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What do you think of the name Poppy? Do you think it would fit in fine in America?
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I can't get my head around some of the names that do and don't fit in with American tastes, and I've been trying for years, at a distance admittedly. But I deplore Poppy though I really love the flowers. I'd rather name a child Shirley than Poppy! And I know someone with a young Poppy (in the UK), and when I'm talking it's fine but when I'm typing an email my fingers take over and I involuntarily type Polly every darn time.
I don't know if it's got anything to do with 'poppycock' but Poppy just seems so limp and flaccid; and the etymology of 'poppycock' most emphatically doesn't help.
I don't know if it's got anything to do with 'poppycock' but Poppy just seems so limp and flaccid; and the etymology of 'poppycock' most emphatically doesn't help.
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I don't like it, it is too cutesy and reminds me too much of opium!
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It sounds to silly on a human. I don't get it's popularity in the UK. I think it would be cute on a horse or rabbit, however.
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Yikes! I did not realise Poppy was so hated across the pond. It's pretty normal to me (I don't even know one) but I do live in the U.K and I don't and don't know anyone who calls their grandfather Pop or Poppy, but I guess it's the equivalent of Nan. I feel like there are far worse names. It fits fine here of course, and it reminds me of the flower and Rememberence Day. It's just another cute flower based name like Daisy, Tansy, Rosie etc. Doesn't seem like it would work in the US though haha.
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In WA where I grew up the only people I know who call their grandfather or father Poppy are Hispanic people and they spell it Papi but pronounce it similar to Poppy.
Maybe it depends on what part of the country you live in or what generation you are a part of but Poppy isn't a common term for grandfather or father to me.
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Maybe it depends on what part of the country you live in or what generation you are a part of but Poppy isn't a common term for grandfather or father to me.
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This message was edited 3/3/2017, 1:30 PM
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That type of thing can be dependent on the region. I'm from the Northeast, where nobody but nobody calls their grandmother MeeMaw, but once I moved to the South I heard MeeMaw fairly frequently.
Poppy is common enough in the US to be included in a list of "traditional grandfather names" that I found on Grandparents.com. Along with Pop and PopPop. My sister's grandchildren call her husband, who is actually their step-grandfather, PopPop.
Poppy is common enough in the US to be included in a list of "traditional grandfather names" that I found on Grandparents.com. Along with Pop and PopPop. My sister's grandchildren call her husband, who is actually their step-grandfather, PopPop.
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I call my paternal grandparents Grandpa and Grandma, and my maternal ones were Grampa and Nana - nana was pronounced the Spanish way. My paternal grandmother is called MayMee by my youngest cousins - one of them started it and the rest of them liked it. One of my great grandmother's we called GG as an abbreviation of Great Grandmother. We didn't realize it was an abbreviation for a while so we would sometimes call her Great Grandma Gigi. :P
My mother's maternal grandparents were Abuela and she never knew her Abuelo. Paternally they were Nanny and I think Pappy, I'm 100% certain about Nanny.
I don't think my dad used anything other than Grandpa and Grandma.
I know someone who called either their father or grandfather Pop or PopPop. I've never in person met someone call their grandfather Poppy, I feel like it is very old fashioned.
I've had a couple of friend's of German ancestry call their grandparents Oma and Opa. I wonder if either of my paternal great mother's called their grandparents Oma and Opa.
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My mother's maternal grandparents were Abuela and she never knew her Abuelo. Paternally they were Nanny and I think Pappy, I'm 100% certain about Nanny.
I don't think my dad used anything other than Grandpa and Grandma.
I know someone who called either their father or grandfather Pop or PopPop. I've never in person met someone call their grandfather Poppy, I feel like it is very old fashioned.
I've had a couple of friend's of German ancestry call their grandparents Oma and Opa. I wonder if either of my paternal great mother's called their grandparents Oma and Opa.
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This message was edited 3/3/2017, 3:11 PM
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in a word ...
Asinine.
It's just so dumb. Even the sound of it is dumb, like baby talk.
In the US, Poppy, along with variations like Pop-Pop and Paw-Paw, are fairly common things for people to call their grandfathers. So, Poppy ought to have a sister called Mamaw.
I remember recently one of the Bush twins named a baby Poppy, supposedly after George HW Bush's childhood n. Wich seems to show that family's fondness for self-commemoration has made them stretch logic like a piece of taffy. I mean, Georgia or Georgina would have made more sense if honoring Bush SR. was really the primary motive.
Still, considering that another of his childhood nns was Fatty McGee McGaw, I suppose the poor child could have had it even worse.
Asinine.
It's just so dumb. Even the sound of it is dumb, like baby talk.
In the US, Poppy, along with variations like Pop-Pop and Paw-Paw, are fairly common things for people to call their grandfathers. So, Poppy ought to have a sister called Mamaw.
I remember recently one of the Bush twins named a baby Poppy, supposedly after George HW Bush's childhood n. Wich seems to show that family's fondness for self-commemoration has made them stretch logic like a piece of taffy. I mean, Georgia or Georgina would have made more sense if honoring Bush SR. was really the primary motive.
