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Help[Opinions] Mamie
I almost always prefer nicknames as nicknames, but lately I've been enjoying the idea of Mamie as a given name. (Note: I'm not naming a human child!) I just find it infectiously joyous. Perhaps it feels more substantial than other nicknames because it evokes Amy (my late mother's name). What do you think of Mamie as either a nickname or a given name?
Some combos:
Mamie Rebecca
Mamie Isabella
Mamie Allegra
Mamie Juliet
Mamie Cecilia
Mamie Sylvia
Mamie Gwendolen
Mamie Estella
Mamie Isadora
Mamie Roxana
Mamie Ingrid
Mamie Gertrude
Mamie Priscilla
Mamie Lavinia
Mamie Letitia
Mamie Fern
Mamie Cornelia
Mamie Frances
Mamie Frederica
Mamie Luella
Mamie Sylvana
Mamie Sylvestra
Mamie Esther
Mamie Rosaline
Mamie Edwina
Mamie Georgina
Mamie Agnes
Mamie Roberta
Mamie Constance
Some combos:
Mamie Rebecca
Mamie Isabella
Mamie Allegra
Mamie Juliet
Mamie Cecilia
Mamie Sylvia
Mamie Gwendolen
Mamie Estella
Mamie Isadora
Mamie Roxana
Mamie Ingrid
Mamie Gertrude
Mamie Priscilla
Mamie Lavinia
Mamie Letitia
Mamie Fern
Mamie Cornelia
Mamie Frances
Mamie Frederica
Mamie Luella
Mamie Sylvana
Mamie Sylvestra
Mamie Esther
Mamie Rosaline
Mamie Edwina
Mamie Georgina
Mamie Agnes
Mamie Roberta
Mamie Constance
This message was edited 5/2/2023, 8:35 AM
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I really dislike it. Reminds me of maiming.
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It definitely seems very nicknamey to me, it is one of those baby talk nicknames.
I think it's ripe for revival. It feels exciting to me, it was my great-grandmother's (nick)name (she was Mary and was also called Tom) and she's been dead for a while so it seems to me like it would be fresh and new
Some nice combos though...
Mamie Fern
Mamie Cornelia
Mamie Constance
Mamie Esther
To me it seems sweet and practical, eager housewife energy, kind of like Kathleen but with more warmth and humor. And yes happy and sunny.
I think it's ripe for revival. It feels exciting to me, it was my great-grandmother's (nick)name (she was Mary and was also called Tom) and she's been dead for a while so it seems to me like it would be fresh and new
Some nice combos though...
Mamie Fern
Mamie Cornelia
Mamie Constance
Mamie Esther
To me it seems sweet and practical, eager housewife energy, kind of like Kathleen but with more warmth and humor. And yes happy and sunny.
This message was edited 5/2/2023, 3:46 PM
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It is very vintage and cool-sweet!! I would prefer it as a nickname though.
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I don't like it as a nn and especially for a full name
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To me it has an antique vibe. Down-home. Astringent, hard-bitten. Perhaps covered in coal-dust, or farm-dust. Like Minnie, Madge, Hetty.
It could also be flapperish, though, like Millie or Edith. Also it is like Jamie. So I guess I see the appeal. Hollywood slender and shrewd.
Would be an interesting choice for a character. I'd pick another flapper name for the middle - Mamie Frances, Mamie Sylvia. Or Sylvana, I like that.
As a baby name, I think it just sounds too much like "Mommy" to be the kind of name that a youth or young woman would be pleased to bear circa 2030. And it's *too* evocative of antique times, because of how infrequent it became, and I think that'd make it come off pseudy (cool on paper but dorky IRL).
It could also be flapperish, though, like Millie or Edith. Also it is like Jamie. So I guess I see the appeal. Hollywood slender and shrewd.
Would be an interesting choice for a character. I'd pick another flapper name for the middle - Mamie Frances, Mamie Sylvia. Or Sylvana, I like that.
As a baby name, I think it just sounds too much like "Mommy" to be the kind of name that a youth or young woman would be pleased to bear circa 2030. And it's *too* evocative of antique times, because of how infrequent it became, and I think that'd make it come off pseudy (cool on paper but dorky IRL).
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The "maim" sound isn't too attractive. mamie feels more like a nn and less like a full name than say, Molly or even Maggie.
It also has an unpleasant racial association; whether it's because of some character I don't know about, or the fact it's very close to "mammy" it has a rather stereotypical and potentially condescending vibe to it.
Also, it just plain sounds like baby talk.
It also has an unpleasant racial association; whether it's because of some character I don't know about, or the fact it's very close to "mammy" it has a rather stereotypical and potentially condescending vibe to it.
Also, it just plain sounds like baby talk.
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Mamie itself doesn't have a racial association. You're thinking of "mammy."
Mamie Till was the mother of Emmett Till...
Mamie Till was the mother of Emmett Till...
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I know what Emmett Till's mother's name was ...
And I also know that Mamie Van Doren and Mamie Eisenhower were both white. That doesn't change what I said.
It's not an explicit racial connotation like Mammy; it's closer to Jemima, or Hattie or Mattie. The Frog Princess was originally going to be called Mattie but Disney changed it to Tiana because Mattie is seen, by many Black people, as a "slave name." I didn't want to call Mamie a "slave name" but that's what lots of people who would know better than I do and certainly better than you do consider it.
And I also know that Mamie Van Doren and Mamie Eisenhower were both white. That doesn't change what I said.
It's not an explicit racial connotation like Mammy; it's closer to Jemima, or Hattie or Mattie. The Frog Princess was originally going to be called Mattie but Disney changed it to Tiana because Mattie is seen, by many Black people, as a "slave name." I didn't want to call Mamie a "slave name" but that's what lots of people who would know better than I do and certainly better than you do consider it.
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Plenty of White and Black women have been named Mamie, so I guess I don't understand the branding of it as a "slave name."
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie :)
For reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie :)
This message was edited 5/2/2023, 9:33 AM
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It doesn't seem to exist as a given name where I live, though it's hard to tell because we have no statistics. I've certainly never heard it used here as a nn, and I'm glad about that because it really doesn't appeal to me at all. And nor does Mama, though I loved Auntie Mame in spite of it.
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