Stevie for a girl?!

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Thoughts?! I can’t decide whether it’s cute or awful! Not Stephanie btw, just Stevie

I'm sorry but you asked.

I really dislike it.

I don't really like it because I don't like nicknames as full names and don't like the eeee veee sounds right next to each other - it sounds a bit whiney to me.

It actually made me think of Stevie Smith first, great poet though she was a bit morbid and suffered from poor mental health like a lot of prolific poets. Her real name was Florence though, Stevie was a nickname unrelated to her given names. Stevie Nicks was a Stephanie not full name Stevie.

It's not as bad as some boys nicknames as girls full names but a significant number of people would assume that it's short for something.

Do grown men really want to be called Stevie? It sounds so cute and feminine to me.

Stephen or Steve is ok for a man.

I like it.
She could use Evie or Eve as nicknames if she doesn’t like it when she’s older..

@anothernotherone Stevie Nicks IS not was, she's very much alive and kicking you know

“It's not an obvious unisex name like Riley or Bayley ”
Eh?

SheSaidNoFuckThat sorry, she was called Stephanie... I guess she still is technically, probably. But you're right of course, poor use of tenses, not concentrating properly. Why do all the kids hang out wittering in the living room? I thought teens were meant to antisocial but there are 4 in here with me and they aren't even all mine...

@BertrandRussell what?

@anothernotherone wish mine were more sociable, only see them when they want feeding!

Love it! Not chav at all. Where I grew up Billie (for a boy or girl) was seriously chav

Love it

I really don't know why people are fine with Stevie for a girl and not James or Rory... (other recent threads). Seems to be down to familiarity with knowing of a girl called the name, but obviously that depends on people using it... I like it, but then again, I like unisex names!

SheSaidNoFuckThat we have a reasonably sized house but somehow everyone is always in the same room, plus one or two neighbor kids. I think maybe they haven't read the "How teenagers behave" manual...

I like it as a nickname. As a full name I agree she won’t be able to do much with it if she goes off it.

It does also sound slightly pretentious (sorry, OP, but you did ask).

diddlediddle stick ie in the end to make it a cutsie nickname and lots of people will like any boy's name for a girl and the woman she'll grow up to be.

I suppose it's just a new twist on feminine forms of names ending in an a where male forms of the same name end in a consonant.

I’m open to all opinions, genuinely! I’m easy going and not terribly attached to it at this stage, so wanted to put it out to the crowd :)
Thanks for the opinions all

@anothernotherone I wouldn't knock it, enjoy it while you can

For me it just gives the image of a middle aged pervert, sorry OP. Before anyone comes for me, of course I'm making a huge generalisation.

In all seriousness though I don't find it chavvy at all, just a bit too masculine (although I wouldn't use it for a boy either) and a cat's name imo. Not to my taste at all.

However, my opinion doesn't matter at all. If you love it, go with your heart.

SheSaidNoFuckThat I fancied a sofa doze though no chance...

Don’t like it at all sorry but I’m just a random stranger on the internet !

100% love

I loved Stéphanie with Stevie as a nn, I always remember in knight rider, Michael Knight had a girlfriend called Stevie and I thought she was fabulous!

I think it's quite 70's

I know 2. Neither are Stephanie.

No. Stevie Nicks is Stephanie, her younger sister had trouble saying that. Bit like Minnie Driver is really Amelia but her younger sister called her Minnie as she couldn't pronounce her name and it stuck.