Ok so Minnie again.. a bit of personal research, can you help?

[mrswee]

So I was horrified when I read on here that Minnie is also a name for ladygarden.... I've never heard of this nor have any or my friends.

I live in Scotland and although not a popular name it is a traditional scottish name and it appears a few times in my family tree so I had concidered it if my next is a DD.. then I saw the horror on here.

What I'd really like to know is how wide spread is this meaning..

So can I ask if you personaly know the word Minnie as a lady garden or not and state what area you are from? ie scotland/north east or west/ wales/ south east or west, midlands ect.

I'll start

Thanks in advance!

Not heard it other than on mnet, north east Scotland. I think it's a lovely name

I'm in the middle of the country (never sure if I count as east midlands or east anglia...) but yes, my DDs' friends call it that, so now she does too. It only came up because another mum told her DD to wipe her fanny and I thought I had to find something nicer to call hers, so we went with Minnie too!

Not used as a euphemism for vulva here in Ireland!

If yiu need evidence of its usage search for savaged min min in mumsnet classics .

smize yes it was a full name, not a nick name.

leelteloo just as well there's no mix up LOL

I've never heard of it used that way. I'm in Yorkshire.

I've never heard of it used that way. I'm in Yorkshire.

I'm not decided on it by any means, but keep coming back to it again and again, (which is how we decided on my current DD's name..Elsie, another name that a lot of people don't like, I love it and it really suits her, we are very happy we chose it in the end)
... the whole ladygarden thing puts me off a little, other than that I do like it. I also like it as an adult name, I don't just see it as baby name.

I'd more likely use it as a middle name though then use it as a family nick name, so potential future DD would have choice of her own.

However I'd never call a DD Fanny!!

and it's a boy, Dick is out of the question too!

I don't use the term Minnie for ladygarden myself but I'm aware of the meaning and I know people who use it. Midlands.

I don't use it myself,but I know what it means in some areas,and would make the association. I'm from Glasgow.

It's means fanny here in south east

Not heard in the North West but my friend from Berkshire uses it.

I don't use it but I know people that do. I'm in the South East.

Northwest here. Thought this was shout-out for me

I only know of Minnie as a nn for foof because of here, not IRL.

South central - yes to lady garden BUT also why use this name??? What if she is tall or fat in her life - instant piss take.

I'm in London, from Scotland, have heard it, but it wouldn't be my immediate association.

I'd think Minnie Mouse, mini cooper, Minnie the Minx. Also, not to sound horrible, but if she ends up being big, people are going to laugh at her name.

It's a diminutive, surely. Not sure from what, but I wouldn't say it's an actual name.

Ladygarden was the first thing I thought of when I saw your post title, and it's the first thing I think of when I see the name I'm in london, and my mum, who used it for ladygarden when I was little, is from ireland. I would never use it as a name for fear the poor little one would be ripped apart at school. Sorry!

Agree with yellowraincoat here. If your daughter turns out to be tall then this name is going to be really silly.

Please ignore the pregnancy hormones OP and don't use this name.

What about Mimi nn for Michelle or Maria. I think this is really cute. And if your dd wants to have a more serious name at any point in her life she can use Michelle or Maria.

Minnie Driver's real name is Amelia. How about that?

I don't use it but I know people who do. Im in Kent.

Personally, I'd steer clear of a name which had this connotation anywhere.

Don't use it but know it as euphemism. Also bear in mind your future DD introducing herself: "I'm Minnie" - just imagine the retort (spoken or unspoken) of "no you're not!" or even "wow you really are". No girl really wants a name which invites people to think of vaginas, evaluate her body shape and hum the theme from the Italian job at the same time.

Never ever heard of this...utter rubbish in my view. I know a Amelia who's Mini, started by her sister who couldn't say her name when little.

Born and Bred in the Highlands, lived in Perthshire and Edinburgh now in SW England.