What do you think of Nancy?

[PrincessFlirtyPants]

Well, exactly that!

I love it - reminds me of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys

My great aunt was a Nancy and it was lovely as an adult name as well.

Good for Nancy in Oliver Twist, she was a great character, her being a prostitute certainly wouldn't put me off.

David Cameron having named his daughter Nancy however would.

I wouldn't be bothered by anyone else having a child with the same name as mine. So the David Cameron connection wouldn't bother me much

I know 2 Nancys - an 80yo and a 40 yo. So maybe it's time for it to come round again?

I picture Nancys as being ruddy faces games mistresses at a 1930's boarding school. Tweed skirt, stout brogues, mammoth hips, and a huge pash on Miss Twiddles who teaches Domestic Science.

Not keen, sorry.

Great name

"WellSqueezeMyCockAndCallMeNancy" was taken.

Love it! Reminds me of Oliver but that's not a bad thing!

Love Nancy! Very sweet but can also be strong iyswim.

With a -cy surname, I don't think so. It would sound quite childish, and I think with a -y name (like DD's name, so nothing against -y names) you have to be careful with that.

Well I love it. But I have a small Nancy asleep next door.

Zombie we have an -ey surname rather than a -cy surname.

Like Nancy Telbey

Does that sound childish?

I wouldn't worry to much about 'nancy boy' as a phrase it is even dated to my ears and i am pushing 50, I doubt any of your daughter's contemporaries will have even heard it.
It's a great name, makes me think of Nancy Blackett in Swallows and Amazons.

If you name her Nancy, whatever surname you have it will just be her name and hardly anyone will probably even notice the -y -y endings. My sons surname is very unusual and still nobody really comments except about spelling, don't worry too much about that!

JKRowling used the phrase nancy-boy in one of the HP books, I cant think which one just now.

I really like Nancy, its a name with sparkle.

Don't like it. .dc3 is nancy. Don't know any others (after 3 children and childminding.) am trying to stave off unpopularity after calling another child a relatively unusual name, not even top 100. Now it's in the top 10 and everywhere!

Seriously, I like it. It has had mixed responses, but I don't mind, I like it!

Love, love, love it!

I haven't heard the phrase Nancy Boy for about a decade and despite her occupation Dickens' Nancy was loyal, strong and spirited IIRC (been a while since I read it).

I like it, i have a friend who is in her early 30s with it and have always thought her name was very cool

It's a great name, makes me think of Nancy Blackett in Swallows and Amazons

me too - she's probably my favourite character in children's fiction.

I know two Nancys, one aged 15 and the other 13. I do always think "nancy boy." Would never use it myself.

I have one and have sort of gone off it a bit, just feel a bit prissy shouting it At the park but it does suit her. The surname combo you said is lovely though, nice rhythm to it. I wish I had gone for Agnes on her birth certificate ( can't do Anne with our surname). Another plus is there are lots of nancys in history who have done cool things, often for the first time.

I always thought it sounded too American. Nancy is definitely catching on a bit round our way as I know three lil' ones with this name (none are American though).