Dawn

[VictoriaOKeefe]

what are the thoughts and feelings people have here on the name Dawn for a girl?

Not keen on it tbh

I like it as a middle name!

It’s ok
How about Gloria if you are looking for something slightly retro but still cute

My father's second wife. So a no from me.

The crack of Dawn comments make it a no from me.

If you like the meaning, how about Soleil, Roxanne, Aurora.

If you want a short name, Ruth,Anne,Jane, Jill, Fay.

Rosalie Dawn
Hayley Dawn
Melanie Dawn

I love it.

I feel like a PP - I feel I should like it but I don't. Reckon it got overused in the 60s/70s.

Zoe has the same meaning, I believe.

Lovely meaning but ugly word and all those 'Rosy fingered Dawn/up the crack of Dawn' jokes are fodder for bullying.

How about Aurora? Means the same but is prettier and avoids all the horrible puns.

I think it’s a nice middle name.

It’s very class specific. And dated. 100% 80s chav.

Hmm, speaking as one who grew up in the 70s it was not an especially widely used name. Yes, a bit of it’s time but not like Sharon, Tracey, Debra or the other popular ones Karen and Linda. Also tons better than Maureen, Pauline and other dull 50s names.

In the 6th form we had an Oriana and that was a much more teasewothy name than Dawn.

Not back in fashion yet is an advantage and the current wave of fashionable is great or great great grandma names I thought horrid when young - Enid, Ada, Vera, Elsie.

My mother was horrified when a possible name for our daughter was Stella. To me it sounded slightly glam and quite cultured to my mum it was great grandma

I wanted that for both my children, but then I had boys (in the days before scans to reveal the gender) in the 80s.

I also liked Jade, but instead I had Mark and Shaun

mastertomsmum..... I had a cat called Stella. She was petite, pretty, and very cute.

agustarella.... nothing wrong with working class! By the way, I had 2 aunties named Elsie... both working class too

I agree with other people that in theory it's something I'd like but in reality it's awful. Drippy and wet.

It's my middle name ( a 70's child ) and I've never really liked it.

@Lynne1Cat You are right, but my thinking is that it's wisest to give names which are class-neutral. Too much snobbery and inverted snobbery to risk being called Lacey-Mae or Araminta. (Or insert whichever names are chavvy or posh respectively.) Obviously names can change their class associations over generations but I don't think Dawn is quite neutral enough yet.

Rosalie Dawn is nice

Rosalie Dawn sounds like 'rosy-fingered Dawn' in Homer. Not bad, just a bit odd-sounding maybe?

As TatianaLarina says. There were lots of girls called Dawn who worked for my Dad in the 70s/80s. They were particular 'types'.

I know a Dawn. A 1970s child. Don't like her.

The baby in Trainspotting was called Dawn. This puts me off an otherwise lovely name.

going by the feedback, Dawn is better as a middle name. Rebecca Dawn, Olivia Dawn etc.