Minnie

[mrsSmurf]

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

Awful.

I think it's very old fashioned too so I'm surprised you'd use that but not Mary.

Just to add fuel to the fire, Mary is a nn for fanny where I grew up!

You may not move and she may stay where you live now for the rest of her life too but if you name her Minnie she will be teased.

Don't like Minnie at all (although Minnie Driver is a great actress her name is Amelia).

It's too 'cutey' as a name for a growing girl - fine when you are preschool as a nn but after that I would hate to be so limited. Makes me think of the mouse too.

Will is different from Minnie though, because it is so mainstream that it no longer causes people to stop and think, hey! that's a word for penis. It really has two meanings. Penis and then entirely separately, it's also a boys' name.

I don't think you can take an obscure name like minnie and apply the same 'logic' because our perceptions aren't entirely logical.

The only Minnie I ever knew was Miriam. She was Minnie and now she is Miriam. That tells me Minnie is not a great name when you hit your 30s.

What about Bonnie OP? it has something of the same vibe I think, but is less risky.

and you totally ignored my suggestion for Millie! i though i had the answer with that one!

mrsrhettbutler- I know I asked for advice and i am grateful for peoples opinions. I am not set on using the name but neither am I going to cross it off the list.

Im not so concerned about the teasing because I think even with a popular name children will find something to tease about.

Magaly-yes Bonnie is nice also like Connie.

What about Minna, instead? Quite elegant, I think it's German.

Regardless of the serious genitalia issue which for me would rule it right out, I think it fails the Her Majesty's Ambassador To Turkmenistan test - it's not serious enough for an adult woman.

Christen her Minette (or whatever) if you must - and then you can call her whatever you like (though if she walks into Reception and announces "I'm Minnie" and all the class start sniggering then it may be tricky to backtrack).

Connie is lovely and cannot be considered as similar to Minnie. I will not have it!

It would be too cruel if she grew up to be very tall or fat, or if she wanted a serious job.

I used to know a girl who was nicknamed Minnie, but that was because she was little and cute.

lol@ "Regardless of the serious genitalia issue"!

"think even with a popular name children will find something to tease about."

Of course they will - but it would be completely unreasonable to expect a class of 6 year olds not to giggle at a child called Minnie. You wouldn't call your ds Willie, would you? Or your dd Booby? Minnie is EXACTLY the same.

And actually, anyone who says "I don't care about the possible impact of this name on my child - I like it so I'm going to use it" is being unkind and irresponsible.

Im Welsh so do you think the genital thing is English maybe? I do like Millie but v.Popular.

I do like Connie but it makes me think of Peter Kay's stand up routine

Yes children easily find something to tease about so make it harder for them and don't call her the same as vagina!

DD called Booby, LOL

Seeker I am being neither unkind nor irresposible. As I have said Minnie is not used as a name for genitals where I live so it is not EXACTLY the same as calling her booby lol.

But what if she decided to go to university in London. First night in halls, introduces herself and half the girls giggle remembering it was their family name for girl bits and the first thing half the boys think of is her genitals!

I can see your point brogan so maybe she could use her middle name? hmm will have to have a chat with dh tonight I think.

Quite sweet, but would be out of the question for me due to Minnie Mouse but mainly the girls' bits nn.

You do know that after all the angst you're bound to have a boy!

OK - that's fine. Just so long as she never moves more than 20 miles from home. Oh, and so long as a child from more than 20 miles from home never joins her class.

brogan I hope so it would make naming much easier

seeker if you read above you will see I have already thought about that point.

I thought minnie was a name for genitals in every part of the UK. It is also a bit twee.