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 😊

I really don't understand the trend for giving girls boys names. It feels like we are saying they should aspire to be more male. Being feminine/female is not enough.

That aside, Vinnie seems more like a NN than a given name. So picking a full name which can accommodate it would be preferable. Lavina, Davina and Lavinia are options.

Vinnie is bloody awful for a boy never mind a girl!
But Vincenza could work?

I have a female Vinnie ancestor from 1800s in my family tree!

How about Verienne?

How about the spelling "Vivien" like Vivien Leigh?

All I can think of is Vinnie Jones and thuggery. It’s associated with overtly masculine violence in my subconscious so I couldn’t use it for either sex. Without that connotation it’s a cute nn. But I can’t get rid of the association.

Please don't call your daughter Vinnie. She'll resent you for it when she grows up

I had an Aunty Vin, short for Lavinia.

If you and your dp like the name then go for it.

I don't like the name much for boy or girl but if you really like it then you must give her a proper name on her birth certificate. Either Lavinia or Davinia would would ok.

It's amazing how many people have automatically said Vinnie is a boys name. When it is an old english girls name in its own right, even though it is old and barely used. I suppose that is food for thought.

I've also found myself feeling quite defensive reading some of the comments which has only made me realise more that I really love the name.

One suggestion is winnie which i absolutely love but we cant use as someone else has.

Winnie the witch

Be glad you can't have it.

Winnie nickname Vinnie? Are you serious?

@CodenameVillanelle

Someone suggested using winnie instead. No idea where you got winnie with vinnie as a nickname from.

I love it! I know a Vinni in her 50s, Viviane on her birth certificate but always been called Vinni.

@Bettieboogie our little friends girl has the nickname vinnie we all call her it, so adorable!! Her real name is violet xx

@Bettieboogie her middle name is also whinifred!

Ginnie is close and doesn’t make me think of Vinnie Jones!

Or the Gaelic Mhairi, which is pronounced Varrie...

@AnxiousAnnie86 violet whinifred is adorable 😍
My eldest is called Fred. Baby will have the names Mary ann as her middle names in honor of her great grandma and a very irish surname. Been trying to steer away from overly frilly names for this reason but also love having a more blunt name prior to such irish names as it seems to balance them out

@pantherrose

Both beautiful names, but Ginnie just makes me think of gin..... Maybe that's my lack of 😂 avoiding heavily irish names for her forename as her middle names and surname are very irish :)

What about Vanessa?

Virginia could be a Vinnie

I love Vinnie for a girl! I say go for it! Sod thinking of a longer name to put on the birth certificate, sod people assuming she’s male (the way things are going, nobody will be able to assume anything by the time she’s old enough for that to matter!) and really???

“Mr such and such???”
“It’s miss, I’m female”
“Oh ok how unusual, great”

Does it matter???

Call her vinnie!

What about Devoney? I have a friend named this and I love it. Her nick name is Dev but Vinnie works too!

@Bettieboogie what about Ava, I also love Max for a girl, Noah, Jessie, Ida