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Mamie for a girl?

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Castlelough · 23/02/2015 16:33

What do people think of Mamie for a girl? Is it too old fashioned?

My aunt was a Mary , but called Mamie by her grandchildren. It sort of grew on me.

I'm not pregnant (have just had a Lily Smile) but have too much time on my hands and just thinking of names that might go with Lily in the future!

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GotToBeInItToWinIt · 23/02/2015 16:43

I've never heard it. I don't like it, sorry. It just sounds like a cutesy nickname to me.

fizzycolagurlie · 23/02/2015 16:44

Isn't it the name of a housemaid in Gone With The Wind, or similar?

HollyBen · 23/02/2015 17:02

I knew Marnie when I was at uni. I think it is alovely name. It is the title of a Hitchcock film which i believe is quite disturbing though i haveb't seen it myself

Lunastarfish · 23/02/2015 17:18

lovely

goldvelvet · 23/02/2015 17:20

I read it as mam-mee as in In irish for mummy. I loved Marnie but couldn't use it myself as it was too close to another of my other childs names.

Is it actually pronounced May mee?

fairyelephantswellies · 23/02/2015 17:23

It's lovely, but it's French for 'granny'

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Castlelough · 23/02/2015 17:23

I think the American president Eisenhower's wife was Mamie, but I have a feeling she was also a Mary by birth.

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LittleBairn · 23/02/2015 17:24

I reálly don't like it if its Mamie on the birth certificate instead of Mary, fine for a nickname.

YNK · 23/02/2015 17:26

I love Mamie, and Sissy too!
My dad's old aunts names.

Hakluyt · 23/02/2015 17:29

It's a nickname for Mary, which is a lovely underused name.

AntsMarching · 23/02/2015 17:43

My aunt and my grandmother were both called Mamie. They are dead now (would have been 81 and 87 this year), so to me it's an old lady name, but apparently that's very on trend! It's not an old lady name that I fid pleasant to hear or say.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 23/02/2015 18:28

My dd calls me Mamie. I love it. Don't like it as an actual name though.

caughtinthemoment · 23/02/2015 18:32

I thought it was a typo and you meant Marnie. Don't like it much at all sorry. Ok as a nickname for Mary I suppose but I wouldn't use it on the birth certificate. It doesn't seem like a proper name to me.

Branleuse · 23/02/2015 18:34

its french for grandma, so it would be a bit weird if you went on holiday in france.

Much prefer Marnie. Thats actually pretty cool

countessmarkyabitch · 23/02/2015 18:35

Mamie is lovely for your granny. Awful for a small girl.

itsnothingoriginal · 23/02/2015 18:36

I had an Aunty Mamie too! Haven't heard it for years but is a lovely name Smile

VainVulva · 23/02/2015 19:09

Love it, Meryl Streeps daughters name!

fizzycolagurlie · 23/02/2015 21:42

Meryl Streep's daughter is MAME not MAMIE

Floggingmolly · 23/02/2015 21:44

How do you pronounce Mame? Confused

wannabestressfree · 23/02/2015 21:45

Oh meryl.....Hmm

fizzycolagurlie · 23/02/2015 21:46

No idea....

Nightstar · 23/02/2015 21:52

This would certainly raise my eyebrows and not in a good way if I met a child with this name.. Sorry

MirandaGoshawk · 23/02/2015 21:54

Isn't the actress who plays Milady in the Musketeers called Mamie McCoy? I like it.

TourGuideBarbie · 23/02/2015 21:58

Mamie is the name of Meryl Streeps daughter...

I think it's okay, but a bit nothing.

BuildYourOwnSnowman · 23/02/2015 22:02

It's what I called my grandma and isn't it the Irish version of mummy (different spelling)

Much prefer marnie