Fanny for a girl?

[LemonZebras]

Hi everyone,

I’m expecting a baby girl. My husband is French and is insistent that he wants to name our daughter after his aunt who raised him - Fanny! It’s a common French name, but the baby will be born and raised in the UK.

Am I unreasonable to say no and to worry that she would be bullied or made fun of? My husband thinks I’m overreacting and that the slang word is barely used nowadays and that not many people know of it.

I will be showing him this thread with the different responses.

Thank you

Just No!

You absolutely cannot call your child Fanny if they’re going to live in the uk.

Inspired from watching Fanny do her fabulous ski-ing on the Winter Olympics?

Definitely not!! Kids are mean and teenage girls can be super bitchy. I wouldn’t even use it as a middle name op.

No, please don’t!!!!

Oh you can't call your little girl that..she will definitely suffer because of it. That's cruel.

Just No. Not fair on child.

No!

can you do Francesca or Francis type instead?

No
no
and no again

Stand firm op.
Congratulations, wishing you a safe and speedy delivery. 🎀

(edited but apologise, I know it’s sensitive for some people, even though it’s personal experience)

Nope. Frances. Insist on it.

Stop it.

Just no. Obviously no.

A girl I knew was called Candida. Bad enough.

Poor kid...

I wouldn’t. Fran is fine.

No.

You absolutely can’t call your daughter Fanny. Poor child!!!

Definitely not. There is a reason the Fanny in Enid Blyton books was renamed

Come on, you know it's a ridiculous idea. You CANNOT name her that. It's in frequent use and has a single, very clear meaning. Plus it's extremely unattractive as a girl's name.

Oh good no, in Scotland that really means ‘Cunt’! You can’t call a child that!

Another very strong no! But if very important to him, can you choose a related name (Frances, Francesca, Fantine) or aunt’s middle name? Only if you also like those names of course.

Absolutely not. Plus it also means bum in the US, doesn’t it?

No! No! No! That's child cruelty! Poor little girl! 😭

Absolutely not. I actually think it's a a lovely name but you just cannot separate it from various slang uses that are not flattering to a little girl. It can variously mean: female genitalia in UK as a whole; a silly person in parts of UK; a bottom in US English.

Absolutely not.

No, it's a very common slang word for vagina.

You mustn't call a baby Vagina no matter who raised you. Maybe Aunt Fanny has a middle name?