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 😊

So if you like Vinnie go for it xx

I know a female Vinnie in her 40s, I like it!

Genevieve nn Vinnie would work well, it would give your daughter choices when she's older. It's good to have choices.

Bertie, Vinnie...

NEVER see anyone say, ‘I’ve always loved girl names for boys’.

Vinnie, no matter how much anyone says is an old English girl name, is a masculine name and a fairly harsh masculine name at that. I honestly would change my name and question if my parents had wanted a boy if I had been called that.

Calling her Vinnie is bad enough but giving that as her only choice for a name is mean.

Vinnie i would assume was a boy.. Emma isn't the right name for you. Look for another

Noooo

NO!!

I knew a wonderful Verinia once, I've never met another

I have a friend called Vinita, nickname Vinnie.

I would have thought that if Winnie was out because it's already used by family, then Vinnie is too close to that anyway. Especially if the only name and not just a nickname

Nothing wrong with it as a nick name, but give her a female name.

My parents did similar and I changed to my longer name when I was a bit older. Choice is good.

Sylvine is a pretty French name meaning forest. Vivienne is lovely. Genevieve feels a bit too different to Vinnie and not a natural nickname although it is lovely. If she craves a classically feminine name, she would have one. If not, she could stick with Vinnie, which she may love anyway.

I think Vinnie on its own is very limiting for either boy or girl.
I think cutsey nicknames are great as small children but as an adult it's important to have a more formal name to fall back on, on the birth certificate.
I know in the UK nicknames are very popular and common so maybe I just don't get the culture though!

I would use Lavinia and nickname Vinnie 😊.