Maggie, Oli, Magnolia

[FlyingPeanut]

Been thinking of the name Magnolia for my first girl. I love the shortenings Maggie and Oli. I guess I'm asking when do you decide? Do I use both interchangeably until one feels more right? I'm also horribly aware that Maggie has some less than favorable political history attached to the name. And essentially I'm overthinking everything.
Advice please

Sorry, I think it’s awful. I also personally associate it with being a common shade of paint.

Magnolia?! As in the most joked about boring and bland paint colour of all time?!

Oh just to add, nothing wrong with Maggie. But the only Oli’s i’ve known are male.

Oli is male name and I wouldn’t saddle a child with the name magnolia. If you like the name so much change yours to it

It's a terrible name. Sorry.

Oli is short for Oliver. Maggie is old fashioned but still a lovely name. Magnolia however I will always associate with a paint shade!

It’s awful, sorry. Of all the lovely names out there…..Magnolia? Why?

Maggi is a seasoning sauce! Awful name choice

Noli seems a more natural shortening than Oli, as the sounds are different.. oh but maybe you're pronouncing Oli differently to Olly. Anyway, I also have a soft spot for Marigold.

I love Maggie, but not keen on Magnolia, or on Oli as a nn for a girl.

yes to this 💗

I like magnolia because I think of the tree not the paint. I also like Maggie as I have a lovely friend with this name and it's overridden Maggie T memories (even though she was PM through my formative years till I was 17). I think Noli is a nice nickname. I have an Oli who is a boy and pronounced Ollie. Go for it! Don't let MN put you off!

Or you could even have Lia as a shortening (I know a Lia who pronounces it the same as 'Leah').

For those who think of paint!

I’m very familiar with the plant, doesn’t stop me from thinking it’s a pretty ugly name for a person.

Agree with this. Oli doesn't seem quite the right sound. I do know females with Olly as a shortening for Olivia, although Liv is more common.

Whilst I love Magnolia trees and think that the word looks nice I don't like the way it rolls off the tongue as a name. I think it will come out quite clipped and sound as though you are always reprimanding her. I think Iris or Camellia are lovely.

Yes, people will make the painted walls association. I wouldn't inflict that on a child, sorry.

Do you like Lilac or Florabunda?

Magnolia is the colour of paint used by landlords. The flower is pretty but the name isn't.

I actually like Magnolia. It’s a beautiful flower and I think it sounds nice.

i hate Maggi /Maggie though as it’s a brand of seasoning.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggi

Magnolia is not a name - please don’t inflict this on your child. it looks and sounds ugly and will raise eyebrows.

I think we are well past Maggie only being associated with Thatcher and do think that could be cute .

This seems a bit of a reach. Maggie has been a shortened form of Margaret for centuries. As in the clever and feisty heroine of George Eliot's The Mill on he Floss, Maggie Tulliver, way before the seasoning brand.

I think Magnolia is fine. But Oli doesn’t work. Noli would though, and Maggie is also fine. As for the paint colour, it hasn’t been used as the universal paint colour for decades.

I'm not keen on Magnolia.
Oli is lovely if short for Olive/Olivia.
Maggie is great. would be a lovely shortened name for Margaret (due a comeback before too long). Never mind Thatcher, think Smith,
Gyllenhaal, Wheeler, Atwood...

People will assume Oli is male. Have you considered Olive? Olivia is usually shortened to Liv, Livvie etc

Personally I wouldn’t pick Magnolia as it’s the paint colour considered the most boring. It’s like being called Beige.

Maggie is very cute and her contemporaries won’t have heard of Thatcher. It’s been so long I think Smith and Gyllenhaal ahead of Thatcher and I was around in the 80s.