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Millicent - too old fashioned, or come full circle?

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JumeirahJane · 14/07/2009 11:03

Trying to avoid the top 100 names - Millicent for a little girl, but shorten to the better-known Millie for everyday?

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ihavenosecrets · 14/07/2009 11:14

Lovely.

suwoo · 14/07/2009 11:19

Its my niece's name, she is 9.

Millie is always described on MN as one of the most popular girls names around.

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tummytickler · 14/07/2009 12:29

Oh - I lurve Mildred, but dont like nn Millie - which is what puts us off!

JJ - I love Millicent, it is lovely.

ZacharyQuack · 14/07/2009 12:30

Millicent is so pretty.

TheTeaThings · 14/07/2009 13:34

I smile every time I hear this name

thirtysomething · 14/07/2009 13:52

great name but will always be shortened to Millie so you'll only get Millicent on official documents, school registers etc- if you're ok with this go for it!!

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JumeirahJane · 14/07/2009 14:00

thanks all

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Gateau · 14/07/2009 15:49

Millicent - very pretty. But I don't like Millie.
Mildred? No!! Not when it conjures up images of randy Mildred Roper!

castille · 14/07/2009 15:56

Oh I love Millicent
DH wouldn't have it and it sounds silly with our surname but it's a secret love of mine

Raahh · 14/07/2009 16:14

I have a Millicent (mn Elizabeth)- she is 3 in August. We call her Millie most of the time, but I love her full name. I don't mind Millie being popular- not that i have actually come across another near here. lots of Maisies and Mollys though...

paisleyleaf · 14/07/2009 16:16

I can't not think of Millicent Bystander now
(Flushed Away)

Raahh · 14/07/2009 16:17

Rofl- Flushed Away is ds's favourite film- he loves the Millicent Bystander bit!!

paisleyleaf · 14/07/2009 16:20

"You look pretty ridiculous now Millicent"!

Raahh · 14/07/2009 16:22

pmsl- it's one of the few kids films i can watch over and over- alot of it goes over ds's head....

jellybeans · 14/07/2009 16:25

I really don't like it, far far too old lady. I feel may get teased as the kids with old fashioned names often do at secondary. Stick with just Millie.

paisleyleaf · 14/07/2009 16:29

ikwym Raahh, me and DH love it

sockmonkey · 14/07/2009 16:40

I thought of Millicent Bystander too. Love that film.

nickelbabe · 14/07/2009 16:57

is it pronounced Millicent or millicent?

I never knew, but i always said millicent margaret amanda when talking about millymollymandy

lou031205 · 14/07/2009 17:19

DD1 is Millicent. She is 3.6, and we use Millie as a NN. (Millicent)

Raahh · 14/07/2009 17:24

Nickelbabe- you have me thinking now- I think (just to be awkward), I put equal stress on each syllable Mill-i-cent. But I am confusing myself thinking about it.
DH says it pronounced Mon-ster

sophiesmummie · 14/07/2009 17:51

Anything Milli- just makes me think 'thousand' - millipede, millimetre, etc.

And adding Cent (hundred) makes it an even stranger combination imo: "Thousand hundred"???

Maybe I just had too much Latin in school .

Thandeka · 14/07/2009 18:01

I think of Millicent bystander too- best film ever!

Scorpette · 14/07/2009 18:02

tummytickler - If you like Mildred, my DP has a Great Aunt Mildy (pron. Mill-dy), short for Mildred. Think Mildy is sweet and not the now-v-popular Millie.

Milliecent is lovely - but everyone will call her Millie (it's popular for a reason though - it's sweet!).

tummytickler · 14/07/2009 19:40

Scopette - thats interesting - our other name is Hilda as dh likes nn Hildy so i reckon that Mildy might win him over (I can ignore the slight mildewiness about it!)