Lady

My instinct is to call this name tacky. True, "Lady" is not the Spanish word for the title/concept, but it is seemingly an appropriation of a "random" word as a person's name. (And Latin Americans are by no means the only people guilty of this--just look at U.S. statistics from the beginning of the 20th century, and how many girls were named Larue... which literally means "the street" in French.) Even Milady/Mylady has caught on amongst the Latino population.

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But then I thought about it... and I realized Donna means the exact same thing in Italian. We've been naming women "Lady" in Italian for *ages*. There are so many Donnas in existence today! Now I wonder how odd it is to an Italian's ears when an Anglophone woman introduces herself as Donna...

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And then there's Madonna, which these days is mostly associated with the singer. While it is a Marian title name, it literally translates to "my Lady" (see Milady/Mylady above), and there are women--besides the singer--walking around with that name today. Even in Italy!

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Ergo, while Lady isn't to my taste, I would have absolutely no room to call this name tacky (and would indeed be seated on a very high horse if I were to, anyway).

I think this is an adorable name! I think it only works better as you get older too. Easy to spell, easy to remember, and elegant.

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The idea that naming a daughter this is stereotypical or regressive I think is wrong, too. It’s no more stereotypical than naming your daughter Rose, Mary, or Colleen, for instance. If you want to name your daughter something unrelated to traditionally feminine names and words, then absolutely more power to you! But Lady is not different from many other beloved girls names, in that way.

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Anyway, I really like it!

Good name if you want your kid to be bullied.

For some reason I really like this name, though I know on an actual person it wouldn't work very well.

Never for a human.

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I’m always reminded of the Lady and the Tramp. I think that this name isn’t for humans for obvious reasons, but it’s great for a dog or cat.

No thanks. This name is also calling women bread kneaders which is pretty much bringing back the past..

Cute, although I would only use this as a nickname.

I only like it as a nickname. I prefer Queenie.

Why all this hate on such a pretty name? It's Lady, easy to spell and remember!

Elegant!

Only as a nickname - even then it’s still silly.

Silly as a name.

Do you really think it's actually a good given name? Sorry, it's more stereotypical nowadays.