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Help[Opinions] Re: Minnie
in reply to a message by Eilis
Darn, I adore Wilhelmina and Minerva.
Usually, Minnie is from variants of William such as Wilhelmina, Minette, Minetta . . . there are others but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
Others that you might like:
Dominique
Araminta
Tamsin
Mary / Miriam
Miranda
Euphemia
Emmeline
Mina
Hermione
Melanie
Jasmine / Jessamine
Madeline / Madeleine ("MAD-a-lin")
Minna
Germaine
Mayim
Maureen
Megan
Myfanwy (mi-VAWN-wee)
Emily
I know some of these are a stretch. But nns are the place for creativity and whimsy, to me. I can see older siblings not being able to pronounce a newborn's name such as the ones above and coming out with "Minnie."
Usually, Minnie is from variants of William such as Wilhelmina, Minette, Minetta . . . there are others but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
Others that you might like:
Dominique
Araminta
Tamsin
Mary / Miriam
Miranda
Euphemia
Emmeline
Mina
Hermione
Melanie
Jasmine / Jessamine
Madeline / Madeleine ("MAD-a-lin")
Minna
Germaine
Mayim
Maureen
Megan
Myfanwy (mi-VAWN-wee)
Emily
I know some of these are a stretch. But nns are the place for creativity and whimsy, to me. I can see older siblings not being able to pronounce a newborn's name such as the ones above and coming out with "Minnie."
This message was edited 10/26/2006, 2:21 PM
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Minerva is growing on me... sort of. I want to like it because it seems like the perfect name/nickname situation: grown up, strong Minerva and sweet, endearing Minnie. But I'm having a hard time getting over just finding Minerva plain old unattractive.
Mary, Miriam, and Miranda are great suggestions. I love names along those lines and like Mamie, Minnie is almost generically "M" enough to be suited for them. I'm on the fence about Hermione; I'm almost sorry to say that I've been really wanting to like it lately, but that I'd never heard it before Harry Potter came out makes it feel way too Harry Potter-ish for me. :-/ Hm. Dilemma. I'm giving it a chance, though.
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Mary, Miriam, and Miranda are great suggestions. I love names along those lines and like Mamie, Minnie is almost generically "M" enough to be suited for them. I'm on the fence about Hermione; I'm almost sorry to say that I've been really wanting to like it lately, but that I'd never heard it before Harry Potter came out makes it feel way too Harry Potter-ish for me. :-/ Hm. Dilemma. I'm giving it a chance, though.
www.qwantz.com
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