Gigi

[katielou987]

What are your thoughts on the name Gigi for a girl? And if it were to be a nickname which more traditional names could be used as a full name? Thanks x

I used to have a Beanie Baby poodle called Gigi. Personally I don't love it as full name, but could work for any name beginning with G. Georgia/ Georgina/ Georgiana and Giselle from my list seem like Gigi would work best with Gigi, though Gaia is my favourite G name. I'd make sure if you use Gigi as a diminutive that you really like the full name too, as if she ditches Gigi, you're not left with a name you didn't really like in the first place.

No, because of the book, and the film.

Awful as a full name. But passable as a nickname. I like Georgina.

I know of a Gigi. Her actual name is Gabrielle

It makes a lovely diminutive for any long name beginning with a soft 'g'.

Sorry no, it's too often used as a name for prostitutes or strippers on tv etc. just too associated with sleeze

Reminds me of the musical and creepy Maurice Chevalier singing Thank Heaven for Little Girls.

I'm not usually a stickler for longer formal names but Gigi seems a bit too showgirlish to be the official name. Georgina would seem to lend itself well to the Gigi nickname.

Gigi in the book/film was Gilberte, apparently. Lovely in a French accent. Would work for Giselle or Genevieve (a bit).

Virginia? seems a bit dated to me but could maybe could have Gigi as a nickname. But Ginny more likely.

I think Gigi sounds a bit affected tbh

I don’t love it. And hear it pronounced differently- the softer version grates on me even more

I know a Gigi, short for Genevieve. Love it.

Definitely Giselle. Gigi is too cliched.

Not as a full name, it’s fluffy and strlppery at the same time.

Fine as a fun short form, I know a Genevieve who was sometimes GIgi, and I think it’s often Georgina.

Jesus not Giselle

Jizz is not a good sound in a girls name

I knew a Georgia who was Gigi for short.

I love the nickname Gigi but it means ‘penis’ in the language of the country where we live so can’t use it 😞 If I was in another country I would though! As a nn for Genevieve

But Giselle’s not pronounced Jizzelle, (by me, anyway ), it’s more like the Zh sound in Dr. Zhivago - Zhiselle!

No no no
It’s horrible and tacky.

And worse when pronounced with two hard g s . Gigi as in gig.

Do you really think anyone under the age 65 will care about this when the OP’s daughter starts school? Ridiculous.

The full name of the only Gigi I know is Ghislaine. Can't see that being popular.

I know two humans called Gigi; one is Virginia and the other is Brigitte. I do think that it's more of a logical shortening of Georgia/Georgina/Georgeana or perhaps Ginger, as those names have two gs in a row. Or perhaps someone with both the first and middle name, or first and last name, each starting with a G.

Gia is better.

I know a Gigi. Her full name is Ghislaine. She's French Canadian.

No .. it’s a pet’s name . Also awful Vogue Spencer’s daughter is called Gigi .

It's a nickname.