Minnow?

[pottop]

I really like the sound of Minnow for a little girl. It seems really lovely and sweet on the tongue. I am aware it is a fish, but it doesn't seem that different to being named Willow (which is a tree), or even after a flower or another animal. I'm also aware I am technically naming a grown woman (if the baby is a girl) but I can actually see it being a very fitting name.

How do you like it? What would be your first thought if you met a little girl named Minnow?

I'd think poor child, what were her parents thinking naming her after a fish??

I know what you’re saying, the sound is pretty, but you can’t name a person that. Unless you’re prepared to go all the way with a sibling set of Herring, Pike and little baby Stickleback

No.

Awful.

Sprat for a boy.

How about Minna? Same vibe, less fishy

I live near a place called Swinnow and it reminds me of that.

You can't call your child after a fish.

Fucking awful. How about Willabelle?

It’s a nice sound, but so is Salmon.

It’s sweet for a nickname, but I wouldn’t use it as the actual name. Minna is a real name btw.

I prefer 🌈 Trout.

Another name for bullies to carp on about...

God no sounds horrendous that girl will be bullied as a teen with a name like that. Please don't.

I don't think being the name of a fish is a problem necessarily (Wren gets a lot of love on here as a bird name). The problem might be that a minnow is a notoriously small fish, which might give connotations of being small, insignificant or unimportant, which wouldn't be very nice for a child. Manon? Mirren? Minnie?

For a little girl, I guess it's sort of cute, but silly.

For a 30 year old woman (which I'm sure you hope she will someday be) it's awful.

Have you been watching Cursed? There’s a girl who gets nicknamed Minnow in that.

But honestly, I wouldn’t.

No😂

What about Minna or Imogen, affectionately called Minnow at home?
Just be careful tho. I know a 30 year old who was called Bubbles in-utero. He's still known as Bubbles to those who knew the family at that point in time.

Nope. It’s not for me.

Given the fish/ vagina connotations, calling a girl child Minnow is tantamount to abuse, however cutesy it sounds initially.

I’m sorry but no. It’s a fish. It’s not at all like naming a child after a type of bird or a tree. It’s closer to naming a child after a bug or insect.

Minnows are known for being the smallest fish that get eaten and bullied by everyone else.

I don't think you've seriously thought this through.

No! Minna is nice though. What about Meadow?

People are just making names up as they go nowdays.