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

So I have never heard Minnie = vagina, however now I know it's really common I would never use it. However I wouldn't use it anyway as it isn't very flexible for a not so cute as a button quiet/shy 14 year old. Or a 34 year old applying for a job as a structural engineer. Go with Mary or Minette.

There prob won't be a Janet or a Pamela in the class.

Sonny is nice, my grandfathers name, common in immigrant families I thought (though as a nick name).

My amazing incredible (welsh) granny was called Minnie. She was the first woman in Scotland to run a children's home (for the local authority) so I doubt she was hindered in her career by her name being 'cute' or whatever. When it comes down to it, a personality can transcend a name. When she died, aged 85, she was the most loved person i know, and she still got over 100 christmas cards from 'her' children (ie ones she'd had in her care).

I'm obviously biased (!), butI'd go for it, if you love it.

Don't like Minnie. It sounds like a nn, but then again I prefer "proper" names with the option of a nn.

Slubber-Her choosing to use a middle name that she has had all her life is different to chanching her name to something she has never used I think. Yes there are millions of other names but I came on here to talk about Minnie.

Brogan-fufu seems to be the norm

Redrobin-thats a fab story and your granny sounds like an amazing woman .

Mouse or Riperton. Neither a good association. It's a nothingy name, as a pp said, a nn not a proper name.

Sometimes I think people suggesting names on these threads need to take a step back and think how it would be for the offspring they're landing with these names. It's fine to like a daft name but you're not the one stuck with it.

Rockbird obviously I have thought how it would be to have Minnie as a name I wouldn't have considered it otherwise. It is a proper name not a made up name. Thanks for your opinion though.

How about Randy for a boy? Lots of Americans don;t see a problem with it. Oh, and what about Roger? I think Dick has already been suggested......

Seeker i asked for opinions not sarcasm how childish.

Do people use their middle names though? I can't even remember the last time I had to write mine on a form let alone say it out loud.

If I moved countries and discovered my first name meant labia majora in the local slang I too would probably want to use my middle name, but it would be WEIRD. My middle name isn't my name. And blimey if my dds felt they had to change their names because they were being teased, well there would be tears... LOTS of tears

Im often called by my name and middle name by family so it all depends I suppose on how much we would use her middle name anyway.

As I said I can't see her being teased as a child because it isn't used here and if when she was older and wanted a more grown up name then she would have her middle name. It's just like Milly etc are more suited to younger children.

Just showed this to dh and he was suprised too but we still like it.

DH has to use his middle name all the time thanks to a stupid family tradition of first born son naming and it's a PITA. We've had to shell out for replacement plane tickets when people have booked them in his middle name, he was refused a mobile phone contract because his dad had the same name, same address etc. He's had to return wrongly written cheques. I had to stand in church and marry a man with a completely different name to the name I knew. Might not sound much but I didn't really want to say my vows to 'John'. Using your middle name is not the easy option everyone seems to think.

I can understand but it's not like she definatley has to use her middle name it would just be an option.

mrs smurf-please note although my comments may have been very frank i think some peoples comments are just rude and as i sed b4 everyone likes and dislikes different names so dont take some of the comments ppl have written too personally! x

Yummiemummie-Thanks,luckily I have thick skin let's hope if I have a dd she does too .

It's a shame people have to act childish it really spoils mumsnet.

I wasn't being sarcastic. I was trying - in vain obviously - to point out the impossiblity of calling a child in this day and age Minnie. (Bizarrely my redoubtable and remarkable grandmother was also called Minnie!) If you think I am being sarcastic suggesting Roger, Dick or Randy, why on earth are you still even giving the slightest consideration to Minnie????

mrs smurf- yes it is a shame and although it wouldnt be my choice (simple because i think she may be teased) i still think if its name u and ur partner are keen on then use it x

Gosh, I've never heard the minnie = vulva thing before.

I have a friend and a relative who both have had Minnies in the past couple of years.

Minna is quite cool (it's a family name). Or how about Menna if you are in Wales?

You are being sarcastic suggesting names that relate to genitalia because I UNKNOWINGLY choose a name that is used as a nn. I choose the name because I like it so now you expect me to like Roger, Randy or Dick because according to you it has similar meanings.

I like Menna but dh doesn't .

Rabbit-Glad im not the only one who was oblivious to it!

What about Mina? (from Dracula)

no - I DON"T expect you to like them - that"s the POINT! I expect you to realize that the name you have unwillingly chosen is in the same category, and that you can no more say "Oh well, Minnie means vulva, but I like it so I'll call my dd it anyway" than you can say "Oh well, Dick means penis, but I like it so I'll call my son it anyway!"

Seeker-I nor anybody I know liken Minnie to those other names. Minnie does not MEAN vulva it is apparently a slang term it's not as if im going to name her vagina. You seem to expect me to say oh well forget that name well sorry but im not.

StayFrosty-Your right it seems im expected to stop liking it because some people on mn told me so. It's been great to get opinions but as you say some people have got agressive because they don't like what I have said.