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Pixie

23 replies

passionberry · 28/03/2010 18:24

Is Pixie a ridiculous middle name? Or cute? First name will be sensible!

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DinahRod · 28/03/2010 18:24

Fine as a mn.

differentID · 28/03/2010 18:24

Pixie is just ridiculous. Sorry.

Merle · 28/03/2010 18:26

Lovely as a nickname. Silly as a given name. Yes it is cute but if I has a daughter I'd want her to aspire to other things, as well as being cute.

youremindmeofthebabe · 28/03/2010 18:26

ok as a MN, but you just know the child will end up most un-pixie like in stature and appearance, because that is murphys law.

Maggie00 · 28/03/2010 19:18

I like it as a middle name. Middle names aren't that important imo. Well, not as important. I wouldn't think it was great as a first name.

logi · 28/03/2010 19:51

i like it as a first name.

CinderellaRach · 28/03/2010 19:54

What about Fifi?Seems similar but easier to 'get away with'...

lottiejenkins · 28/03/2010 19:54

Reminds me of Pixie Geldof sorry!!

NorbertDentressangle · 28/03/2010 20:00

Middle name or nickname is OK but I wouldn't give it as a first name.

I know a Pixie (a mum in her 30s), but its her nickname used by friends and family not her birth certificate name.

randomimposter · 28/03/2010 21:46

Fine as a pre-school NN. After that? No, not IMO.

LowLevelWhinging · 28/03/2010 21:52

Well I was going to say, don't be ridiculous, you can't have a Dr Pixie but, of course you can. Dr Pixie McKenna from Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies

It is still an absolutely ridiculous, childish name though.

StrictlyKatty · 28/03/2010 21:59

AWFUL! Please save your child from that!

I just can't stand the thought of a poor adult having that name

violethill · 28/03/2010 22:02

Er nope. Pixie geldof. Not a lot to aspire to there

AbFabT · 29/03/2010 00:23

I knew a Pixie at university, but it was a nn, short for Patrixia (she was of Italian descent). Thought it was pretty cool, and she carried it off well.

Norbert, she'd be in her mid-thirties now - wonder if it's the same one you know!

lilolilmanchester · 29/03/2010 00:39

I think it's a lovely name for a cute little girl. Personally,I'm relieved it's not my name now I'm "grown up"..... try imagining your life as an adolescent/student/worker/whatever called Pixie. If it still works for you, then go for it. If not, thent time to rethink

scottishmummy · 29/03/2010 00:47

jesus wept.pixie=pointy ears or rich gal gone bad always in media name

nooka · 29/03/2010 04:54

I think it is ridiculous even as a middle name. Given names shouldn't be cute IMO, that's for baby nicknames (the ones you grow out of and then are hugely embarrassed when one of your parents forgets and uses it in front of your friends!)

MrsvWoolf · 29/03/2010 12:29

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Bucharest · 29/03/2010 12:33

Well, it's not a name is it?
As others have said, it's a not-terribly-nice (in folklore Pixies are not goodies) little thing that sits on toadstools and that...
It would also be unfortunate if she turned out to be a galumphin' great girl wrestler or something.
Just because Saint Bob used it, doesn't make it right.

MamaLazarou · 29/03/2010 12:55

Oh, dear me no. Please don't.

passionberry · 29/03/2010 13:35

Hehe - thanks for all the comments! Like a lot of you, my mother was also horrified by the idea! I must say I had forgotten about Pixie Geldof.

Well, maybe back to the drawing board then.

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AllieW · 29/03/2010 18:34

Not at all keen. Might make it a bit tricky if she joined the Brownies later and was put in a different six, too. I recommend revisiting the drawing board as you suggest!

mathanxiety · 29/03/2010 20:40

I would change Bernadette to Pixie too.

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