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Help[Opinions] Winnie
as a first name only not a nn for something else. WDYT?
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Sounds like a name for a horse. “Woah there, Winnie!”
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Hate it! Its a pet name and even then I wouldn't use it for a pet.
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It’s nice
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It sounds childish, but quite sweet.
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...the Pooh
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ditto
It makes me think of Winnie the Pooh. It sounds childish so having it as a nickname that can switched later in life might be a better bet.
It makes me think of Winnie the Pooh. It sounds childish so having it as a nickname that can switched later in life might be a better bet.
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Yes! And it was too much for even a fictional stuffed animal: most of the time, he's Pooh. And, think of a name that Pooh is preferable to, and Winnie has to be in the top three.
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Don't like it as a fn or nn
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My first association is Winnie the Pooh, then the word "weeny". Sounds immature, especially as a full name.
My first association is Winnie the Pooh, then the word "weeny". Sounds immature, especially as a full name.
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I like it better as a nickname.
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Thanks to all! I asked about it because I’ve seen it recently on more than a few occasions as a first name. I find it cute in nn only but even then there’s just something about it I don’t care for.
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On the Winifred post I was reminded of Winnie, and how that was Winifred's nickname in Tuck Everlasting. I hated Winnie then. I still hate Winnie now. Win would be my preferred nickname for Winifred (with Fred second), but as soon as you add that long-E the sound immediately becomes juvenile to my ears. And if I were cursed with Winnie as my full, legal name, I'd start using Win... as short for Winnie. Oh, that just sounds terrible.
And I didn't watch Winnie the Pooh as a child, or read any of the books, so I don't even have that positive association.
And I didn't watch Winnie the Pooh as a child, or read any of the books, so I don't even have that positive association.
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