Daisy-Mae

[suesgirls]

Hi, i'm due another little lady soon who i am planning to name Daisy-Mae or Daisy-May. I already have a 2 year old called Lexie-Rose so I definately want the hyphen in there.

Do you like Daisy-Mae or Daisy-May?

What is a neuvoux riche? Rather confused.

go on shine on....

hf

hf128219 - if you mean my comment about not wanting to be called a girly sounding name at 40 with a successful career, it's not that I think people with certain names couldn't do certain jobs, I just think that certain names can colour people's perception of someone and it may not be helpful if they want to succeed in a serious career if they have a twee name.
I'm aware that a name shouldn't make someone look at anyone in a different light but the fact is that by naming a child you are giving them a label they will have for the rest of their lives so IMO it's up to us as parents to give our children names that will be suit them whatever their age.

that will suit them

shineon, I'm just lucky I chose well, as I did end up on benefits with a shit job, I'd have made it even worse for DD had I chosen a bad name.

I know it shouldn't happen, but it does.

I don't believe anyone that says they never judge on a name. Of course perceptions change, but for me, what I am, or ended up are worse than the name.

To have called her Riley-Rae (or similar) would not have been good.

Oh and I didn't go for posh or anything, she's Niamh Elizabeth (no hyphen).

Those with money, can do as they please, those without have to choose better and it starts with names.

Re: Condaleeza Rice. Successful woman despite her bloody awful name. Just goes to show...

How can you know if the name will suit them though?

I don't mean suit them as individuals, I mean suit their age ie to me being called Tilly Mae or Peachy Plumcake when you are a 37 yr old woman just seems odd. I think a lot of the very cutesy names that I hear at toddler groups are fine for when a child is preschool age (although I've never cared for that style myself) but if I was called something like that now I'm approaching 40 I would be embarrassed tbh.
Maybe other people wouldn't but when DH and I named our DCs we made sure the names we gave them wouldn't ever sound strange when applied to all the ages groups.
I am very grateful to my parents for giving me a decent name that doesn't sound like I'm a 4 yr old character in a toddler story book

"Those with money, can do as they please, those without have to choose better and it starts with names. "

I love this ^

And Niamh Elizabeth is a lovely name, you chose well

I'm the first one to admit that I judge people based on their names. Of course to an extent the parents get most of the blame, but still. If I meet a girl over the age of 18 who has a terrible name like Daisy-May, by that stage I blame her for not legally changing it herself.

And Condaleeza Rice is different because a) she's not white and b) she's in the US.

I know a Daisy Mae. Not my cup of tea, but it's quite nice.

DTC - neuvoux riche?

Display -'I am very grateful to my parents for giving me a decent name that doesn't sound like I'm a 4 yr old character in a toddler story book'

That's where you are going wrong. All my 40 year old friends are called Bunny, Plum, Peaches, Sunny et al. That's how it goes.

"If I meet a girl over the age of 18 who has a terrible name like Daisy-May, by that stage I blame her for not legally changing it herself."

I agree

hf128219

Ah,I see then that I need to change my way of thinking and ditch my existing friends with perfectly nice names in favour of all the Bunnys, Honeys, Trixies, Lixies and Fifi lalabelles.
My mistake

Yes Lockets, but you are unmistakeably not chav, so you can.

Me, not so much

I'm not quite sure how I would react to meeting a grown woman called 'Bunny'.

Much the same as happened with Phoebe in Friends when she met her future husband's mother called Bunny, I imagine.

(which, for those of you who are not Friends fans, would be awkward silence followed by forced pleasantries in my best try at an upper class accent)

It will be interesting in 30 or so years' time to see whether there are any Chardonnays or Britneys etc. holding high level responsible jobs, like MPs, High Court judges etc.
I'm not saying there won't be - just that it will be interesting to see if they can break free from the perceptions surrounding their name.

Prime Minister Daisy-Mae Brown.

It really doesn't work.

Why would you infantilise your daughter?

Condoleeza Rice is the exception who proves the rule.

Condoleezza Rice derives her first name from the musical term 'con dolcezza' which means 'to play with sweetness'. Certaintly not the name of a cow !

TBH I dont think you can compare names of two differnt coutries and ethnic backgrounds in this case.

When we get a 'Daisy-Mae' in a high power , high profile position I may change my view until then I just think of little girlsin preschool .

Why in God's name are people suggesting Margaret as an alternative?! That's nothing like either of the names that the OP likes And old fashioned, and IMO horrible!

I agree Margaret is a terrible name

Sue, I don't really go with hyyphens - I think you could justifiably remove the hyphens from both names and they will look way better BUT I do actually prefer Daisy Jo, for some reason - I think it sounds pretty and also is much less predictable and doesn't sound like what I always think of, when I hear anything May, which is the cow from the Archers.

Daisy Jo all the way! and if you take the - out of Lexie-Rose it will look much prettier, too, without changing it at all.

I think hyphens in names are like scaffolding. You wouldn't put a ! in a name, would you?