child's name is pretty bland by these standard and this next one's will be too I think but if I wanted a name like Stevie, which really isn't at all out there in comparison to some of the whacky names I see on here, I really wouldn't be making my decision on the basis it would protect my child from future bullying.

oh well, sod you lot of begrudgers. If I ever have a daughter I WILL call her stevie, not stephanie but Stevie, and if other people's kids bully her for having that name I will just explain to her that those other kids only deserve her sympathy for being such foul individuals and to ignore them and their silly ways because their self-esteem must be so low if they have to bully other kids for having a certain type of name. I will also be saying the same to my son if they take the piss out of his initials - BJ.

thankfully he is not ginger, but he may inherit my bad eyesight and my mum's buck teeth. bless.

omg, what if he is ugly!