Phoebe sue?

[Babybirdmum]

My mum is called sue so thought that would be a nice middle name, do you think it goes with a Phoebe that’s the first name DH and I have chosen.

It’s lovely ❤️❤️❤️

Phoebe as her first name with Sue as a middle name is ok. Phoebe Sue as a first name is not good and sounds like someone's sneezed!

Susan is much better. Infact why not have it as a first name? You won't hear another in her class.

Really sweet but not babyish - go for it!

Sue as a middle name sounds very 1950s America.

Agree.

Phoebe Susannah is nice with Phoebe as first name and Susannah as middle.

For this reason alone, no.
Phoebe Susan is ok.

@tokesqueen , it's too twee isn't it

@tokesqueen can I ask why that reason would mean no? I'm in my late 40s and still frequently get referred to as cute by friends, family, co-workers etc and I can honestly say it really doesn't bother me one bit. I'm still taken seriously in my job- I'm the CEO. I do have quite a cutesy name by MN standards I suppose but it really hasn't held me back at all. In fact being seen as cute as an adult has its benefits too, you can definitely use it to your advantage rather than view it as a negative.

@nmchg , I know you didn't ask me but generally a name gives an impression and 'cutesy' isn't an impression that gives off CEO vibes.

You might have got to the top with a cutie name but others might, if faced with a choice of George, Olivia, Muhammad, Hannah or Hallie-Rae, subconsciously favour a more established name.

@KirstenBlest Thanks for replying. I can see your point and possibly 10 years ago or so it would've likely been the case. I do think there's so many children nowadays with very cutesy names though. By the time they're in the workplace it'll be all the Alfie/Theo/Hallie/Lily-Rose's etc calling the shots anyway and they probably won't bat an eyelid at any potentially infant-like names.

Probably. I have Ellies, Mollies and Evies at work.
I don't think middle names matter that much, but I have a colleague with a fairly upper class sounding name and it helped him. (Something like Charles Grosvenor Fellowes, and boss assumed links to gentry, but it's just coincidence)

Women are at a disadvantage generally, and there are things like (lack of) looks and height that set you at disadvantage, but I think that an 'unaspirational' name will not help.

I don't really get the need for a 'MN High Court Judge name on BC' but something like Louie-Jay or Kaci-Leigh might best be avoided.

The Alfie/Hallie/Lily-Rose type names aren't ones I particularly like and weren't used in my age group. I just don't like Theo, and Theodore is awful, but I know Leos my age and it's fine. I think it's the 'Th'. I don't like the vowelly names either. DC have names that are quite 'safe' and don't really link them to a particular decade.