Girl name final contenders

[Anonymous]

What about Perry? I think that would be cute for a girl.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can you confirm it has to be P and 2 syllables for some reason? I would consider Penny and name Penelope.

Yes. We kind of liked Penelope in a lukewarm way, but both hate the nickname Penny.

payzleigh?
Parklynn?
Peightyn?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're not using a longer name. We're fine with what you consider a nickname (or a dog's name) being the full name. We considered Phoebe for a while also but ultimately took it off the list.

Why not? It's cruel to not give your child the dignity of a real name.

Really? Who gets to say what is a “real” name?

Paging Dr. Poppy Smith? Polly is the best out of the three

Let’s ask Senator Tammy Duckworth.

[Anonymous]

Peyton has become mainstream and has less of a spitting issue.

Paris?
Paula?
Phoenix?
Parker?
Priscilla?

[Anonymous]

I prefer Polly and Poppy (and don't think they sound like nicknames - I know adults with both these names. Another, Pippa has the Pippa Middleton connection.
I hear regarding Penelope, a name I have always like, but never liked Penny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least it’s not swarsie

Great reminder - time to give that thread another boost for fun

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're not using a longer name. We're fine with what you consider a nickname (or a dog's name) being the full name. We considered Phoebe for a while also but ultimately took it off the list.

Why not? It's cruel to not give your child the dignity of a real name.

Really? Who gets to say what is a “real” name?

Paging Dr. Poppy Smith? Polly is the best out of the three

Let’s ask Senator Tammy Duckworth.

My friend named Bambi is an MD. We hired a lawyer whose first name was Honey. A name doesn't determine what profession you go into. It's 2024 - start being more open-minded so you're not left behind.

[Anonymous]

Poopy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're not using a longer name. We're fine with what you consider a nickname (or a dog's name) being the full name. We considered Phoebe for a while also but ultimately took it off the list.

Why not? It's cruel to not give your child the dignity of a real name.

Really? Who gets to say what is a “real” name?

Paging Dr. Poppy Smith? Polly is the best out of the three

No one pages doctor's by their first name.

Poppy is a real name.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're not using a longer name. We're fine with what you consider a nickname (or a dog's name) being the full name. We considered Phoebe for a while also but ultimately took it off the list.

Why not? It's cruel to not give your child the dignity of a real name.

Really? Who gets to say what is a “real” name?

Paging Dr. Poppy Smith? Polly is the best out of the three

Let’s ask Senator Tammy Duckworth.

My friend named Bambi is an MD. We hired a lawyer whose first name was Honey. A name doesn't determine what profession you go into. It's 2024 - start being more open-minded so you're not left behind.

A fun activity is to go on LinkedIn and put in these names that people claim are inappropriate for professional adults and discover all the amazing professionals with names that people on DCUM deem "cutesy" or childish. Like there are lots of engineers, executives, PhDs, data specialists, lawyers and a host of other professionals with the names Poppy, Polly, and Pippa. And not as a nickname with a longer name they use professionally. It's just their name.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can you confirm it has to be P and 2 syllables for some reason? I would consider Penny and name Penelope.

Yes. We kind of liked Penelope in a lukewarm way, but both hate the nickname Penny.

Huh. To each their own but it's weird to me that someone who is choosing between Poppy, Polly, and Pippa would hate Penny (which I prefer to both Polly and Pippa by a lot). But people's responses to names are weird.

My thought exactly. You hate Penny but are okay with Poppy and Polly?

You shouldn't crowdsource these names OP. Just pick what you like.

[Anonymous]

I think Poppy is cute and original. It's a flower name and there are many if those: Daisy, Iris, etc. There is an Australian actress named Poppy Montgomery.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're not using a longer name. We're fine with what you consider a nickname (or a dog's name) being the full name. We considered Phoebe for a while also but ultimately took it off the list.

Why not? It's cruel to not give your child the dignity of a real name.

Really? Who gets to say what is a “real” name?

Paging Dr. Poppy Smith? Polly is the best out of the three

Let’s ask Senator Tammy Duckworth.

My friend named Bambi is an MD. We hired a lawyer whose first name was Honey. A name doesn't determine what profession you go into. It's 2024 - start being more open-minded so you're not left behind.

A fun activity is to go on LinkedIn and put in these names that people claim are inappropriate for professional adults and discover all the amazing professionals with names that people on DCUM deem "cutesy" or childish. Like there are lots of engineers, executives, PhDs, data specialists, lawyers and a host of other professionals with the names Poppy, Polly, and Pippa. And not as a nickname with a longer name they use professionally. It's just their name.

NP but for me that's not really the point. The point is when my doctor is named Bambi or some other stripper/childish name I'm having some thoughts about it. But congrats to Bambi on her MD. She CAN be a doctor. But the rest of her life, she has to be named Bambi.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We're not using a longer name. We're fine with what you consider a nickname (or a dog's name) being the full name. We considered Phoebe for a while also but ultimately took it off the list.

Why not? It's cruel to not give your child the dignity of a real name.

Really? Who gets to say what is a “real” name?

Paging Dr. Poppy Smith? Polly is the best out of the three

Let’s ask Senator Tammy Duckworth.

My friend named Bambi is an MD. We hired a lawyer whose first name was Honey. A name doesn't determine what profession you go into. It's 2024 - start being more open-minded so you're not left behind.

A fun activity is to go on LinkedIn and put in these names that people claim are inappropriate for professional adults and discover all the amazing professionals with names that people on DCUM deem "cutesy" or childish. Like there are lots of engineers, executives, PhDs, data specialists, lawyers and a host of other professionals with the names Poppy, Polly, and Pippa. And not as a nickname with a longer name they use professionally. It's just their name.

NP but for me that's not really the point. The point is when my doctor is named Bambi or some other stripper/childish name I'm having some thoughts about it. But congrats to Bambi on her MD. She CAN be a doctor. But the rest of her life, she has to be named Bambi.

There are actually a ton of upsides to being named Bambi. First, everyone will remember your name. Second, people will instantly underestimate and assume you are a stripper or an idiot, and when you turn out to be neither, they'll walk away thinking you are extra impressive because you so overshot their expectations.

Yes, if her name was Caroline or Sarah or something, probably she would have been teased less about her name and maybe fewer men would make cracks about her "stage name." But also she'd blend in with the crowd and get confused with other people.

Also, Dr. Bambi doesn't care if you are thinking about how you hate her name. You're the patient and she's just thinking about trying to treat you. That's how she became a doctor and you became someone whose hobby is making fun of baby names on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Polly.

Poppy seems a little tired to me—it was sort of popular in the UK a while ago.