Stevie for a girl??

[angiec89]

I have two DCs called Louis and Robyn. My husband is a Robert Louis Stevenson lover (though the names of our DCs are coincidental) and he thinks it would be funny to name our DD (due in November!) Stevie as a funny little homage to his favourite author.
While I have names I prefer, Stevie is growing on me but I don't know how common it is as a girls' name and I don't want her to be bullied.
Also is it ridiculous to have our three children be called Robyn, Louis and Stevie? Seems a bit obvious, so I'm not sure. But since Louis is the eldest they've always been Louis and Robyn rather than Robyn and Louis.

Would love some advice!

I don't think unisex names are a bad thing, people don't really care do they?
I know many Sam's/Sammy's, some of them christened Sam, not a shortened version of Samantha or Samuel. None of them that I know of have ever been picked on because of their name 🤷🏻‍♀️
I love Stevie btw, it's a cool name 😊

As opposed to an old baby 😂😂

I've only known female Stevies. One is 40 the other is 6.

If you like it just use that.

The name on my birth certificate is different to what my parents called me. When dealing with anything official ie doctors / hospital / HMRC I hate.

Loads of drugs in private schools too. Along with all the posh teasing.

Stevie is cute op. Go for it.

From my experience at working in various schools private schools have just as much if not more bullying than state schools. Not necessarily violence but bitchy comments and being judgemental.

Awesome feminist poet Stevie Smith-was on English GCSE curriculum a few years ago.

@I don't think unisex names are a bad thing, people don't really care do they?"

Why don't people ever call boys by girl's names?

Me too

Stevie Nicks is my queen, I wanted Stevie for DD2 but OH completely vetoed it 😄

I don't like it.

With that said i've only heard the name in the US.

Stevie Smith's name was Florence.

It's awful

Love the name Stevie.
maybe with the middle name Lana or Faye

Horrible

It's a great name for a girl. Love it.

The poet Stevie Smith is from Hull.

@DottyLottieLou "It's a great name for a girl. Love it."

Why is it great to give girls boy's names?

I'm a huge stevie nicks fan so i wanted to use it for DD but I chickened out.
I think unless youre upper middle class it can sound a bit blokey and rough geezer vibes, rather than the boho, floaty, cool girl vibes that I envision from the name (and we're firmly working class living on a council estate!) And I don't like Stephanie as the long name as they would enevitably be Steph rather than Stevie.
So I'm glad I didn't use it although I do like it.

Although I did think if I used Stevie and they wanted a more feminine or less unusual name when they were older, they could always use the nickname Eve/Evie which is obviously a super popular/common name at the moment.

Love the name Stevie!

Not much of a fan of Stephanie so for me just Stevie on the Birth Cert!!

BTW I have a child whose name is more associated with the opposite sex if the person is over 40! Really suits them and they have never been bullied for their name - so go for Stevie!

Go for it it's a lovely name. One of the female characters in Schitts Creek (my favourite show) is called Stevie.

My dad wanted to name me Stevie (after Nicks) but my mum though I'd be picked on (it was the early 80s). So I'm Stephanie (her real name).

Kind of wish my dad had stuck to his guns, it's a cool name!

Stevie is not that uncommon for a girl. Yes, it is usually a nickname, but why on earth would she be called Steve? I don't live in the UK, but it wouldn't raise an eyebrow here.

I have a boy's name, although it was a common name for girls in the Middle Ages apparently. I like it, and it's never bothered me. Other than one or two people thinking I was a man based on correspondence from me no-one ever comments on it.

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