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?

Thank you for your responses! I still really like it though, but I'm not fond of the names where it would be suitable for a cute nickname or any of the alternatives. Might use it for a pet...

Our other girl's name is Madeleine.

Piss take, surely?

Jesus suffering...

Poor kid.

A lifetime of fishy nicknames, puns and insults.

Big teeth ..... "Shark"
Large or fat ........ "Whale"

What about Willow or Minnie

What about Willow? That sounds very similar and is a popular name at the moment. Or other names ending in the same sound: Marlowe, Harlow, Cleo?

I'm also aware I am technically naming a grown woman (if the baby is a girl)

I can virtually guarantee you won't be, as by the time she's 18 she'll have changed it.

Minnow is a tiny fish as well, not good for someone to be stuck with. Minnie is terrible too

@WorraLiberty

I'm also aware I am technically naming a grown woman (if the baby is a girl)

I can virtually guarantee you won't be, as by the time she's 18 she'll have changed it.

😂

Minou is 'kitten' in French so you might risk the pussy connotation. But it is also 'paradise' in Persian.
Like most unusual names think through all the worst possible nicknames and bullying and misunderstandings before you commit.

Elver if it’s a boy.

Dear lord, no. That has to be one of the worst suggestions for a name I've ever seen on here. Minnow! Just no. Poor kid.

I literally see a fish. Makes me think no difference to tuna or salmon 🤦‍♀️

No, please don't. It's a word very commonly used to mean insignificant, unimportant, small fry, bottom of the pile. It's not just the fish meaning.

Willow, Mina, Margot, Willa all much, much nicer.

Mena is a nicer alternative

I like it!!

Please, no.

Its Moana’s nickname in the film

No. Figuratively speaking a ‘minnow’ is so small as to be insignificant or lacking in power or influence. An awful connotation to saddle a child with.

Sounds like miaow!

I know nothing about fish but for some reason a minnow brknsg to mind a boring little fish that doesn't really add much as such. Random i know. I love the sound of the name if it didn't have that connotation!

@FelicityPike

Jesus suffering...

Sufferin' Jaysus!

@AwkwardAsAllGetout

Unless you’re prepared to go all the way with a sibling set of Herring, Pike and little baby Stickleback

Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣

Honestly tho, what are people thinking sometimes? Imagine telling someone your child was called Minnow. A small fish 🙄

No, minna or Minnie?

Minnow? No no no.

There's Minette though? Call her Minnow as a strictly at home nickname.