Maisie?

[JuniorMint]

Hi,

Just wondering what people think of Maisie, but also- my cat's name is Millie... would Maisie be too similar?! (We tend to call the cat Mills...)

Thanks

OP if you're still out there - if you love the name Maisie then go for it. As you've seen on this thread there are tweenagers, women in their twenties and thirties, someone's mum, fictional cats and mice (!), all sorts of people with the name. DH had a great aunt Maisie who'd be 82 if she was still alive.

It's your dd. Pick a name you (and your DP/H) love and sod everybody else. You're hardly contemplating calling her Truly Scrumptious or something. Now that would be "cutesy"

She's a mouse, a cat, a character in Emmerdale, a Harry Potter character and a detective. There is an actress called Maisie in The Game of Thrones, an american author and a (mexican I think) artist.

It's just a name - not everyone will like it, but I don't think people need to be rude about it.

(FWIW mine was named after a horse....not that she knows!)

at names having names having connotations and evoking moods and feelings, with Holly also deemed 'cutesy/cloying'. That'd be Holly, also the name of a prickly, potentially poisonous plant associated with the coldest season of the year.

There's a herd mentality on here with names ending in 'ie' or 'y' immediately slated as being sub-par. We should all be calling our daughters Elizabeth, Catherine or Ethelburga or something.

Wow thanks for all you... varied... replies!

I find it childish and twee too. Nothing to do with a herd or any other mentality; it's been my opinion since I first heard that Julie Walters had called her daughter this many, many years ago.

Whatever.

Good luck with your pregnancy OP.

It's twee, dull, boring, and unimaginative, and will date just like all the other 'ee' sounding names out there - Daisy/Molly/Poppy/Millie' etc.

I disagree with sparkly, I know Poppys and Daisys of all ages, and Maisies too. I don't think it will become 'dated'.

I like it. One of my best friend's sisters is called Maisie. A lovely name.

Don't like it I'm afraid.

It's too twee for me.

My DD1 was named after my first hamster.

Her name is Maisie.

It was a very stupid reason but she's older, it fits her and DH also has a great great aunt, who would be 108 if she lived, called Maisie. I love it.

I like it a lot but I like these cutesy names (my DD is Daisy). If you love it then don't let the comments of strangers on the Internet influence you, these types of names are popular because they are lovely.