Still, considering that another of his childhood nns was Fatty McGee McGaw, I suppose the poor child could have had it even worse.
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Poppy is one of those names that has a silly vibe for me.
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I'm in the minority here, but I love the name Poppy. Most people on the boards can't stand it and find it silly and juvenile, but I honestly don't understand why! It's a flower name, so I don't see how it can be juvenile. I think it would be fine to use in America. I gets used here in Australia and is also very popular in the U.K.
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I agree! It's no different than Daisy to me and I personally don't know of anyone who calls their grandfathers poppy!
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Poppy is a gp to me. It's like Daisy and Meadow, some part of me loves them and another part of me feels like they are too cute. Daisy is cuter than Meadow and Poppy is even cuter than Daisy in my opinion. The only name cuter than Poppy is Candy.
Part of why I have been loving Marguerite lately is that Daisy could be a nn for it without Daisy being the full name, plus I love Marguerite.
If you love Poppy then I say use it. Some people will feel that it is too cute and other people won't feel that way. There is a national TV reporter/ journalist on CNN named Poppy and if she can be taken seriously with the name Poppy then it is usable imo.
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Part of why I have been loving Marguerite lately is that Daisy could be a nn for it without Daisy being the full name, plus I love Marguerite.
If you love Poppy then I say use it. Some people will feel that it is too cute and other people won't feel that way. There is a national TV reporter/ journalist on CNN named Poppy and if she can be taken seriously with the name Poppy then it is usable imo.
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This message was edited 3/2/2017, 9:41 PM
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Names like these are my guilty pleasure names. I like the sounding of it and I think it fits well, so does Pepper and Love.
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Once again I am the odd one out. I love the name Poppy and think it is adorable. I'm not sure I would be brave enough to use it as a FN but I would consider it for a ML.
I lI've in the Midwestern part of the US and would not even blink if I met a child or even a lady with this name.
I lI've in the Midwestern part of the US and would not even blink if I met a child or even a lady with this name.
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I live in the Midwest as well and am so happy that you think so! Thank you!
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I know someone who goes exclusively by Poppy (even though her real name is Erin). I had heard of her through mutual friends before I actually met her, and from the start I thought it was strange that an 18 year old was named Poppy. I'm not sure if this is justified, but for some reason it was one of the most distinctly 60-something year old woman name I could think of. Like, not quite old lady, but getting there. Then, when I met her, her face definitely had some very naturally old-lady-like features for an 18 year old. It was like her face adapted to the name (which is supposedly a real phenomenon that I don't fully buy http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4257242/People-match-names-faces-strangers-accurately.html).
Sorry my answer is so all over the place. My point is I associate this name with old, droopy faces.
As for your second question, I don't think it's necessarily weird in America, but that may just be because I know one. It's kind of cute, I don't hate it as much as some others! Just definitely not one of my favorites.
Sorry my answer is so all over the place. My point is I associate this name with old, droopy faces.
As for your second question, I don't think it's necessarily weird in America, but that may just be because I know one. It's kind of cute, I don't hate it as much as some others! Just definitely not one of my favorites.
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I don't think it fits in fine even in the UK. It's so utterly ridiculous. It floors me that it's so popular in the UK. I. Just. Don't. Get. It. I hope it's a name that never catches on here.
I don't know about the UK, but in the US, Poppy is a not uncommon name for a grandfather. I called my maternal grandfather Pop, and his father was called Poppy by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I think that may prevent Poppy as a girls' name from catching on here.
I don't know about the UK, but in the US, Poppy is a not uncommon name for a grandfather. I called my maternal grandfather Pop, and his father was called Poppy by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I think that may prevent Poppy as a girls' name from catching on here.
This message was edited 3/2/2017, 5:27 PM
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It's one of my least favourite names, but I think one of the reasons it's popular in the UK is because of Remembrance Day, or "Poppy Day" on November 11th each year. A lot of people wear paper poppies on their clothing around that time. I think some people see Poppy as kind of a patriotic British name. Also, it's not used as a name for a grandfather here, so doesn't have that connotation.
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I totally understand where you're coming from, and it definitely is on more of the GP side for me, but I just think of the pretty flowers that always stuck in my mind from the Wizard of Oz. I just think it's sweet but I appreciate your input. (-:
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ditto
Nice idea, the flower ... but saying it out loud to address a woman, ick. How is this cute. And the reference to opium and death. Really? I don't get it.
It gives me an image like Ruby does too - a sort of bewigged muumuu-wearing character of tragic grit.
Popeye.
Nice idea, the flower ... but saying it out loud to address a woman, ick. How is this cute. And the reference to opium and death. Really? I don't get it.
It gives me an image like Ruby does too - a sort of bewigged muumuu-wearing character of tragic grit.
Popeye.
This message was edited 3/3/2017, 10:19 AM
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I agree immensely!! Also, the fact that poppy looks like, ya know, poopy.
Poppy is just one of those names I destest and will never understand the trend of-even with that being in a different country. I hope poppy doesn't catch on in the u.s either
Poppy is just one of those names I destest and will never understand the trend of-even with that being in a different country. I hope poppy doesn't catch on in the u.s either
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