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Tigi/Tiger for girl

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MouldyPeach · 06/12/2015 14:51

Which one is better? Or are they both awful? I have two dds already, both with old fashioned names, one which has got very popular and one that hasn't. If this baby was a boy he almost definitely would have been Tiger but I'm not sure it suits a girl or of Tigi is a rubbish feminine alternative. Any thoughts? (I have thick skin 😑 )

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MouldyPeach · 06/12/2015 17:02

Oh wow feelingcross you're right, the first thing people would think of is Chinese medicine and tiger penises Hmm
Anything can have a sexual link of you look hard enough. For example the very popular name Freya could be seen as the goddess of sexuality depending on your learnings and views.
As for it being a strippers name? That's just silly and could be said of any 'cutesy' girls names; Honey etc.
I like the mixed reaction the name has got, here and in RL, but nothing is helping me make a decision.

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merrymouse · 06/12/2015 17:04

Antigone is famous for being the daughter of Jocasta and her son Oedipus, so I wouldn't go for that.

I like Agatha, but wasn't it Taggy in Jilly Cooper?

how about Katinka?

merrymouse · 06/12/2015 17:08

As in Katinka shortened to Tig or tiggy.

LynetteScavo · 06/12/2015 17:10

Tiger is a great name, although I would presume someone called Tiger is male, but only because I've only know Tiger/Tyger boys and men.

It's a very strong name, but also beautiful, and much nicer than Tigi, but I like Tigi as a NN.

sparklesandglitterxx · 06/12/2015 17:11

not tigi, sorry, am sure that's a brand of shampoo?

I love tiger though, my friend has a Tyger. friend is a kind of punk / alternative type, doesn't give a shit what people think. and the name couldn't suit her little girl more

I think that's fine for a girl

RiverTam · 06/12/2015 17:13

If you gave a DD called Lily I don't think you can go for Tiger. Antigone is lovely though.

BertrandRussell · 06/12/2015 17:16

Honestly- as the aunt of children with "lovely strong unique" names,(one not s million miles from Tiger) please don't do it. As one of them once said "it's just so boring having to explain it every time. And the nicest, politest people always have to make an effort to control their smile when they hear it."
They all three changed their names before they went to secondary school to 3 simple, common names. Deliberately chose so they wouldn't be the only one in the school. Their parents were soon upset.......

lljkk · 06/12/2015 17:16

I like Tegan & that shortens to Tiggy nicely.

Sadik · 06/12/2015 18:06

I suspect it depends where you live, Bertrand. I know loads of teens & adults with more unusual names, and they all seem perfectly happy with them.
I do know a number of people who have changed their names, but their original names were all very 'normal' (for example, one was originally called Jane)
To be honest, I also wouldn't consider Tiger/Tyger (or Tigi) particularly unusual.

Sadik · 06/12/2015 18:07

I do like Tegan, though - surely it can't be that popular, OP! (The one I know is particularly lovely, so admittedly I may be influenced by that :) )

BertrandRussell · 06/12/2015 18:13

"I suspect it depends where you live, Bertrand"

They lived in hippycentral. And presumably Tiger isn't going to stay in once place all her life anyway.

You wouldn't, by the way, have known that my nephews and niece were not perfectly happy with their names- it came as a surprise to most when the first one announced his intention to become Tom.

lljkk · 06/12/2015 18:13

I only know 1 Tegan, age about 9. And we live in a high ITV viewing Chav town, too

Sophronia · 06/12/2015 18:35

Don't like it at all, sorry. Antigone is nice though.

CastaDiva · 06/12/2015 18:53

What was Tiggy Legge-Bourke's Tiggy short for? I fear I always see Tiggy as a rather rumpled, healthy-cheeked Sloane with a pony club background and a mother who did the Season...

lljkk · 06/12/2015 19:03

Alexandra, apparently.

RabbitSaysWoof · 06/12/2015 19:22

Tiger is a fab name. I would assume girl if I heard it. Tiggy is adorable. I started a thread once asking what I would need to call a dd to have a Tig (as in Wolly and Tig) I didn't like the long winded answers, but Tiger is brilliant I'm jealous if you use it.

Thundercrackers · 06/12/2015 19:28

I think the little girl in Outnumbered might be called Tiger? I think it's quite cool!

rainydaygrey · 06/12/2015 19:36

Tigi is a range of hair care products. Google it.

Tiggy Legge-Bourke is an Alexandra.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 06/12/2015 19:37

No Thunder she's something like Ramona. Jake is Tyger.

villainousbroodmare · 06/12/2015 19:46

Tiger is imo not a name really, maybe an eccentric choice for a boy. It's a great nickname if it suits the child.
Tigi or Tiggy is better, and a lovely nickname, but then no "full" given name.
Antigone is lovely, elegant. However, as a pp has said, she was the daughter of Oedipus and ended up killing herself, so rather sad. Also I imagine there would be a number of spelling/ pronunciation hurdles with it.

latika · 06/12/2015 21:57

MouldyPeach I don't want to give too much away about his personal life but he's had his fare share of troubles from being a child. He's overcome it and now has a lovely family of his own. He's a fighter but is also a total gent. His name just totally suits him!

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 07/12/2015 00:03

I know a girl called Tiger, she's 13.

It couldn't suit her less. She's a very shy, overweight girl who stammers. Her name makes her very self conscious and she hates it.

Particularly when her siblings have very run-of-the-mill names.

whatdoIget · 07/12/2015 00:11

Antigone is lovely. Tiger would perhaps be hard to carry off?

SoWhite · 07/12/2015 00:37

That's really sad Until.

TheNewStatesman · 07/12/2015 06:15

Tiger? Seriously??