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 😊

[quote Bettieboogie]@FamilyOfAliens
I think if anything this post is swaying me to just throw caution to the wind. The idea of a more formal name mostly comes from wanting to please older relatives[/quote]
Great! I would never ask random strangers on here what they think about name choices anyway - the range of opinions is too broad to help make a decision and you could end up being swayed by people whose opinion you’d never ask in a million years if you met them irl.

Fine if you’re asking whether to paint your bathroom grey. A bit more important when giving a child a name they have to live with for the rest of their life!

@FamilyOfAliens
I completely agree with your point about asking strangers but I kind of wanted to know how I would feel after negative responses to the name as well as good. Best to see how I feel now as opposed to after I've given her the name. I still love it even after the negatives 😊

Vinnie, I like it a lot! I’d definitely put something else on the birth cert though; I like the suggestions of Vivienne/Vivian, Genevieve, Vina etc. Violet? Sylvie? Avis?
Emma is nice but so overused. A friend of mine had an Emma and she did tell me once that she often wonders if they should’ve gone for something else but it was all they could agree on. I have 4 DC and DH and I both agree the more unusual names are ones that have most stood the test of time with us and we still love them so much. The ‘safer’ names I still love because they belong to my DC but they don’t light me up in the same way.

Vinnie makes me think of a Mafioso - sorry, but it does.

However, if you already have a Winnie in the family, hence you're avoiding it, isn't Vinnie too close anyway? In some accents, 'V' and 'W' frequently get linguistically confused so they sound the same; but even if that's not the case for anybody in your family, they do sound deliberately matchy.

I have a female family member named Vina and it's always been pronounced vee-na never vy-na. You could spell it Vena maybe?
Love it

I agree with you about asking strangers, though, OP. Friends and family won't want to rock the boat, so they'll just say what you want to hear. Loyal of them, but not representative of how well your child's name will be received in the real world. It shouldn't matter, but most people wouldn't want others laughing at them behind their back because their parents gave them what could be perceived as an unfortunate name (not necessarily saying that's the case for Vinnie).

Vinlandia?! Or Yvonne, known as Vonnie?

If you think she could carry it off (and Rising Damp was a very long time ago, now), how about full name Vienna?! Personally, I think that's on the funky side of the 'normal' line rather than the wacky side!

Veena is a common Asian name, although you might get some bullies changing it to Wiener, which, ironically, they probably wouldn't with Vienna (even though it literally means 'from Vienna')!

I quite like Vinnie, it's not something I'd have ever thought of but it sounds quite cool. Winnie just reminds me of Winnie the Pooh lol.

I think it could just about pass for a full name, or it could be a nickname for any V name really as its quite a rare letter to start a name with.

Veena is nice, quite a common Indian name
Vanessa
Viola
Violet
Vivienne is lovely although I can see that's already been vetoed
Vienna

Vinnie as a given name is too harsh and masculine sounding to me (It reminds me of stereotypical Italian American mobsters!). Another name on the BC would give her more options if she dislikes Vinnie when older. Any other feminine name with a strong "V" sound would work imo, like pp suggestions of - Vincenza, Vincentia, Vivien, Virginia, Valentina, Veronica, Vanessa, Evelina or Genevieve could all work for "Vinnie".

I would either go for Vinni, as that looks more feminine, and is actually the version that means elf or magical friend, so goes better with Faye.

Or I would to with Vivienne, I have known a couple of very cool families with a Vivienne nickname Vivi over the last 10 years, but Vinnie would work too.

Don't go with Emma. You don't love it and it's dull.

@Bettieboogie I don't think people would assume boy from Vinni! How cute that it comes from elf or magical friend!!!!! Perfect with Faye! X

My daughter has a day to day name and a BC name and I am glad she does as her day to day name isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (Effie) and she has her BC name to fall back on if she doesn’t like it when she grows up, plus I feel it looks more formal for things like job interviews.
I think Vinnie is a very strong name and although you clearly love I do agree it’s a good idea to give her a BC name so she has options.

@CodenameVillanelle

Winnie nickname Vinnie? Are you serious?

Also have a daughter with a long foreign birth certificate name that is never used. We announced as full name (nickname in brackets) and no one has called her the full name. We only ever come across the full name at medical appointments. They asked how it's pronounced and we say 'we call her nickname'. School have her nickname down for everything. I've no regrets, I like she has the less cutesy full name for adult work email address etc or if she fancies a different nickname later.

Oh, I LOVE Genevieve! Would never have thought of Vinnie as a nn for that, but it works really well.

I think all the below could have Vinnie as a NN?

Alvena
Davina
Lavinia
Vivian
Vincentia
Vinette

How about Venetia, nickname Vinnie?

I could see it as nicknames for things like Vincia, Vinia, Vina - though only if you don't want to use Vincent in the future.

Nope! Vinnie Jones?!

I would definitely put something else on the birth certificate. Vinnie is quite a popular boys name at the moment and I don’t think a girl would appreciate having that as her only option.

I'm sorry no - it's awful as a name on it's own for a girl. A nickname absolutely, Genevieve is lovely!

Love Vinnie as a nn but agree she needs a proper name.

Really like Vivienne - I think it’s v energetic. Genevieve also a good idea above. I like Virginia also (but if you are worried about Orla/Oral I am guessing you won’t!)

Awful name and it's for a male! Vinnie Jones??

I think Vinnie is lovely!

But I have to say I would give her a full name on the birth cert - Vivienne has a real energy (makes me think of vivacious and vivid), but you could use Vincenza (there's a Catholic name for you) or Veronica or any V name you like TBH. Gwendoline or Winnifred would also work I think.

I think the problem with Vinnie as a full name especially for a girl, she might grow up to want to be able to use a recognisably female name or a more formal name, so it would be for her to be able to choose when she's a grown up.

I would in a pretty informal industry, but it's very client based, and there are times it's useful to use my full name with more formal people.

I've never heard of Vinnie as an old English girl's name and slightly doubt it (they write a load of rubbish on baby name sites).

Or there is Oona as well as Orla...

We have a Bertie .. we named bump and decided early on loved it for boy or girl.

Got convinced right near the end to give her a ‘girl’ name on birth certificate so she is Beatrix known as Bertie.

Still wish we had stick with Bertie as no one calls her Beatrix and she adamantly tells everyone she is Bertie 🥰