Posy - what does it say to you?

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I think it's so sweet but would it suit an adult? Is it horrendous and am I delusional??

Ballet Shoes (book not film natch )

A good name I think, yes.

I absolutely love it. I really, really wanted Posey (with an "e" like in "Ballet Shoes") for dd2 but dp was dead set against it. I ended up with a Daisy instead.

Lovely for a baby and a little girl - but it fails my "kick-ass lawyer' test, I'm afraid.

I always thought the Ballet Shoes girl was spelled Posy!

Eek. Plaits, rosy cheeks, 10 years old. Not good on an adult I'd say. Sorry.

Oh I may be wrong then Seeker - an "e" is how I remember it but that doesn't mean much these days! It is scary how little I DO seem to remember sometimes!

I thought Ballet Shoes then but if you like it, why not?

I am sorry. I do not like it that much. Bit of a drip

Yep - you are right! Oh well, MY Posey would have had an "e" anyway!!

I think it's quite nice. It does make me think of The Flumps but then I'm quite old and no-one will remember them when your DC is grown up.
Just so long as you don't call any subsequent DC Pootle and Perkin.

What about names that could be shortened to Posy? Any ideas? I can only think of Rosie and that's not very kick-ass lawyer either...

LOVE The Flumps too! I have mentioned on here before that when dd2 was about three she was convinced she was a Flump!

Posy Simmonds. A really good illustrator. Her name is actually Rosemary.

I love Posy Simmonds!!

DDs middle name is Posie

sorry, obviously I think it's a gorgeous name!!!

Ballet Shoes. Wasn't the nanny quite sniffy about it?

A five-year-old who cries when she gets splashed by naughty boys playing in a puddle.

Sorry.

I don't think of it as a name at all I'm afraid, but a description of a bunch of flowers. I'm not all that keen on it even as a nickname for a little girl. It just seems a bit twee to me. Sorry!

Think Posy is officially short for Josephine.

I quite like Posy - no drippier than Poppy or similar names imho.

Someone who poses a lot?

ooh you must have three and call them posy, pootle and perkin. thats my plan (hi madame!)

whoops, mint choc - i didnt read yours first! i love the flumps and grampa's flumpet.

A bunch of flowers

Makes me think of Gum's note, delivered with Posy because he was too scared to face Nana:

"...Her name is Posy. Unfortunate but true."

(or something v similar.)

Petrova is a much better name!