Ziggy King

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I just love the name Ziggy and think a little girl called Ziggy would be the cutest name in the world! But you can't actually call your baby Ziggy... Can you?

No. No you can’t. Please don’t.

Ziggy's fine as a pet name when your child is young. As long as that's all it is.

No. Think of the child!
Are you a Bowie fan by any chance. Choose a nice solid name , that the child won't hate you forever, end up changing their name by deed poll and hating you for making their childhood hell.

As a nickname fine. Not as an actual name IMO :)

'Ziggy's' was the name of the main takeaway in my home town. Fun fact.

Very odd name for a little girl.

I think it would be better suited for a boy

Wow, that prompted a lot of feedback! Thank you for confirming that calling a child this is not an option! I'm struggling with girl's name and think I might be clutching at straws!

About 10 years ago I taught a little boy who was a ziggy. But as a teacher I wouldn’t blink an eye at it. Both my children have foreign names

But also have more common names as middle names they can use if they don’t want to stand out that way later in life.

It's a boy's name. Probably best as a MN for Sigismond?

Though on Grange Hill it was just a random NN - or was it? I've just had a quick Google and it's not clear if he had a 'real' name as well

AuntieStella his name was Eric.

Thank you Troysmammy

Perhaps Erica or Heather, OP?

I thought not when i saw it but I don't like it and if King is the surname it sounds way too rockstar. Not in a good way. Imagine if she's a shy little thing it would be such a hard name to pull off

It’s a fabulous name and I know an adult Ziggy who loves her name - I say go for it!

I taught a boy called Ziggy a couple of years ago. He had the wildest afro around and the name suited him perfectly! Can't imagine the name on anyone else though, especially not a girl.

I'd say yes but give her a more "normal" name and shorten it to Ziggy.

I went to primary school with a boy called Ziggy. He was from the traveller community

And I know a woman who goes by Siggy, short for Sigrid. She is Swedish.

@Lavabravacava I'd say yes but give her a more "normal" name and shorten it to Ziggy

This is the least worst option. Or get a hamster and use it for that.

(Saying that I've just seen "Kyson" which sounds like someone tried to say three names at once. Compared to that, Ziggy sounds pretty harmless.)

I think it's horrible.

Someone in my family briefly considered it with their last baby, but it got a resounding "Hell no" from the rest of the family, and she didn't end up going with it.

There was a female Ziggy on Australian Survivor this year. I think she was an Olympican. I don’t know if it was short for another name, but Ziggy really suited her ! I think it’s a great name! If you like it, I think you should go for it!! Definitely not the most unusual name I’ve heard of !

Its terrible.
Zoe nickname Ziggy
Xanthe
Maggie
peggy
Penelope
Isabelle (Izzy)
Tamara (Tizzy)
Michaela
Sara

I've only known male Ziggys so I wouldn't pick it for a girl anyway.

I think it's great! If you're not sure, how about calling her something like Zoe Ingrid King? Then just call her Ziggy anyway – you can claim it as a nickname, and if she loves it her whole life, great. If she doesn't she has two pretty names to work with.

Ziganna is a Hungarian (?) girls' name.

Sigrid Zélie King