Posie

[Clarissa76]

When I was little I always planned to call a future daughter Rosalind, Posie for short. Thoughts?

Prefer Rosalie

Rosalind is lovely. I would not want to he known as Posie, but as private family nns anything goes I guess. Outside of the family circle not sure Posie will serve her well. Rosalind has a number of alternative nn options and is a beautiful full name for her to grow with.

Too twee for me. Would only suit the very delicate and ditzy. Would be hard being a strapping rugby playing 30-something called Posie.

Can't stand Rosalind...so frumpy.

Posie is cute for a baby but would sound silly on a grown woman

I've loved the name Posy since I read Ballet Shoes as a child. I wanted three daughters so I could call them Pauline, Petra and Posy.

I don't like Posie though.

And if your surname is Fossil I'd avoid.

Looks a bit drag queen esque. A bit to girlie for a grown woman.

Another who doesn't see how Posie comes from Rosalind.
I mean, you can call your dc whatever you want behind closed doors - in my experience nick names tend to evolve from a situation or a habit or a mispronunciation of something - but I don't think she would thank you for calling her Posie out in front of people.

I think you'd have to introduce her as Posy very early on, as the standard nn for Rosalind seems to be "Roz" - or at least it is for the few I've met. It's the only thing that puts me off the lovely Rosalind as Roz seems such a harsh sounding nn, compared the Shakespearean elegance of the full name imo.

For me Posy seems a bit more of a natural/intuitive nn for Josephine? Although I understand it could be used for floral names too.

Very nice

To me the Rosalind would get Roz for short, which I can't stand. Shame because Rosalind is a pretty name. Not sure how you're getting Posie from it though.

I looked quick and thought it said Postie. I thought you can't call a baby that

Rosalind is a lovely name, and passes my "what if she wants to be prime minister?" test
and cutesy twee family nn s are perfectly acceptable too - she will form her own view as to whether she wants to stick with it for a wider audience as she gets older, and it will be cute when she is little - go for it!

I love Rosalind, but really don't like Posie. If you want a Ballet Shoes name then it's got to be Petrova!

I cannot believe no one has mentioned Bob Mortimer and Taskmaster yet!

Posie is really Twee. As an adult woman would you honestly want your name to be Posie?

As an adult woman would you honestly want your name to be Posie?

Yes but I appreciate that may be because I started liking the name when I was about seven.

I like it but prefer it spelled Posy

Too cutesy doesn't work as an adult in my opinion. Prefer Rosie

I like Rosalind, and Posy is sweet as a little girl’s nn, can’t see why you’d spell it Posie though?

Please ignore the lunatics suggesting you use Posy as a full name.

Rosalind would shorten to Rosie, surely?

I love Posie - unfortunately it now makes me think of some bloke pretending to be a woman.

I like both.

I love Posie but as a nickname for Josephine.