Comments for the name Flossie

Flossie Bobbsey is one of the younger twins in the children's book series The Bobbsey Twins.

Sounds old-fashioned, and quite infantile and cutesy. Makes me think about flossing one's teeth.

The pronunciation given here "FLAW-see" only works for some (and not all) North American accents. It makes no sense for anyone British, Australian, etc. I think if you write it as "FLOSS-ee", everyone will understand.

Anyway, I do like this funny old nickname, though I think it's best just to use as an occasional affectionate pet name around the house. Funnily enough I have heard that it is used for Sophie? Don't know if that's true - Florence certainly makes more sense.

Flossie is a better nickname for Florence than Flo, by a mile. (At least, here in America. Is "My Aunt Flo" a phrase used in Britain?)