Topsy

[mrsb83]

What do you honestly think of the name Topsy?

I actually like it .

Agree that it's for a rabbit. Sorry.

I quite like it, it's the kind of name a child could grow into and would be good for a strong character (though of course you don't know what she'll be like). I'd rather fill in job application with Topsy than be one of 1000s of Lolas and Orlas.

Tops/Toppy/Top are not bad nicknames and very positive!

If you like it, give her a very straightforward, user-friendly middle name (like Elizabeth) so she can switch if she wants.

You couldn't take a grown adult with a name like that seriously. In my job I often have to formally introduce people. If they have a name I find funny, I try to avoid it and refer to them as a guest or visitor instead.

(Though I am a terrible giver of silly nicknames (my poor DC) and would probably have to call her Top Banana)

The worst name I've ever herd

Rabbit name and from the children's books/tv series. Just say no to your DH!

It was a great Aunt's name. Not her given name but what everyone called her.

Go watch 10 episodes of Topsy & Tim on BBC Iplayer. Then come and tell us how you now feel about the name.

Topsy and Tim....

Wow. Just wow.

Is it unisex? Sounds like a clowns name.

What does your dh like about it?

(please choose something else)

I like it as much as a landscape CV.

Oh please don't!

It's not even worthy of the status of nickname - it's a pet name. By all means call your DD Topsy, but don't actually NAME her that.

Otherwise known as Lady Theodora Margaret Utterinham-Smythe, best friends with fellow sloan Bunny Waterford-Browne.

Sorry

Does she have a sibling called Turvy?

In all honestly, it may sound cutsey now but could you imagine how she would introduce herself in a professional capacity as an adult?

Use it as a family nickname.

Horrendous.

No. What if she marries into the Turvy family?

Expecting DC2 and a friend suggested it. Husband loves it but I'm not convinced.

Do you really need to ask! It's utterly bonkers for a human baby, fluffy, flimsy, insubstantial etc etc. Topsy for pets, my response very different.

Please dont be ridiculous topsy really say it out loud like this TOPSY come in for your lunch/dinner/tea/supper.

DSis' dog is called Topsy. She has another called Tim. Not really a person's name - sorry! I can't imagine going to see my stockbroker or doctor or lawyer called Topsy.

I did know aTopsy once but her real name was Thomasina .

Just no that is all