Daphne as a first name?

[Caroline7777]

I love this name! Feedback from two friends one adores it and jealous she didn't think of it, the other happens to have it as middle name for daughter so also a fan. I'm scared to share with my sisters or mum in case they don't like it that will bother me, happy to take opinions from strangers without being offended :)
Daphne means Laurel tree, has ties to freshwater (i love nature) daphne du maurier one of my favourite authors and happened to be reading Rebecca and watching lots of Frasier (Daphne Moon) in first 3 months of pregnancy. I like that she's unlikely to meet any or many Daphne's I think it's a beautiful name but worry about her hating it. Re nicknames I think Daffy is quite cute but not a fan of Daff but I think Daff is inevitable!

I think of the character from Nash ville, I hear people talk about it a fair bit among my pregnany friends but I've never actually met a baby daphne.

i think its lovely and don't know any. but don't really like nn daffy or daff which i think they would end up being called

LOVE it. Regret not using it for DD (just didn't think of it in time).

Did a similar thread on Daphne a few months ago out of curiosity and got very Marmite responses!

The first bmw I ever loved. She doesn't have to be Daff.... she could be "Phee" or "Nee" or Dee dee etx

Name not bmw !

I love Daphne du Maurier but it's an incredibly ugly name IMO.

Yuck sorry don’t like it

Daphne is gorgeous! Great name

I like it, I wouldn't mind about scooby doo, I love scooby doo. There is an annoying character in some other movie or tv show called daphne, but I can't bring it to mind properly. I think it's cool without being too old ladyish, it's kind of retro and 70s in a good way.

Quite cute. Much nicer than Dierdre. (Sylvie, rather than Sylvia is nice too).

I do think it may become fashionable - as great-grandparent fashion moves from Edwardian to 1920-30s.

The first time I came across it was in an Enid Blyton book (Mallory Towers I think) and I read it as 'Dafe-n'. Took a while before I heard the name and realised.

Love it !

I know a two year old Daphne. It's cute but doesn't shorten easily, daph is a bit grim imo.

I'm Frasier Crane and I'm listening.

Daphne

Love it.

I like it - tres chic. But then I have great love for Dinah (sigh) which everyone else hates.

Dinah is great

I wanted it and exh said no. I love it.

Stunning name, I considered it for DD2 but it might have caused confusion, since my granny, also Daphne, is still going strong. Like @Firsttimeunicorn's granny, she was born in the late 20s. Time for a revival, I think!

If you and your 2 friends like it, I'm guessing you're all young and live in London.

I'm in my 49s and live in the midlands and thinks it's awful. I realise I have to accept I'll probably have a grand daughter called Daphne in 15 years

I love it and it was in the top 3 list for my dd's we didnt use it in the end as none of them felt like a Daphne but its a fab name

Laughs reading @LynetteScavo I am similar age to you but love it..

I like it but I associate it with scooby doo. So scooby dooby doo would be my first thought when it was said unfortunately.

It's a family name for me so perhaps i am biased but I think it is very beautiful. I have a daphne in my garden actually

Daphne is a greek name - originally a naiad—a type of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. Because of her beauty, Daphne attracted the attention of Apollo who pursued her and just before being overtaken, Daphne pleaded to her father, the rivergod Ladon, for help. So Ladon then transformed Daphne into a laurel tree.

Daphne is lovely, imo. A little Daphne would be very cool.

I'm not sure why the Scooby Doo association is bad. Daphne was the hot girl, who wouldn't want to be her? No disrespect to Velma!