Mirren

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What do you think for a little girl?

Is it nicknameable?

Lovely!

Names don't need pre-planned nicknames, you know .

Never heard of it and not keen sorry

Love it. Not if you're from Paisley though as St Mirren are the local football team.

Not that keen, it's a Japanese condiment spelt slightly differently.

I like it but it does make me think “Dame Helen”. I prefer Merryn for that reason.

Miri or Minnie, maybe?

I love Merryn, but hadn’t heard of Mirren other than as a surname... not sure if I like it so much.

I much prefer Morven.

I'm not keen on surnames as first names. I like the suggestion of Merryn though.

Mirren isn't necessarily.a surname as a first name, though -- I'm assuming it's a Scots Gaelic version of the Irish 'Muireann' (pronounced MWIRR-en or MIRR-en depending on region.)

I love it.

Not keen - makes me think of Midden!

But I love Merryn

I quite like it. Probably end up nicknamed as Mirry or similar

As in Helen? She us bloody fabulous, so for that reason alone i'd say go for it.

As it's a 2-syllable nane, personally i wouldn't be thinking up 2-syllable nicknames for her already. My name has 2 syllables, as does DS', DH's has 3 and none of us have or use nicknames, not at school or among family. Apart from Chicken. I call everyone Chicken

Call her Myrrh, Meir, or Wren.

Lovely name.

Lovely. I know two Mirrens both with different spellings. Always called by their full names, never nicknamed. St Miren is the patron Saint of Paisley.

Being English, I would previously only have thought of Helen Mirren and trotted out my usual anti-surnames for first names thing.

But I learnt on here a while ago that Mirren is actually a Scottish given name. You can learn a lot on Mumsnet! It does have a nice sound, and would make a good first name, I would go for it. I don't know if you need a nickname, as it's short already, but you could use Miri? People might assume she's Miriam though.

Not sure about the spelling but love the name.

Was that not the name of Mel Gibson’s wife in braveheart?

I really like it. Mirri is a sweet nickname.

I really like it. I know a couple of Mirrens born in the last couple of years, spelled in different ways

I'm in Scotland, think it's normal for Scottish folk but maybe the rest of the UK don't think if it as a first name. Don't think that matters (especially if you live in Scotland).

Lovely.

Not Merryn. Anyone who follows Game of Thrones will know why!

I've never heard of Mirren as a first name but the more I think about it the nicer it sounds. I don't think it needs a nn personally.

I just like the idea of a cute shortening to a name!

A nickname can be unrelated to the name though I know, and emerge by itself.

My cat is called this. Tbf it was on my girl’s names list ( with traditional spelling Muireann) but I didn’t get to use it. The cat got named it instead but with the Anglicised version as it’s hard enough explaining my DC’s Gaelic names without going through that at the vet too.

Merryn is nicer.

I imagine it being shortened to Mirri or Ren maybe.

I think it’s a good idea to consider all possible shortenings before choosing a name. My dd keeps calling baby ds a shortened version of his name, which I hate! Never thought of it till she started saying it. Now I’m doing what I said I never would and using my preferred nn on a baby. When he’s old enough, he can choose of course (but I guarantee he WON’T choose the one dd is using).