Bree

[hazeleyes94]

Could you comment on Bree for a girl, please? Just Bree, as a full name.

Does it sound contemporary enough or a bit dated? Husband and I seem to always go for names that are a bit past the current fashion, but we don't really mind so much. I'm just a bit curious because its sound fits better into the late 90s or early 00s, I guess, when Brittany, Brianna, Brooke, Bryony and Bethany were popular.

Others on our list are Angel, Annabelle (decided Annabell won't work), Sophie, Chloe, Jenna, Jolie but might take Jolie off due to being too associated with the actress (thanks for suggesting Joely but I don't really like how it looks).

Bree is lovely.
But I would consider Gabriella or Brianna as the full nane. It's more rounded and elegant.

And please don't go with Angel. That's an adult entertainer type of name if there ever was one. Just awful.

A bit cheesy ;)

I really dislike it but it's because I instantly think Brie. I don't find it a pretty name at all. That's just me though!

It's a bit cheesy

Bree was a horse…a male horse.

it’s also pronounced the same way as a cheese..

I’d only think of cheese. And very American

I know a Sabrina who uses Bree as a diminutive, which is nice, wouldn't use Bree as the proper name though

Everyone will think it's cheese.

Bree!!! Brilliant. Just needs a brother called Crackers and you've got a post dinner snack all sorted.

I have never heard of a person called Bree.
I would think of the horse in The Horse and His Boy who is called Bree.
It's ok. It wouldn't make me think of the cheese particularly because it's spelt differently and kind of looks like a name even though I've not come across it before.
It doesn't feel as dated as Brianna and names like that which feel very old and not very nice.

Not a choice I would make. Open invitation to unkind comments or worse at school.

The Brees I know are two older ish Irish women with full name Bridget. I like Bridget and think Bree is a nice diminutive. The women are both absolute joys, so good association for me. Certainly inoffensive and sets tone of fun and positivity. It’s a happy sort of name.

I immediately thought "that's a horse name".

Not keen tbh. As a human name it looks like it should be short for something, I think most of those odd (to my eyes/ears) WASP short names are really nicknames originally.

Much prefer Annabel, Jenna or Sophie.
Bree nms but I like Gabriela so if you use Bree it coukd be 'short' for gabriela

Love Bree. Also like Chloe. I like Annabel but not Annabelle

Never heard of it before but instantly thought of the cheese with an incorrect spelling.

Cheese

love Jenna and Annabel

The cheese doesn't have two syllables.

What will you call her siblings? Cheddar and Stilton?

You can’t call your dd a type of cheese as a full name. If you want to call her Bree please give her a full name where you can nn her Bree if you must but she has options as she grows to be called other things.

also if you like Jolie but don’t like the association with Angelina Jolie may I suggest Jovie to you? Similar sound so you might like it but no association with the actress :) @hazeleyes94

I knew a Bree, she got absolutely ripped for it all the time, cheese jokes all round.

She was also a horrible self-absorbed bitch, but that was probably unrelated to her name tbf.

I quite like the sound, but the obvious connection is cheese.

Not a fan of diminutives as birth certificate names full stop TBH. My unpopular opinion is that kids should be left with some choice of how they want to be known as adults - e.g. Lottie or Charlotte.

We knew of a child called Bree in about 1995 and we nodded and smiled.

I like the idea of Sabrina or Gabriella with Bree as a nn. But the sad truth is that parents don't chose nicknames that endure beyond close family.

Angel always makes me think of Angel Clare in Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I now a female Angel but she is the antithesis of the name.

Cleo, perhaps more contemporary than Chloe. I like Sophie but perhaps a bit dated. Hebe?

Cheese!
it is a lovely name, but it is a cheese!

Jenna is lovely.
how about Phoebe?