Whitney, Wendy, or Winnie?

[Anonymous]

Wanda

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Willow

Willow is pretty on paper but he double w sounds gives you bitchy resting face.

You're listening to 99.5, aren't you.

Agree with a PP that if you do Wendy, go with Gwendolyn... though if you're going to go with Gwendolyn, I prefer Guinevere... and prefer Genevieve to that.

[Anonymous]

I love Wendy! Don't like the others. Agree that Whitney is very dated, and sounds to me like a snobby rich girl who rides horses (I think I'm thinking of Barbara Hershey's character from Beaches!!)

[Anonymous]

Whitney

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wanda

That is my mom's middle name and she hates it. I grew up hearing about how her friends used to call her Wanda the witch.

Anyway, of the three names OP offered, I think Whitney is the best. I can't stand Wendy and I have a coworker whose dog is named Winnie, so that's all I can think about when I hear that name.

[Anonymous]

I think both Whitney and Wendy are nice and not dated. I also think they work well for a little girl or for a professional woman. I think that if you went with Whitney, you could use Winnie as a nickname if you wanted to.

[Anonymous]

OP, are you looking for a W name?

[Anonymous]

I am a Wendy.

FWIW, I have not met any Wendy's who are younger than 40. Most of us are 40-60. That was the Wendy era, so to speak.

The name "works" in the same way that Jennifer or Linda "works." But I would not choose it for my DD.

[Anonymous]

What about just Wen?

[Anonymous]

My one year olds name is Whitney. Unfortunately, people think I named my child after that crack head Whitney Houston though. Hoping that fades as time goes on.

[Anonymous]

Winnie--as long as it's short for Winifred. Agree with pp that she'll probably decide to go by Fred.

[Anonymous]

Wendy makes me think of gawky, clueless, helpless Shelly Duvall in The Shining.

That and my friend's sister Wendy who curled her bangs with a curling iron every day and wore blue eyeshadow.

Plus, that goofy song "It's Wendy"

Whitney just makes me think of the archetypal rich girl from a sitcom- who refers to Daddy and her horse a lot.

Winnie- old money. Still not appealing.

"And now, the President of the United States, Winnie.".

[Anonymous]

I know a dog named Winnie....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Wendy.

FWIW, I have not met any Wendy's who are younger than 40. Most of us are 40-60. That was the Wendy era, so to speak.

The name "works" in the same way that Jennifer or Linda "works." But I would not choose it for my DD.

I know a 36 yo Wendy.

[Anonymous]

Out of those three, I'd choose Wendy.