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Jeannie

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nameofafriend · 08/08/2009 23:26

Dp is set on this, but I really am not keen. I may give in and have Jean as a middle name.
What do you think?

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Paolosgirl · 08/08/2009 23:31

Oh no. Oh no no no. Do you leave in Scotland? If not, then come up and you'll see that every family (well, not every!) has a Great Aunt Jeannie who is about 83 and usually found pulling a shopping trolley home from the Coappie with her messages.

Paolosgirl · 08/08/2009 23:31

live in Scotland

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nameofafriend · 08/08/2009 23:34

No we don't.
I suppose it makes sense as a proper name if you're Scottish.

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dizzydixies · 08/08/2009 23:34

Jean is nice and nn Jeannie?

pondergarden · 09/08/2009 00:13

I like Jean.
Jeannie is a bit chavvy.

Joanie on the other hand, is cool!

pondergarden · 09/08/2009 00:15

disclaimer
Jeannie is chavvy unless you're a Scottish person
I knew of two really rough ones growing up and another recently named baby from a rough family. Sorry.

undergrowth · 09/08/2009 05:32

I think this spelling with two 'n' is awful and made up and creative. Looks better with one 'n'.
I don't like it. It looks like a nickname.

tummytickler · 09/08/2009 09:02

I love Jean. Jean and Joan are high on our list for dc5. if you dont like it then dont use it though. i could never use a name that i didn't love.

pasturesnew · 09/08/2009 09:05

I dream of it

bellissima · 09/08/2009 09:24

Problem with Jean is that it is John in French. Thus the hotel/resort/mini club will assume you are arriving with a boy (as when you tell them you have a 'Nicola'). Not that it necessarily matters. After all they then go and have Jean-Marie! Think Jean (girl) is Jeanne - but then other folk here apparently think that's chavvy.

Oh but (recent threads) there WAS a French Balthazar in the mini club last week. Along with a Theo (and Lucie/Emilie/Chloe) - similar name thoughts transcend borders...

mrswoolf · 09/08/2009 15:37

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dizzydixies · 09/08/2009 19:48

what about Eugenie nn Gene?

MaggieBelleVirgo · 09/08/2009 21:37

I don't live in scotland but I really like it.

I like dizzy's suggestion of jeannie as a nn for Eugenie. Lovely. Bit different without trying too hard.

MaggieBelleVirgo · 09/08/2009 21:39

Jeannie is chavvy???????????????????????

Huh? I don't understand the connection to Scotland, and I've never met a Jeannie. How can Joanie be OK but Jeannie not ok.

explain this please!

deste · 09/08/2009 21:44

I had an aunty Jeannie (Scottish) and she was short and fat. Dont name it Jeannie.

MaggieBelleVirgo · 09/08/2009 21:45

Why are lots of scottish people called jeannie?

hilarybucket · 09/08/2009 22:28

I have a middle aged Scottish aunt Jeanie, her real name is Jean.
It's an awful name. It's like that naffo I Dream of Jeannie series, after the film (I dream of Jeanie) but they messed with the spelling typically.

alittleteapot · 11/08/2009 19:15

I think Jeannie is lovely

IDreamOfJeannie · 11/08/2009 19:24

Great name

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