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Is the name Dixie still usable or are the negative connections too strong? (I'm not from the US)
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Yes. It’s a no for me.
Honestly when I see Dixie all I see is Dixie D’Amelio anyways who isn’t a particularly bad or good namesake but just OK. But the Dixieland thing is just disturbing especially as a person of color. The Dixie Chicks changed it because of that. It’s just too southern Belle for me.
For what it’s worth, it wasn’t the most pretty girl name to begin with.
Honestly when I see Dixie all I see is Dixie D’Amelio anyways who isn’t a particularly bad or good namesake but just OK. But the Dixieland thing is just disturbing especially as a person of color. The Dixie Chicks changed it because of that. It’s just too southern Belle for me.
For what it’s worth, it wasn’t the most pretty girl name to begin with.
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Where "not from the US" are you from.
To me - also not from the US - there is not much of a negative ring to Dixie (= southern states). It makes me think of Country Songs and a rather romantic picture of the South.
But where I'm from. Dixi is the name of a company, that provides portable toilets. So if you pass a construction site you will most certainly see a booth saying "Dixi".
To me - also not from the US - there is not much of a negative ring to Dixie (= southern states). It makes me think of Country Songs and a rather romantic picture of the South.
But where I'm from. Dixi is the name of a company, that provides portable toilets. So if you pass a construction site you will most certainly see a booth saying "Dixi".
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I've only ever seen this name on dogs.
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It's useable, but I agree with Rox, it's very outdated. I guess it's sort of on par with choices like Gypsy, retro and probably offensive to some people. I knew a Dixie (in Canada) who would be in her 60s now, so it's definitely got an old fashioned feeling to it, but no Confederate connotations up here. I don't think most people here even know what Dixie means in that context.
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I would assume someone liked the name. It really means nothing but a nn for the American south. I would never read anything more into it.
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I think it's still usable in a very grandma-name-turned-stylish-again way. It's on the top 1000 anyway. It fits in with stuff like Hazel and Ruby and Gracie.
It's okay but it feels too much like a pet's name. I think I've known of a couple dogs named Dixie. But only one person. She was a friend of my grandmother's; a white woman from Oklahoma, though I think she might have originally been from someplace farther south. She was such a sweet lady; the name fitted her well.
I'm not sure if people not *from* Dixie use it much. The song "Dixie" is pretty much frowned upon now, and has been so for long enough that the expression "whistling Dixie" means fooling around or wasting time.
I wouldn't want the dick sound in my name in any case.
It's okay but it feels too much like a pet's name. I think I've known of a couple dogs named Dixie. But only one person. She was a friend of my grandmother's; a white woman from Oklahoma, though I think she might have originally been from someplace farther south. She was such a sweet lady; the name fitted her well.
I'm not sure if people not *from* Dixie use it much. The song "Dixie" is pretty much frowned upon now, and has been so for long enough that the expression "whistling Dixie" means fooling around or wasting time.
I wouldn't want the dick sound in my name in any case.
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To be honest (coming from the southeastern US), I think not. Where I am, people will figure you to be a confederate sympathizer. However, if you’re not from the US, you could be fine. They may not make associations with the Southern Confederacy; you may have a slimmer chance. There’s also the Dixie Chicks, and a cup brand called Dixie.
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I'd probably assume someone who gave the name to their kid was a "Lost Causer"/Confederate sympathizer. so.
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