Honest opinions.. Winifred

[viixie]

I have nowhere else to ask but I quite like the name. We don't actually know what we are having but if it's a girl, we quite like 'Winnie' as a nickname. I'm just not sure if Winifred sounds far too Granny or the 'Fred' sounds too boyish.

Please be honest and brutal (if necessary)

I don't want her to grow up with a name she will hate, thank you

I love it. I would use Freddy as a nickname, though I do like Winnie as well.

I like it but I’m firmly in the non frilly non ‘pretty’ names camp. I think Meredith is slightly similar and less contentious.

Adore it!
Love Winnie as a nickname. 😍

Can't with this one. Nope.

My daughter is at school with a Winnifred, known as Winnie. She is the most beautiful little girl and the name suits her perfectly. I love it!

Ugly. She won’t thank you for it.

Reminds me of my lovely neighbour as a child.

I have a little cousin called Winifred, just lovely

I think winnie is cute

Immediately makes me think of Winifred Sanderson, I love Hocus Pocus but your daughter might not thank you for it.

Honestly? It's awful. Winnie and Freda are ugly names too.

Yes. i like Winifred.
was the most caring and kind respectful nursing asst at UCH, elderly care. she was a star. hope she reads/ hears of this.
i also had a beloved sweet aunt called winifred.

and my partner's mother, who was known as freeda.

go for it. it has a fine pedigree. it is distinguished yet gentle.
and don't decide the nick names for your children. they will emerge organically, or they will choose them. don't take over everything in their lives.
this comment directed at MNers generally re baby names.

Not too keen on Winifred but love Winnie and Freda

Brutal.

Winifred and Winnie are equally dire.

I always think with old names like this you should try introducing yourself to new people as Winifred (or whatever) and see if it feels clunky or awkward. Don't just saddle a kid with it when they're an abstraction; remember they'll be an 18 year old Winifred going off to uni and trying to pull at one point...

Love it. Winnie is so cute.

I think Winnie is lovely too and if it's a boy Winston!

As a child, we had a neighbour Freddie, who was actually Winifred.

I actually like it.

That was my grannies name. She fucking hated it. Insisted on being called by her slightly less hideous middle name.

It’s very old fashioned and as you mentioned the Fred part sounds quite masculine. If you go for Winnie as a nickname I’m sure the theme tune of Winnie the Pooh will be muttered under the breath of nasty little shits in the playground.

I don’t think she’d thank you between them ages of 8 and 80!

I teach a Winnie and at first I associated it with old people but it’s very cute on a small girl. No teasing at all about it.

I love it! DP won’t let me use it though

No, it’s an awful old lady name. Speaking as someone who has an old lady first and middle name, don’t do it. I despair at the current fashion for resurrecting old fashioned names. They go out of fashion for a reason, let them die.

Nope, too old fashioned as a first name. It was my granny's first name (born mid-twenties), but she always went by a nickname that wasn't a short version of Winifred.

I don't mind Freda though.