Message: "Birdie" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Birdie

by elysa

8/18/2010, 10:00 PM

I have seen the girls name Birdie around a lot lately. First I saw it on a few old fashioned names lists and then I saw it in a book the other day. I am really starting to love Birdie as a name! I think it's very old fashioned and cute! Do you think it could work as a first name? Or is it better off as a middle name or nickname for something (suggestions?)

Thanks! :)

#Birdie

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- lac

8/19/2010, 12:17 PM

Birdie is really cute, though perhaps not substantial enough to work as a full name. It could be a nn for Bridget or one of its variants I suppose.

- gaelruadh19

8/19/2010, 10:55 AM

Only as a nickname. And if today's children have ever heard of the musical "Bye Bye, Birdie"...

- Speranza

8/19/2010, 10:14 AM

It's ok - I find it a bit twee. Definitely nickname territory. I heard of a Robina who went by Birdie. It reminds me of Bridie which I don't like.

- elsie (scholasticastewart)

8/19/2010, 9:07 AM

I think Birdie's cute, but I would only use it as a nickname for Bridget. It's too fluffy to e used as a real name and there's teasing potential so a young Birdie might want to revert to Bridget as a fall back name.

- Wordsmith

8/19/2010, 6:31 AM

I like Birdie as a nickname for Bernadette or Bernadine.

- LMS (nsi) (guest)

8/19/2010, 2:47 AM

I like it

But I think you could find a great name to go with it, because I think it really does work better as a nickname.

- Irene (ireenee)

8/19/2010, 2:11 AM

I've always loved Birdie. I like it as a first name, but I think it might work better as a nickname. You could use it for any -bert- name, like Alberta, Roberta, or Bertha. I can't say I care for any of those names, though. Hmm...what about Bridget?

Here are the others I thought off:
Bernadette

Aww, rats! I guess that's all I could come up with. Haha.

I really like Bridget "Birdie"!

- abbasdaughter

8/19/2010, 12:46 AM

It works as a nn for someone w/ the last name Bird and the only person I've known to answer to that was an Aussie MAN... not a litle girl.

- Anneza

8/18/2010, 10:43 PM

Nickname for Bridget, perhaps - or for Avis. Or, indeed, for the more surprising bird names that are turning human: Lark, Raven etc.

- Ozma (MelvinSpelvin)

8/18/2010, 10:09 PM

I loved the book, "Catherine, Called Birdie" growing up, so I approve.

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