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Quinn or Dolly

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Bostonbullsmumma · 23/01/2017 09:03

I appreciate they are very different sounding names- What are people's opinions? Quinn potentially for a boy or girl.

Thanks

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MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 23/01/2017 09:07

Hmm... I think Quinn is more boy than girl. It comes from Harlequin.

I like Dolly, but might still be associated with the sheep?

MrsMeeseeks · 23/01/2017 09:32

I love Dolly! It's fairly cutesy but strong at the same time.

PurpleDaisies · 23/01/2017 09:34

Dolly is awful. Definitely Quinn out of your two choices.

QuinnPerkins · 23/01/2017 09:35

Quinn! Grin

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Bostonbullsmumma · 23/01/2017 09:44

Thank you all so far. Not my final 2 choices but wanted to gage opinions.

Have always loved the name Dolly but never thought of the sheep association Wink

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PurpleDaisies · 23/01/2017 09:45

Don't forget Dolly Parton.

BagelDog · 23/01/2017 09:47

Dolly Parton and dolly the sheep are my first thoughts... quite like Quinn for either.

FairNotFair · 23/01/2017 09:48

I'm sorry, but I initially read it as "Quim" Blush

TeshiB · 23/01/2017 09:51

Quinn for sure, nice look and sound. Don't like Dolly at all.

TinyTear · 23/01/2017 09:55

I know a 5yo Quinn

Not Dolly

TinyTear · 23/01/2017 09:55

Girl Quinn BTW

MapMyMum · 23/01/2017 09:56

Personally I dont like either. I know someone recently who naned a baby Quinn. To me its a second name. But I dont like Dolly either! So Im not much help at all really. However I dont really see why it matters what other people think?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/01/2017 10:04

I would go with Quinn, but I imagine it's going to become very popular.

llangennith · 23/01/2017 10:23

Would any girl over the age of 5 want to be called Dolly?
Not keen on Quinn and definitely not for a girl.

MrsMarigold · 23/01/2017 10:26

How about Dolores (nn Dolly)?

chipsnmayo · 23/01/2017 10:31

Quinn is a great name for either sex.

Dolly is terrible, makes me think of Dolly Parton and is far too cutesy for my liking.

Pluto30 · 23/01/2017 10:53

Dolly is truly awful.

Quinn is lovely but is feminine, IMO. I went to school with a female Quinn, there was a female Quinn on One Tree Hill, and of course there is Harley Quinn. I wouldn't be surprised if it surges up in popularity over the next two years or so.

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Bostonbullsmumma · 23/01/2017 11:08

That was my concern about Dolly- I can imagine it on a baby and toddler but not so much a teenager! Good to hear people's views. thank you all.

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Twistmeandturnme · 23/01/2017 11:11

Dolly is a diminutive of Dorothy, so you could use Dolly and register as Dorothy and then she'll have the choice of Dolly, Dot, Dottie, Dory, Dorothy etc as she gets older.

MiniMaxi · 23/01/2017 11:30

Dolly short for Dolores perhaps?

I like Quinn, for a boy. Also Finn and Flynn.

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greeeen · 23/01/2017 12:06

Dolly is great as a nickname, don't like it as a full name.
Like Quinn for either boy or girl.

BertrandRussell · 23/01/2017 12:07

Why on earth would you call a strong independent woman "Dolly"?

Cosmicglitterpug · 23/01/2017 12:08

Neither.

1000hobnobs · 23/01/2017 12:09

Confused no OP. Keep searching.

Dolly is awful.

I don't like Quinn either but it's better than Dolly.