Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Dusty for a girl?

75 replies

Blahia · 31/01/2015 22:08

What do you think? I think I love it, but am fully aware it won't be everybody's cup of tea :o/

We have a very common surname, which it does nicely with.

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
BouleSheet · 31/01/2015 22:09

Lovely. Different but not unfamiliar. Go for it.

LikeABadSethRogenMovie · 31/01/2015 22:11

I have a Dusty! At risk of outing myself, it's really her middle name but it's just kind of stuck and really suits her now she's heading for her teens!

CountingThePennies · 31/01/2015 22:13

Dusty???

Hey Dusty! You look like you need a good dusting!

Absolutely the stupidest name i have ever heard

LovelyMarchHare · 31/01/2015 22:14

I have always assumed it's a nickname tho for what I don't know . Is it not? Tbh I'm not sure.

Iwillorderthefood · 31/01/2015 22:14

Really? How would it go down if she turned out to want to be a lawyer, or a profession where she may need a serious name? I think I am just in the not my cup of tea camp.

Nolim · 31/01/2015 22:15

Please no.

KatherinaMinola · 31/01/2015 22:15

That's so great Grin It doesn't pass the high court judge test though - presumably that doesn't bother you.

TigerSheep · 31/01/2015 22:16

I like it, but I'd want a more formal name that it could be a derivative of. Justine?

EhricLovesTheBhrothers · 31/01/2015 22:17

Dusty crophopper? The film was only out last year. Dusty just isn't a name is it? It's a nickname

CurlyWurlyCake · 31/01/2015 22:18

In the nicest possible way.

No.

Dusty bin
Busty Dusty
Musty Dusty

IHeartKingThistle · 31/01/2015 22:18

It's terrible.

Maki79 · 31/01/2015 22:19

This reply has been withdrawn

This has been withdrawn by MNHQ at the posters request.

patienceonastatue · 31/01/2015 22:20

There is a very prominent Dusty in the industry I work in - which is professional, well paid, serious etc.

If you love it, go for it!

LovelyMarchHare · 31/01/2015 22:24

Art at Busty Dusty. Poor thing.

Just checked wiki about Dusty Springfield. She got her name from playing football in the streets .......

AuntieStella · 31/01/2015 22:25

It's a traditional nickname for anyone whose surname is Miller, and I'd vaguely expect it to be a boy.

calzone · 31/01/2015 22:26

Tis awful.

Really awful.

Not a name I would want for myself.

satsumasunrise · 31/01/2015 22:31

Horrendous.

squoosh · 31/01/2015 22:32

I adore Dusty Springfield, one of the very best female vocalists. The yearning and heartache she could convey.............

But I definitely wouldn't call a child Dusty.

CaptainJamesTKirk · 31/01/2015 22:32

Dusty Crophopper... Please don't do that to a child.

Ineedanewone · 31/01/2015 22:34

My dog is called Dusty! People love it.

storytopper · 31/01/2015 22:36

Couldn't imagine calling a baby this, or a five-year old, or a ten-year old, or anyone really.

Might work for a dachshund or a hamster.

Sorry, OP.

Coconutty · 31/01/2015 22:37

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Floggingmolly · 31/01/2015 22:40

Dusty is not a name. Have a word with yourself.

squoosh · 31/01/2015 22:42

Hadn't thought of this 'classic' TV show in ages.

Dusty for a girl?
YvesJutteau · 31/01/2015 22:45

I appreciate that I am of a certain generation, but I think of this...

Dusty for a girl?