Help with Bambino names!!

[Jan2]

Hi

I'm new!! well I have been using Mumsnet for yonks since I suffered a miscarriage with my first pregnancy in November 2005. Anyway I am now 36 weeks pregnant and really need some help choosing a girls name. I have an unusual surname and therefore am particularly concerned that I don't saddle the baby with a name that could be embarassing etc in the future.

The name we really like is Maisie. The only problem is that my friend who is a primary school teacher has mentioned the character Maisy Mouse which is apparently very popular at the moment - do you think this would be embarassing for my daughter when she reaches school age??

Any comments would be gratefully received.

I think it's pretty and if you like it, go for it. Lots of children's names are associated with characters - I've got a Henry and there's a series of books called "Horrid Henry"!

I would have thought having the same name as a popular character would have been good, not bad...

Congrats and good luck - not long to go!

Thanks LittleEasterLapin for your help!! Much appreciated. Am counting down the days now and am hoping for an earlier rather than later 'delivery'.

I know quite a lot of Masiy's and they are all lovely.

The name is beautiful, and if you like it that's all that matters.

I don't think it is an embarassing name, it's cute!

Good luck for the next couple of weeks - get some sleep in the bank now!!

Thanks - I feel more confident about the choice now - and I think that spelling it Maisy as opposed the Maisie is probably nicer. Glad there are a few of them around as I've never met a Maisy!and with my surname I didn't want to fret about not giving her one of the more popular names.

Don't think Maisy's even on television anymore - but it wouldn't bother me even if she were. I like Maisy/Maisie but wont be able to use it with our surname because it almost rhymes with it.

Go with Maisie, it's lovely. There are so many characters out there with nice names that you'd be hard pressed to find a name that doesn't appear in books or tv.

That's settled then - thanks everyone for your help!!

i think its really pretty, and the trouble with kids programs is they will dissapear in 6 months and noone will remember the chracter, there will be something new soon enough.