Melody for a girl?

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What say you? I do love hippy-ish names and I think it's the most hippy-ish name dp would let me get away with (Summer was vetoed). It's not a mame I've heard elsewhere yet plus I quite like the Dr Who reference

Don't like it

Sorry, sounds old lady ish to me

I quite like it. I know a Melody and she is 'Melly' for short which always seemed to suit her

Definitely Dr Who, and therefore very cool.

I have a Melody, her friends call her Melly or Melody, nobody ever calls her Mel.
She is a teenager and has never been teased about it. I have only ever received lovely compliments on her name.
Her siblings have very traditional names but hers doesn't seem out of place.
She loves to hear her name in a song, which happens quite often, and there is a Sanrio character called 'My Melody' which she loves too.
I obviously think it is a lovely name and we are in no way "trailer park" material.

I like it - although not the style of name I would use myself (any theoretical girls here would have names like Anne or Jane)

I was just thinking if you would prefer a more hippyish style name (as you said this was the most you could get away with) you could use 'River' as a family nickname using the Dr Who connection....

Love it.

Dee is a great nickname.

lovely, go for it. hope she'll be musical!

I was put off it after teaching twins called Melody and Harmony...

Giving this a wee bump because since making this thread a) I've got up the duff and b) it's a girl! Sometimes find myself swithering a wee bit on it, but DP seems to really like it.

I have a family member in her thirties who's a melody! We love it.

Sometimes she gets mel, but lots of people misspronounce melody for melanie. Drives her batty!

I went to school with a Melody in the 70's.
Lovely name. Pretty and unusual. I have never met another.

She was blonde, petite, sporty and popular.

Congrats for your safe arrival.

Too close to 'Melanie' IMO.

If you like hippyish and dr Who why not go for River?

I like it, but I don't like Mel - which it will inevitably be shortened to.

Really like it!

I love it!

My dd1's bf is Melody.

I was a bit about the name at first, but I really like it now.

I think it's lovely. I've known two adult Melody's, one I went to school with and it never occurred to me as hippyish. The other I met travelling and she was a wonderful free spirited hippy type. She went by 'Melo' which I think is a really cool nn.

Melody reminds me of The Queen's Nose - but it's fine imo. If you like it, use it.

It's really pretty, but I still think it would be fine on an adult.
Definitely go for it.

I love it.

Thanks everyone, nice to get a general thumbs up consensus

I think we're pretty much decided, seen as we've already got the don't judge nickname of Melly Bean going on

I work with a Melodie, she gets called her full name. I like it. Good choice.