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Minnie?

55 replies

Kittymitty38 · 01/07/2020 22:34

What do you think? Like or not? xx

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Heischeatingisnthe · 01/07/2020 22:35

Don’t do it

SionnachRua · 01/07/2020 22:35

Mouse or slang for vagina.

Apart from those...it's just a bit weak and twee really.

Theyweretheworstoftimes · 01/07/2020 22:35

It was on my list.

My concern was the association with the Disney Mouse.

Option might be to pick a name that lends its self to Minnie as a nickname?

Destroyedpeople · 01/07/2020 22:35

No.
Its'what little girls call their private parts.

OLLIE2011 · 01/07/2020 22:39

Absolutely love the name Minnie!

Luckingfovely · 01/07/2020 22:40

I really like it!

DramaAlpaca · 01/07/2020 22:42

God no. Don't do that to the poor child.

Aquamarine1029 · 01/07/2020 22:42

My cousin's daughter named her baby Minnie. I think it's awful. Weak and daft. Sorry.

Nishky · 01/07/2020 22:44

I love it- and if someone has a nickname for their vagina, that’s their issue. Don’t let oddball put you off.

CloudsCanLookLikeSheep · 01/07/2020 22:46

Its up there with Fannie. In fact, if you have twins....

DeepSleepBathSoak · 01/07/2020 22:47

Disney mouse/vagina. It's a no from me.

SnowdropFox · 01/07/2020 22:48

Never heard of the vagina slang but I dont particularly like it for the mouse and mini car associations.

Floralnomad · 01/07/2020 22:49

Awful .

sibbys · 01/07/2020 22:49

Ha ha. I've posted this exact same post 4 months ago. Got put off when everyone said it is what little girls call their private parts. Love it though!

drumandthebass · 01/07/2020 22:55

Awful. Don't do it

whatausername · 01/07/2020 22:56

I like it but I've heard a lot of people here on MN say it's slang for vulva or vagina. If it's such common slang that would render it a pet-only name for me.

Harpischord · 01/07/2020 23:04

Please, please don't do this to her. Please.

SpookyNoise · 01/07/2020 23:05

No.

Notapheasantplucker · 01/07/2020 23:09

No 😣

MzHz · 01/07/2020 23:13

@Destroyedpeople

No. Its'what little girls call their private parts.
Since fucking when!? I’ve got a vagina and never felt the need to fucking name it!!

I know a Minnie, she’s adorable!

EmpressoftheMundane · 01/07/2020 23:15

If you really love it, perhaps use it as a nickname, so she has a fall back. Traditionally, it’s a nickname for Mary. It would also work as a nickname for Wilhelmina or Minerva.

Destroyedpeople · 01/07/2020 23:16

Don't shoot the messenger! I only found out as my own dd had it as a nickname for a while cos so small.
Possibly it's regional.

Limpid · 01/07/2020 23:17

I find it a bit mimsy. It’s the kind of name you’d give a second-string character in a sitcom, like one of the heroine’s more peripheral friends...

HarryHarry · 01/07/2020 23:18

My daughter’s name is not Minnie but my son can’t pronounce her actual name so he calls her Minnie. So now she has become Minnie by accident. Obviously it’s not the name I would have chosen for her, knowing its connotations, but it actually suits her so well and now I find it really cute.

BackforGood · 01/07/2020 23:23

No.
Don't do it.