Winnie

Growing up I’ve had it a bit tough being named this. My name (legally) is Winnie, but all my life i have been named Winifred. Due to the ‘Cartoon Bear’ association — I’ve HATED hearing that name. As I’ve gotten older, it’s started to grow on me. I’m starting to see more people named Winnie and it makes me happier. I DISLIKE Winifred however, and i would never put this name anywhere. I plan on changing my name, but will put ‘Winnie’ as my middle name. To all the Winnie’s out there — dw it will grow on people (hopefully.) Love it.

This name makes me think of Winnie from animal crossing which makes me feel warm and happy :)

Winnie Cooper from “The Wonder years”! Reminds me of happier times. Apparently her full name was ‘Gwendolyn’.

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I also think it would be a good nickname for ‘Winona’.

I really like the name Winnie. I think it's super cute. I prefer it to any other of the Win type names. I love the nickname Win as well.

Winnie is such a cute name. Even with its association with Winnie the Pooh. It also means fair and pure, happiness and soft. I can see why some people might not like the name as they get older but as a second name or nickname growing up I think it's really sweet.

This name is fine as a nickname for Winifred or as a pet name.

Cute on a toddler, but juvenile on a teen.

Winnie only fits a baby and toddler. Ella sounds terrible on an adult. Sorry but it's true.

Winnie is a unnatural name, I repeat, this is not a good name.

Winey Winnie... dislike!

Not a fan. Sounds childish and weird.

It sounds nice as a nickname for Winifred, but there's the Winnie the Pooh association...

My name is Edwina. Named after my father Edwin with a soft "ah" at the end. I love my name, but no one pronounces it correctly. I get Edweeeena, which I think is ghastly. My family called me Wina and when I started Jr. High I became Winnie. I quite love the name Winnie. It is fun and it sort of skips everywhere it goes. It was less appropriate when I was in college, graduate school and became a professional so I went back to Edwina... and Edweeeena. I am retired now and have happily become Winnie again. My family also called me Pooh. I have no problem with being identified with A.A. Milne's wonderful character. If you read the books, rather than just watching movies, you will begin to understand that Winnie the Pooh is a very wise bear. Also, don't miss "The Tao of Pooh" which points out a lot of Pooh's very sage thoughts. Yes, my room is filled with Pooh Bears, and I'm glad. I had several friends in high school who assumed my name was Winifred and called me "Fred" forever. Names are fascinating all the way around.

Winnie is my mother's middle name, and it’s also what she got called most of the time when she was younger. I think it’s a lovely name, actually one of my favourites.
The honey eating bear is not called Winnie the Pooh in my country, but even though I know its original name now, I still never think of the bear when I hear Winnie. I simply just love this name.

I love the name Winnie. If I have a daughter, I'm naming her Winnie. Honestly, by the time I'm actually going to have kids, no one is really going to remember what Winnie the Pooh is. Plus, it's just a cartoon.

A good name for a nerdy, submissive, Asian-American girl.

I like the name Winnie. It's a cute old fashioned name that I can see on a little girl as well as a full grown woman.

How is it a bad idea to name a child (regardless of it being a girl or a boy) Winnie? Winnie has a wonderful meaning and no matter how hard you try picking the perfect name, in the future your child will definitely come across some mean people who will easily manage to come up with cruel insults and hurl them non-stop mercilessly. Sadly, name calling has existed for a long time and it is difficult to completely avoid them in one's life. I have met people with what you could call "safe", "normal" names such as Jamie, Hannah, Marcus etc. And they've all been teased not due to their names, but because of other factors based on their looks, culture, habits, weaknesses etc.

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I love this name- don't be put off because of Winnie the Pooh! =)

I think Winnie is a very awesome sounding nickname. Too bad about the children's book character taking it over.

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It's supposed to be a girls name, specifically. How come the old-man sounding bear got the name? Oh, well. What's done is done.

I won't go into details, but it could lead to unpleasant nicknames, because of the bear.

It sounds like the noise a horse makes, and then there's the Winnie-the-Pooh association. I don't know which one is worse.