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I think that it's okay, but borderline ridiculous. I feel like a Queenie would really have to have a strong personality and own her name to make it work realistically.

Not only is it obnoxious in the sense of the "queen" part but then it sounds So Much like "weenie"
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Not only is it obnoxious in the sense of the "queen" part but then it sounds So Much like "weenie"
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I can tollerate it as a nn but it's kind of silly as full name.

My husband had a student once, third-world lady, who went by both her given names: Queen Elizabeth. He found it quite embarrassing to speak to her in class.

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I think it would be best to avoid any name that any actual queen has ever had. Or, it might work to give her a name like Victoria Anne Elizabeth and use Queenie as a nn.

I actually don't mind it! It has an endearing quality to it, but I'm not sure why!

I don't like it. I think Queen is better

I like it as a nn, mn, or pet name. I think it's very tacky as a full given first name. I warmed up to it after seeing it used on the show Lark Rise to Candleford.

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If I were to use it myself, it would be for a daughter that shared their first name with a queen, which is what its original use was (aka Elizabeth's or Victoria's nn'ed Queenie.) My husband can actually trace his ancestry back to royalty, so if I were to name a daughter after one of those ancestors, say, she might get nn'ed Queenie. OTOH I might not because I wouldn't want to give her a big head. :P

It's a GP of mine. It's silly, but there's something lovable and fun about it, and it's very much a zeitgeist name - it had quite a wave of popularity in the 1900s after the death of Victoria, amongst people from all sorts of backgrounds. The records show plenty of Queenie Victorias, and every other queen the UK has ever had.
There were also quite a few named after landmarks in the Boer War: Queenie Ladysmith, Queenie Transvaal, Queenie Pretoria
plenty of floral Queenies: Queenie Violet, Queenie Primrose, Queenie Daisy, Queenie Myrtle, Queenie Iris, Queenie Viola, Queenie Rose, Queenie Pansy, Queenie Flora & Queenie Flower
and more unusual Queenies: Queenie Novella, Queenie Carnatia, Queenie Topsy, Queenie Maisabelle, Queenie Corona, Queenie Irenie, Queenie Dagmar, Queenie Zella, Queenie Virtue, Queenie Vesta, Queenie Gwenllian, Queenie

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My first association is the caricature of Queen Elizabeth from the TV show Blackadder.

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I am biased because I have bad associations with the name after meeting an obese, very smelly woman with bad dental hygiene called Queenie. However, I think Queenie sounds kind of ridiculous as a name - pretentious and silly.

I think it's really cute, but I have trouble seeing it as a full name used today. Unfortunately, there's nothing really good to use as a long form. I liked it on a character in a mini series--a young, British woman during WWII.

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Queenie Louise
Queenie Leonore
Queenie Josephine
Queenie Tamsin
Queenie Roberta

There was a British woman who called our center repeatedly about a refund she was supposed to receive. Her name was Queenation. I prefer Queenie as a nickname for Queenation.

Um, no. Just no. Why would anybody even consider this seriously?
It's a gross name even for a dog or cat.