Millicent - too old fashioned, or come full circle?

[JumeirahJane]

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

[mrsradders]

i love millicent and had it on my list but DH said no

[violethill]

Millicent is lovely. Not keen on Millie though

[expatinscotland]

It always makes me think of that prize cow made up to be the female paragon of virture by that misogynist bastard Henry James.

So he ruined that name for me.

Plus I knew a gal called Penny, real name Millicent, and she was a royal bitch who thought she could sleep with my ex h even though she was so old I-don't-think-so-you-pathetic-slag-trying-to-pull-married-men.

No, don't name your daughter this.

[RachieB]

lol sophiesmummie!

I know a baby Millicent (Millie)
Don't like it myself

[Gateau]

I like it but Dh says it reminds him of Millitant - the big, aggressive, dungaree-wearing lesbian who used to appear in the Viz comic.

[tummytickler]

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!)

[Scorpette]

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!).

[Thandeka]

I think of Millicent bystander too- best film ever!

[sophiesmummie]

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 .

[Raahh]

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

[lou031205]

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

[nickelbabe]

is it pronounced Millicent or millicent?

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

[sockmonkey]

I thought of Millicent Bystander too. Love that film.

[paisleyleaf]

ikwym Raahh, me and DH love it

[jellybeans]

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.

[Raahh]

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

[paisleyleaf]

"You look pretty ridiculous now Millicent"!

[Raahh]

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

[paisleyleaf]

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

[Raahh]

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...

[castille]

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

[Gateau]

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

[JumeirahJane]

thanks all

[thirtysomething]

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!!

[TheTeaThings]

I smile every time I hear this name