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I had a childhood friend with a dog named Dixie, and my uncle & aunt currently have a dog named Dixie. So, it's a dog name to me (partly because some people see it as a sweet old name), comparable to Trixie, but it also seems like naming a pet Jefferson Davis or something.
I had a bluegrass/roots music teacher who called "Dixie" a fighting song. I wouldn't want to be named it, if only because of that...maybe I could argue it originated as satire of slavery, but that'd make it seem even weirder as a name. It's mostly just sad.
There also used to be a grocery chain called Winn-Dixie where I grew up. I think they've mostly gone out of business. And there's Dixie cups. I liked the Dixie Chicks when I was a preteen, but they've changed their name. With those as my neutral associations, it doesn't seem like a great name to me.
Plus, I tend not to like nation-derived names, in general. I guess it could be seen as a NN for Richardine, but I don't like Dick or Dix as a NN for Richard either.
Daisy, Delta, Roxie seem way better.
I had a bluegrass/roots music teacher who called "Dixie" a fighting song. I wouldn't want to be named it, if only because of that...maybe I could argue it originated as satire of slavery, but that'd make it seem even weirder as a name. It's mostly just sad.
There also used to be a grocery chain called Winn-Dixie where I grew up. I think they've mostly gone out of business. And there's Dixie cups. I liked the Dixie Chicks when I was a preteen, but they've changed their name. With those as my neutral associations, it doesn't seem like a great name to me.
Plus, I tend not to like nation-derived names, in general. I guess it could be seen as a NN for Richardine, but I don't like Dick or Dix as a NN for Richard either.
Daisy, Delta, Roxie seem way better.
This message was edited 6/2/2021, 12:47 PM
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On one level, I think it is a sweet sounding, spunky name. I once knew a Dixie who was a lovely person, so I have that nice personal association. But the name simply carries too much baggage in the US. At the very least, it would be extremely tone deaf to use the name in 2021.
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No. It sounds cutesy and childish.
Here in Germany it is also the name of a toilet-brand company that sells those toilets that you can move to different places for festivals and stuff. They are called Dixi-Klo (Dixiloo or Dixitoilet).
It also reminds me of "dick".
This is a huge problem and why I wouldn't use the name because using it would be perceived as racist by many:
"In the 21st century, concerns over glorifying the Confederacy led to various things named "Dixie" being renamed, including Dolly Parton's production "Dixie Stampede",[18] the music group Dixie Chicks,[19] and possibly Dixie State University in Utah, as their board of trustees voted unanimously in December 2020 to change the name"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie
I wouldn't use Gypsy for the same reason and am always kind of shocked when people use it.
Here in Germany it is also the name of a toilet-brand company that sells those toilets that you can move to different places for festivals and stuff. They are called Dixi-Klo (Dixiloo or Dixitoilet).
It also reminds me of "dick".
This is a huge problem and why I wouldn't use the name because using it would be perceived as racist by many:
"In the 21st century, concerns over glorifying the Confederacy led to various things named "Dixie" being renamed, including Dolly Parton's production "Dixie Stampede",[18] the music group Dixie Chicks,[19] and possibly Dixie State University in Utah, as their board of trustees voted unanimously in December 2020 to change the name"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie
I wouldn't use Gypsy for the same reason and am always kind of shocked when people use it.
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It’s not horrible, it’s think the name is very sweet. Despite its racial associations that definitely aren’t favorable, the name is distinguishing, the meaning is okay and it has a lot of good combos.
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I knew a Dixie once. She was a very sweet lady, it made me see the name in a nice light. It made me think of honey and summertime. Of course, this was when I was very young and didn't know anything about politics or what the word Dixie "means". It was also in Canada, where Dixie doesn't have the same connotations as it does in the South.
Basically it's a nice sound, very cheerful and bright.
Basically it's a nice sound, very cheerful and bright.
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