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Minnie

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mrsSmurf · 10/05/2010 12:05

Im expecting dc 1 and we don't know the gender. We have a shortlist for a boy; Sonnie, Freddie, Cassius.

We can't agree on a girls name though, I like flowery names like Daisy, Flora etc but dh came across the name Minnie and I think I like it apart from the minnie mouse thing.

Opinions please

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liliputlady · 10/05/2010 12:18

A pretty name, but unfortunate if she is ever anything other than mini as she grows up. (SO glad my Mum and Dad didn't call me that)

brogan2 · 10/05/2010 12:19

It's very 'wet' IMO. I don't like it, sorry. But then I'm not keen on Daisy, Poppy etc either. However, they are far, far better than Minnie I must say.

You do know it's a very popular nn for little girls genitalia?

brogan2 · 10/05/2010 12:21

Can I just add, if you have a boy, Sonny looks much better with a Y.

seeker · 10/05/2010 12:23

Please don't call you son Sonnie - he will be a grown up one day and that is no name for an adult man.

Minnie is a common nick name for female genitalia.

Jamieandhismagictorch · 10/05/2010 12:28

I have to agree about Sonny and Minnie - they are fine as nn, but too childish/cute for adults. IMVHO

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mrsSmurf · 10/05/2010 12:32

I didn't realise about minnie being a nn for genitalia maybe it's not used so much around here.

Liliputlady i have worried about that aspect of it.

It's just names like Lily,Poppy,Daisy are so popular I fancy something a bit different.

As for Sonnie/Sonny it's not a definite, we are leaning more towards Cassius with nn Cass. I also think lots of names used recently are not what we would associate with a grown up person.

Anyway thanks for the opinions and keep them coming.

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Lucy85 · 10/05/2010 12:33

Nooo - don't say Minnie - it's another word for a girl's bits!!!

brogan2 · 10/05/2010 12:40

Mrssmurf, it's not a name universally used by adults in the way of 'fanny'. But it is a very popular nn used by mums of preschool DDs and is becoming more popular all the time.
I'd never heard it before I had kids but hear it all the time now so the fact you haven't heard it doesn't mean that local mums of little girls aren't using it IYUWIM.

brogan2 · 10/05/2010 12:41

That was in reference to it being used for girl bits.

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mrsSmurf · 10/05/2010 12:48

I work with pre-school aged children so am pretty sure it's not used much where I live.

Hmm this naming business is a minefield isn't it.

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Ineedsomesleep · 10/05/2010 12:53

I've never heard of genitalia being referred to as Minnie. It puts a new slant of the world record of how many people can fit in a Mini.

Absolutely love the name btw. It was on my list for DC2 but DH vetoed it.

BallpointPen · 10/05/2010 12:58

That's what we use to refer to vulvas/vaginas and we are by no means alone. I would advise strongly against it.

MrsRhettButler · 10/05/2010 13:04

how about naming her something that you could shorten to minnie? umm,

Hermione?
Simone?

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mrsSmurf · 10/05/2010 13:08

As I said i don't think it is used as a nickname for genitals around here.

Ineedsomesleep- Glad somebody likes it I was starting to panic. Luckily it's one of the very few names we can agree on.

Hermione is nice but then there's the Harry Potter connection.

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seeker · 10/05/2010 13:12

Honestly - please try it on a passing 6 year old first - it would be a nightmare to be called Minnie in ds's class. Truly.

MrsvWoolf · 10/05/2010 13:17

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MrsRhettButler · 10/05/2010 13:18

how about Millie instead?

oceryo · 10/05/2010 13:20

I like MrsRhettButler's idea of having a longer full name. Apparently Mary can have the diminutive of Minnie. Or how about

Araminta
Miriam
Minerva
Mina
Minette
Mina
Wilhelmina
Jasmine
Yasmin(a)
Tasmin(a)
Elmina
Romina

BallpointPen · 10/05/2010 13:23

You and/or your potential DD might not always live where you do now, you may move somewhere where mini is used by the majority of people who have small children.

It would not be a nice thing to be called the same as a vagina.

I like Cassius a lot though.

StayFrosty · 10/05/2010 13:24

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Magaly · 10/05/2010 13:25

I like Bonnie, but Minnie ........ I just hear 'mouse' hanging in the air after it. sorry. Although I really love the name Donald. So maybe IABU

MrsRhettButler · 10/05/2010 13:27

yes well done oceryo i was struggling to come up with any after having the great idea of shortening another name!

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mrsSmurf · 10/05/2010 13:36

I don't really like the idea of naming her something else and the using Minnie as a nn because surely she is just going to be known as Minne then anyway?

Ballpointpen-But surely I can't not use a name I like just on the off chance we may move? Will is a popular name but then willy is a nn for male genitalia?

I also like the fact that it is a diminutive of Mary as that is my great aunts name but I wouldn't use Mary as imo it's old fashioned.

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MrsRhettButler · 10/05/2010 13:41

the point of naming her something else is so that when she is 30 she can use the longer version of her name if she so wishes... or even if she is 10 and getting teased...

the thing is, you asked advice and got it. If you are set on the name then use it but i think people are just trying to warn you that the problem may arise.