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

Yeah it probably will be now but thats a whole other thread lol.

...Not everyone who cautioned you on this thread are being aggressive.

I was the first to post about the minnie=vulva reference. In no post was I rude or aggressive. I thought I'd just engaged in constructive conversation.

Flame? FLAME? Has anyone been flamed?

So - what do you expect people to say? Yes of course it's OK to call your child a name that in most parts of the country will promote giggles if not worse?

How about Mella?

I like Minnie and have never heard it used for girl bits...but also am American and here fanny doesn't mean that either.

I like Minna and also Millie.

Brogan-I didn't suggest you have been agressive, you have just given your pov and I said thanks for that.

Seeker-I think that's the point your not getting, im not asking permission to name my child Minnie, I asked for opinions, you gave me one. So thanks, yes I get that in some parts it's a nn for a vagina but guess what I still like it. Don't know why that bothers you so much.

Thanks everyone else for your opinions, will leave you know if what we decide.

How about Mina or Minerva? You can still call her Minnie.

My great auntie Minnie was Philomena (but no, I'm not really suggesting that!). I also like Minna.

Suspect the OP is now well aware of the potential sniggerers on the back row. See also Flora, Albert, Aurelie etc...

Personally I like the recent suggestions of Minnie, Martha, Elsie et al. We only need an Ena and we've got the snug at the Rovers Return filled. Mine's a milk stout ladies...

StayFrosty - I'm certainly not being aggressive, and I really don't think the OP has been flamed. mn baby name threads frequently bring out heated discussion..if you're not up for that than don't post on a mn baby names thread! Or at the very least put a caveat of 'I only want to hear nice things please' in your OP.

Also use of CAPS is frequently used for emphasis and does not automatically mean the poster is shouting. A whole sentence of caps maybe, a single word - no. There are LOTS and LOTS of posters who do this, myself included.

I suppose what irks me is the (fairly standard position of) 'well if you like it then you go ahead and use it'.

You are not choosing the name for yourself, you are choosing it for another person, yes person, not a child.

If there ever was a good reason not to use a particular name it's the one given this thread.

If you doubt how widespread the use of this nn is then I suggest a search in the archives for "What do I call my dd's bits" (and the permutations of) threads. There are LOTS of them. Minnie/Mini comes up over and over again (much to the of proper vulva users).

LOL - why do people care so much about what other people do? Do you know how mn works? The very essence of mn is people caring/commenting/judging about what other people do. If you don't like it then don't start a thread.

The 'fair enough, but i still like the name' is exactly the sort of comment that is going to provoke people to come back, although I have to agree with you that there is nothing to be gained by it. If anything the negative comments seem to be reinforcing the OP's position.

Call her pussy and have done with it. It means the same thing!

Slubber- I didn't start this thread in the hope that everyone would like the name. So there was no need to suggest that I should put "I only want to hear nice things". Im fine with negative feedback but I don't see how keeping on about the same point is constructive.

Yes funnily enough I am aware that children don't stay as children so therefore I am naming a person.

I also have not doubted how widespread the usage is I have just said that I work with young children daily and have never heard it used.

Also as for your comment "the negative comments seem to be reinforcing the op's position". I am not that childish.

This was a thread for opinions about the name, not am I being unreasonable to CONSIDER this name.

Babydubs-If you read the whole thread you will see that I choose the name obviously not knowing the slang meaning.

It's a cool name and all you lot will just have to get used to that idea.

Minnie is a lovely name. Expecting my first baby in December and Minnie is in our favourites.

Yes I have heard it used for girls bits but so what.

My niece has a little friend called Minnie she plays with and she is a beautiful extremely pretty, polite sweet child with long blonde hair. She always has beautiful long pretty cotton dresses on with her long blonde hair flowing down her back. She would convince anyone that minnie is a proper girls name.

My advice re names wld be do not ask others opinions. Chances are that you wouldn't like their children's names. Go with what you and your husband like and if that is Minnie then she will be a lucky girl o have such a pretty little name.

Keep us informed what u decide xxx

There are countless lovely names so why land a poor child with one that has a dodgy meaning in a large part of the country. Children's names have a large influence on their lives.

There's also the mouse thing of course. But I suspect the poster will use it anyway just to prove she knows best. Poor child

juliabb - why are you bumping an old thread?

And what, because you know a really pretty Minnie, that makes it an OK name and she will somehow be immune to the inevitable teasing? Weird logic.

Sorry OP but I am from South Wales originally and we used minnie to refer to girls' bits!!

I'm sure that it varies from family to family but it's certainly not unheard of there.

I like Minnie though and I don't think it's a non-starter because of that. Minerva is particularly nice as a long form. I WOULD have a long form though - Minnie sounds like a nickname, give her a long form and you've covered all the bases incase she doesn't like Minnie. I know a Minerva, she was Min when she was little but seems to have morphed into a Vee as she has grown.

Another suggestion - for Welsh girls' names beginning with M - how about Manon or Mali? Both lovely.

Oh is it old?? Waste. Of. Another. Minute. Of. My. Life.

- I asked the same question when pregnant with DD "Is Minnie always a mouse?", as FIL had recently passed away & we were considering naming DD after his mother - Minnie.

I too was surprised to learn that Minnie was apparently another common word for fanjo - and we went with Poppy instead. It may be popular but it's much safer by the sounds of it .