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HelpRe: Can you imagine these names on a grown woman?
in reply to a message by MsKyla
Pixie would seem annoying and pathetic on roughly 95% of the women I've encountered in my life. It's a rare person who can pull off a name that silly - generally, one who is admirable enough for some merits, that they'll be taken seriously regardless of having a playful name. An especially cool and amazing Pixie has a cool name at any age - but a Pixie who is a typical nice competent person with a normal-sized personality and accomplishment, is unfortunately named.
So yeah - in most cases I'd say don't use it. Unless your friend, the baby's father, and several other adults in the family are all people who would totally enjoy being named something like that.
Nixie is less bad because it's not a word and so it doesn't evoke a fantastical image, and wouldn't have that quality of trying and failing to dazzle you into thinking someone is something they're not. But it is eccentric, and has a cutesy sound, with no other impact. So I don't blame your friend for hesitating. I think her hesitation is a sign that it's a bad idea.
I think it's fine to name a girl Nicole or Phoenix and call her Nixie. That's different from giving Nixie as a full name.
- mirfak
So yeah - in most cases I'd say don't use it. Unless your friend, the baby's father, and several other adults in the family are all people who would totally enjoy being named something like that.
Nixie is less bad because it's not a word and so it doesn't evoke a fantastical image, and wouldn't have that quality of trying and failing to dazzle you into thinking someone is something they're not. But it is eccentric, and has a cutesy sound, with no other impact. So I don't blame your friend for hesitating. I think her hesitation is a sign that it's a bad idea.
I think it's fine to name a girl Nicole or Phoenix and call her Nixie. That's different from giving Nixie as a full name.
- mirfak
This message was edited 12/17/2018, 10:52 AM
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