Posie

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Starting to try for baby number 2 and adore the name Posie for a girl. We've basically had the decision made since before DS1 (Milo) was born! However when I said it to my sister today she told me it was ridiculous and was extremely judgey and stuck up about it. I thought it was a lovely name and don't see what's not to like?

If someone introduced themselves to me as Posie I'm sorry but I think I'd laugh.

Too twee for me, don't think it suits a grown up at all. I would go with using it as a nickname but definitely not as her actual name.

Posy isn't too bad but Milo isn't my taste either and they're your DC not mine. If you love it, use it. You might wan't to put a more formal name on the BC like Primrose or Josephine, but I'd just go for Posy.

Much prefer the Posy spelling.

Posy Simmonds has got on just fine with it.

BlancheM, your lovely daughter should never introduce herself to an Afrikaans speaker.

Posy Simmonds is a Rosemary. Now that would be ok on BC.
So Rosemary nn Posy.

“Her name is Posy. Unfortunate but true” is how Posy Fossil is introduced in Ballet Shoes. I never really understood that unfortunate, I always thought it was a lovely name!

I think it's a lovely name

Why is that, villainous? It won't ever happen though

I looked it up and saved you the job.
DD's father and I are French with African heritage on his side, we chose a name with meaning to both of us. She died when I was carrying her so you will be relieved to know she will not be greeting anyone to trigger such a hilarious response.
You will always have silly people try to have a sneer by twisting or finding a far flung 'meaning', just like many regular English names can also be connected to genitalia e.g. Peter.
Oh well!

Come on , that’s unfair of you! I thinks a sweet name, I like it!

BlancheM So very, very sorry for your loss.

OP, I prefer the Posy spelling, and definitely consider using it as a nickname/known-as name, for something like Josephine (also lovely).

I know an adult Tansy. She hates it, because to her it feels like a nickname.

As a full name I think it is very wet and try hard. Sorry!

Simmonds is the aunt of a school friend, she’s always been Posy.

I love Josephine with Posy as a nickname. Beautiful.

I think it's sweet and nicer with a "y" on the end... but the "pose" sound also makes me think of "poser".

I'm very sorry to hear that, BlancheM.

Posy is fine as a nickname for Josephine as is traditional, but on its own it's ridiculously twee. I couldn't inflict that on a child. I really don't like the Posie spelling.

I think it's a bit cutesy, but it's OK, spelled as Posy, definitely not Posie. It's not much different to Flora and is similar in sound to names like Lily or Poppy or Rosie. Posy isn't necessarily a diminutive like Rosie is either. It's a proper word in its own right - that just happens to end in a Y. I probably prefer it to Rosie, which is cutesy in my opinion.

Lovely and adorable for a five year old.

Way too babyish for a normal adult. Can you imagine a middle aged solicitor or accountant called Posy?

Find a longer, 'proper' name, that Posy can be short for, or give her a proper first name with Posy as a middle name so she has options when she's older.

Call her Josephine (Posy).
None of your sister's business.

I don’t see that Posy is any more babyish than the current fad for nns as full names - Evie, Edie, Indie, Rosie, Lila, Lula.

There are many names chosen on here that would not suit a solicitor

Agree with Tatiana. Posy is no more babyish than Rosie, Edie, Evie, etc. It's better, in my opinion, as it's a full word and not a cutesy diminutive of something else. The more I think about it, the more I actually like it.

I don't think any ot those names should be used except as shortening as either. It's hard enough to be taken seriously in the world as a woman as it is, without a "cute" name.

Is a cute name any worse than an overly frilly one?
You get prejudice but would Posy be considered less suitable than a Rosemary or Josephine (neither frilly, admittedly)?