Vinnie for a girl

[Bettieboogie]

So me and my partner both absolutely love the name Vinnie. Originally we were both dead cert if we was having a boy we would call them vincent. But when we found out we were having a girl we settled on the name emma but neither of us was really that in love with it. A month or so ago my other half turned round and said what about Vinnie for a girl. We both agreed we liked it so much more than Emma but I can't decide whether to just go for it and call her Vinnie or whether to give her a more 'formal' name on her birth cert.
I've been trawling the net, neither of us like lavinia, lavina, lovina, alvina, elvina, davina. I quite like vivenne but he doesn't.

Any other suggestions and thoughts on Vinnie in its own right welcome 😊

What about Vivienne?

I love the name Vinnie but she will be assumed to be male on any paperwork she fills in.

I have the male spelling of a name which is meant to be for both sexes and people always think I'm a man due to my line of work.

It's not a problem really though...in fact I've often considered it a blessing.

Be prepared to have a lot of faces though when you tell people her name.

Also, there are a LOT of lovely names for girls out there. Rather than trying to make the male name you like fit a girl, why not save it in case you have a boy?

Stop looking at V names maybe? Look at some of the lovely Welsh names? Arwen? Or Bronwen or similar.

@latheritup
I like vivenne, he doesn't. But I could possibly win. Baby would likely always be called Vinnie though especially by daddy.

@FortunesFave

This is baby number 3. Fairly sure she will be the last.
Baby will have very irish middle names and surname so looking for something more blunt to balance it out. I already have a Fred and a Faye and avoiding all F names at all costs after double initialling the first two unintentionally.
I also like names that can't be played with since people have always automatically shortened my name and I really dislike it 🙈

I am a sucker for traditionally masculine names being used for baby girls, ie; Frankie, Billie, Peta, James, Wren & Hunter. So, I am in love with Vinnie for a girl!
I think, if both you and your partner love Vinnie as is, you should just go with it!
But, if you are looking for a longer name you could go with Veronica (my nana's name is Veronica and Vinnie was a nickname of hers as a girl), Lavinia (one of my all time name crushes!), Lavindar (I have seen it spelt like this) Vina, Bevin/Bevinne, Devin, Edvina, Fevin, Glorvina, Havin, Irvinna, Jovina, Mavin, Mavis, Silvinia & Virginia xx

@maddsclairelouise
I have not seen Vina. Thats such a pretty name.
My nana is also Veronica although she's always gone by Vee as her nickname. Didn't even occur to me Vinnie could be associated with it.

Love it... Virginia?

Emma is sooo boring

[quote Bettieboogie]@latheritup
I like vivenne, he doesn't. But I could possibly win. Baby would likely always be called Vinnie though especially by daddy.[/quote]
If you would never use the name Vivienne what does it matter if your husband does not like it? Register her as Vivienne but make it known she is to be called Vinnie. It literally makes no difference to his life but makes a massive difference to your daughters, it gives her choice of what she is called and how she chooses to address herself in later life.

Oh what about Elva?

I don't think Vina is pretty at all. It's also one of those names which cruel kids will tease about "Vina Vagina" sort of thing.

People won't know how to say it....'Veena" or "Vyna". It's hard to guess.

@ZaraCarmichaelshighheels
Purely for the fact that I wouldn't want to give her a name her dad really dislikes. I was brought up using my dads surname but have my mother's on my birth cert. I have to use my mums surname for all mt banking and work even though i was educated and raised with my dads. So she will inevitably have to use vivenne if its on her birth cert

@FortunesFavemoo

Valid point. I discounted the name Orla despite really loving it as its too close to the world oral and boys in particular are cruel in secondary school.

@Edgeoftheledge
Emma is very safe, neither of us loved it but it was the only name we agreed on. I've seen it everywhere since and now I've gone right off it.

What about Vanya? Same letters

@Bettieboogie I'm glad you like Vina, I think it's pretty also.
So cool that our nana's have the same name! I don't think Vinnie is typically associated with Veronica, usually its Ronnie!
Please let me know what you decide!

I would chose Vivienne or Winnie - giving a little girl a well-known boy's name as her full name might upset her when she's bigger, would be nice for her to have a full name she can use just incase she doesn't like to use Vinnie with friends or colleagues or whatever. But as a nickname it is cute.

You could even use something like Sylvie or Jovie and have Vinnie as a nickname

I'm conflicted I like Vinnie but I agree with above about choosing a longer name for them to choose from. Also no-one might have thought of this yet but she might not even like your name you have chosen, also she hasn't been born yet, my best advice would be to wait till she is born then if she is a Vinnie you would know when she is born

I'm in Australia but have a lovely (female) friend who gets Vinnie and Vin. Her long full name is of Indian background but she always introduces herself as Vinnie and I imagine most people think that's her full name. She is beautiful, intelligent and quick witted, so I have such warm feelings for the name. I don't think it's too masculine sounding at all. Go for it.

I think calling a girl Vinnie is terrible. Trying to come up with a longer name you don't even like just to make it fit is even worse.

My DD is called Hattie all the time. However her name on all legal documents is Harriet. Her dad didn't like Hattie as a stand alone name so we compromised. I don't dislike Harriet it has grown on me but Hattie just sounds nicer to me. If you think the Vivienne/vinnie compromise would work go for it! No one needs to know her full name and having it to fall back on when they are naughty helps too

No

Vanessa?

Genevieve. Then nn Vinnie

I like Vinnie. Nn might be best though. Genevieve is great or any V name, say Valentina