Nancy?..

[babyfish2]

What's your opinion on the name Nancy? I'd like to know if anyone associates it with anything in particular and just a general consensus!

Dislike it, reminds me of the nasty girl from Little house on the prairie.

I know a Nancee. She’s mid 20’s . A lovey girl. Kind, caring and a bloody good worker. She has a bubbly personality, trustworthy. This is how I see Nancy, Nancee.

Conjures the image of a downtrodden cockney woman who has spent time as a prostitute.

Ooh I know a baby Nancy born last week. Lovely

@froggydoggy

Dislike it, reminds me of the nasty girl from Little house on the prairie.

Wasn’t that Nellie?

It's a very popular name for little girls in Wales and I love it. My goddaughter is called Nancy and she is adorable.

Love it - my Grandmother was a Nancy, I only have a DS and my baby days have long gone so I’m thinking I will have to use it for my next female dog as I love it so much!

One of my dsis’s very cool friends, of more than 30 years

Swallows and Amazons - I love it!

My grandmother was an Ann known as Nancy. I really like it.

A "nancy boy" is a weed, drip. (and probably homosexual). it's dated/old slang.

but as a girl name, quite pretty I suppose.

I love it.

But then my eldest DD is Nancy. It has got more popular over the years. She's 8 and we've not come across any in her year group when she was a baby or now with school/groups etc.

But there are a couple now that I know under 2

I love it!

@daisypond Yes! It was Nellie!😂😂 All this time I've been judging the name Nancy without reason!😂

I love the name Nancy, one of my favourites! It reminds me of Nancy Drew and also Nancy from Stranger Things.

I’m in my mid 20s and though I’ve heard the phrase “nancy boy” it’s mainly been from older generations, so I doubt it’ll be an immediate link for your child growing up. I didn’t even connect the two until I saw a comment on this thread.

I think Nancy Drew but that's not a bad thing. No particular negative associations from me. It's a perfectly nice name.

I’m not keen as a I knew an awful one. It does go well with Freddie though.

Brilliant name.

Nancy Blackett, Captain of the Amazon.

Goes really well wit Freddie.

I love it, it's the name that DD (in her 20s now) should have, if only I had managed to convince DH that it didn't remind him of his horrible Aunt.
To be fair DD thinks its bloody awful and she is glad I was forced to compromise.

My daughter (11) is Nancy
Nancy-mae

She loves it and I love people’s reactions to it :)

I really like it! We will use it as a middle name if we have a DD after my grandmother.

When I was younger I never would have used it because of the “Nancy boy” expression but that seems to have fallen out of usage enough that it doesn’t bother me any more.

Goes really well with Freddie too!

Love it. I knew someone called Nancy, we were early 20s, and I, too,thought it was just lovely. She had a sister, Esther, which I love , too.
I do think of Oliver, and I do remember it being used as a slur growing up, but I'd forgotten until now.

I know a 3 year old Nancy and I love it.
I read all the Nancy Drews as a child so that's my only association.

Love it. I think it’s a brilliant name

I associate it with Swallows and Amazons. It's not my favourite name but I like it well enough.