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Margaret Mitchell originally had the heroine in Gone With The Wind named Pansy O’Hara ….Right before publication she changed the name to Scarlet… Thankfully, can you picture that character with the name Pansy…?
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Very pretty, quite nice for a pensive little girl. Hopefully the insult will become a thing of the past and we can go back to using lovely Pansy soon. I adore the flowers as well.
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Pansy, Pansy, Pansy. It has such a lovely sound, though it is a wee bit infantile. The meaning, "thought" and the flower association is just darling, to me it brings the feeling of reading Peter Rabbit by Beatrix (another gem of a name) Potter and lemonade under the sun. Daisy chains and running through fields, as a gentle breeze tickles the neck. It has a slight witchy feeling to me though, most likely from that little Slytherin girl, Pansy Parkinson, from Harry Potter.
Sadly, in the UK it is an outdated slur for a camp man. It is perfect for a middle name, if you like, that is. I believe another user said her daughter was Eloise Pansy, which is absolutely lush, the "cottage-core" and slight "dark-academia" vibes are just...brilliant, for lack of better words. To comment on the slur meaning, I'd say this name might be usable in maybe twenty years. Besides, it's not really an insult, as someone else said, for a girl, maybe?
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Sadly, in the UK it is an outdated slur for a camp man. It is perfect for a middle name, if you like, that is. I believe another user said her daughter was Eloise Pansy, which is absolutely lush, the "cottage-core" and slight "dark-academia" vibes are just...brilliant, for lack of better words. To comment on the slur meaning, I'd say this name might be usable in maybe twenty years. Besides, it's not really an insult, as someone else said, for a girl, maybe?
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I like it. Pansy has a yummy meaning. I'd like a thoughtful little girl.
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I like the flower, but not this name.
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"Panzee" could also be an alternate spelling. Or "Panzie".
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I might use this name in historical fiction, but considering its usage as a homophobic slur... not too into it on an actual person. I do like the Anne of Green Gables vibe, it just doesn't really work in any non-Gablesy context.
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Pansy is one of the spiders from Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends.
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I have four children, my second daughter is named Eloise Pansy Angelina. I personally love the name Pansy, it’s one of my favourites. The name is a lovely flower and means thoughtful. It also fits my daughter splendidly, as she is very considerate and always looks towards the light, like a Pansy. I understand that many people don’t like the name because it sounds like pants or an effeminate boy, but honestly that never even crossed my mind when I was naming Pansy. My daughter also loves that there is a Harry Potter character that has the same name as she does. My little boy Tom, not so much, if you know what I mean. I also thought that you could use Pansy as a moniker for Polina; or call Pansy, Posie for short.
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I am truly sorry if your name is Pansy, but I do not like this name. I see this name on an animal or such, but not on a human. Pansy reminds me too much of Panty. So overall, I do not approve of this name. Again, if your name is Pansy, I am sorry.
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This is a slang for a weak boy...
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Pathetic and ugly.
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Pansy Parkinson is a Harry Potter Character while the character is mean and a Slytherin the name should not be criminalized by the character even though she does want to lock Harry up and give him to Voldemort. I think it's a great name.
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I would never use this name on a human. But it's really cute for a cat or dog. In fact, it is my cat's name.
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A really weird name that honestly makes me want to throw up. Pansy has got to be the ugliest and stupidest name out there.
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Pansy is a term, refering to a feminine male or a male being scared. Essentially the same slang as sissy or prissy.
"Come on, don't be a Pansy"
Not a good name...
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"Come on, don't be a Pansy"
Not a good name...
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In theory it sounds nice, but it reminds me of the English word used to describe someone who's a wuss.
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It IS cute, but it reminds me of PANTY. I would spell it Pansie, probably.
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This does not sound like a real name. It sounds so sour and nasty, like the name of one of the most bratty bullies in middle school.
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I'm guilty for finding this name cute, since I know its other meaning. I still associate Pansy with the flower before the derogatory meaning. Even so, it might cause teasing.
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Seems okay for a character in a novel, but would take a lot of getting used to in real life. But after the initial wimpy associations, it grows on you. I'm already starting to like it since starting this comment.
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I would never want this name as in England it is a slang term for a girly boy!
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I like this name and I'm not bothered by the fact that it's a slang word for an effeminate man; it's rather irrelevant and beside the point, because the name would belong to a woman and not a man, and being called a "pansy" is not of concern to a woman, is it?
Pansy is old-fashioned and different. The flowers were called pansies because they resemble human faces, and in the month of August they nod forward as if deep in thought. The pansy has long been the symbol for Freethought. I love this association.
For a daughter I might use Pansy as a nickname. It could be short for Anne (like the nicknames Panni and Nancy), or Pandora, Patience, or Esperanza.
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Pansy is old-fashioned and different. The flowers were called pansies because they resemble human faces, and in the month of August they nod forward as if deep in thought. The pansy has long been the symbol for Freethought. I love this association.
For a daughter I might use Pansy as a nickname. It could be short for Anne (like the nicknames Panni and Nancy), or Pandora, Patience, or Esperanza.
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Pansy Osmond is a character in Henry James' "Portrait of a Lady" (1881).
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The name is not ugly, but it does sound rather childish.
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Pansy was the pseudonym for author Isabella MacDonald Alden.
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Pansy Faye, a very annoying character from Dark Shadows.
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Can you imagine a parent shouting: ''Pansy, it's time to go home now!''? Tell me you wouldn't laugh out loud. This is an epithet, and an epithet for boys who aren't considered masculine enough, for that matter. It's a silly concept, and immature people use the epithet, but what exactly are you going to do, wipe out all the bully types? Besides, the name is very ugly!
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Pansy may have been taken from the word pans which is used to describe homosexuals.
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"Pansy" could have a nameday on Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter) is the day of flowers and willows (the names of the other trees also have a nameday).
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A pansy is an effeminate, camp man.
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Isn't it also slang for wimp?
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Orginally Margaret Mitchell was considering using this name for her heroine in "Gone With the Wind", but her publisher suggested changing. Miss Mitchell changed her heroine's name to "Scarlett."
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I'm very glad she changed it to Scarlett. Pansy is a horrible name.
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Pansy Parkinson is a character in Harry Potter.
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