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Jodie

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smartyclogs · 16/01/2016 13:41

Thoughts please..

I'm after a name that is not too unusual but at the same time not too popular.
Don't want Dd to be one of many at school or at work as I was, and still am.

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ClaireeeJ15 · 16/01/2016 13:48

I have a friend named Jodie - she is Jode or Toad...

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 16/01/2016 13:54

Very different now. Nice name.

Babymouse · 16/01/2016 13:58

It's a sweet name and not too popular.

I know one and one of her nicknames is Jojo and no one would dare call her toad so I don't think rude nn are inevitable.

kimlo · 16/01/2016 14:00

I really like it

ClaireeeJ15 · 16/01/2016 14:01

It's not to be rude - it's just her NN! Jode the Toad :)

Sophronia · 16/01/2016 14:16

I have a cousin Jodie aged 15, I think it's quite unusual nowadays.

y0rkier0se · 16/01/2016 14:21

I don't like it but I think that's skewered by every Jodie I know being not nice! I do however like Josie for something a little different Smile

nextusername · 16/01/2016 15:23

Personally I'm not that keen, but it's fairly unusual these days and there's nothing wrong with it.

goldglittershitter · 16/01/2016 15:26

Nice, quite rare but very 80s sort of name to me, along the lines of Stacy?

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 16/01/2016 15:58

All the Jodies I knew growing up (late 80's/early 90's so loads of them) were all horrible bullies. chavs

BikeRunSki · 16/01/2016 16:01

I don't particularly like it.

TrinityForce · 16/01/2016 16:05

All the Jodies I knew growing up (late 80's/early 90's so loads of them) were all horrible bullies. chavs

agree with this, the Jodies I knew were horrible.
If you don't have that association with it though it's a nice name.

ExitPursuedByABear · 16/01/2016 16:07

The only Jodie I know is a right caaaah.

Jodie Kidd on the other hand seems lovely.

Soooosie · 16/01/2016 16:10

Josie as a nn for Josephine is nice. Jodie seems harder

CaoNiMao · 17/01/2016 02:15

It's a 'mean girl' name, along with Nicola and Joanne. I've never met a nice one.

squoosh · 17/01/2016 03:56

I like Jodie.

Josephine is really ugly.

sarah2011 · 17/01/2016 05:08

I like it. My dd has a joyte ( jo tee) in her class and I think that's nice too

BatMobile · 17/01/2016 05:16

Awful. So 90s. And not in an good way.

maitaimojito · 17/01/2016 05:20

As a teenager I would have agreed with previous posters that the name doesn't have positive associations - I knew three that were awful.

However one of my best friends at uni was a Jodie and the name now reminds me of her and I quite like it.

Kittymum03 · 17/01/2016 05:30

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Elllicam · 17/01/2016 05:39

I quite like it.

waxweasel · 17/01/2016 10:34

It's pretty 90s and not in a good way. DH has a close relative called Jodie and she hates her name, we all tease her mum about it because she managed to pick really lovely classic names for her other kids. But she clearly had a bit of a blip when naming poor Jodie Smile she is embarrassed by her name and goes by Jo with her mates, or Toad (which is what she gets most often! Wonder if we know the same one Claire??).

bibbitybobbityyhat · 17/01/2016 10:38

Love it! I don't think I have ever met a Jodie.

MuttonCadet · 17/01/2016 10:40

I agree, it's a bit of a mean girl name.

DurhamDurham · 17/01/2016 10:42

I only know one and she isn't very nice. I'm aware that's not at all helpful.

It sounds like a nickname rather than an actual name.