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Pansy
Poppy
Baby
Maisie
Mamie
Jilly
Tilly
Janie
Jany
Susie
Dotty
Babbie

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Olly
Darry
Denny
Manny
Auggie
Kenny
Ozzie
Tommy
Lenny
Timmy

Daisy and Misty I like. Another one: Missy. I know an older woman with that name, and it's very nice.

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I am not a fan of:

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Tansy
Tippi
Lollie
Pepper / Peppa
Penny
Tollie
Pippa
Missie
Sunny
Cricket
Honey
Ginger
Fawn
Dolly
Minnie
Goldie
Dixie
Bee
Dolly
Bunny
Birdie
Blossom
Lottie / Lotta
Dee

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I realize that I'm agreeing with most of your names except two 😂.

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Ollie is cute for a little boy, short for Oliver.

any of the double names; Gigi, Coco, Lulu. Rosie, Teddy, Bunny, Lady, Peggy, Patsy, Shirley or Daisy are all too cutesy for me. For boys idk Teddy as well and maybe August/Augustus

I dunno. I guess because I come from a family that loves using cutesy nickname-names, I still see them as fine, real names. I've had ancestors and family members named Lottie, Toni, Coco, Lillie, Derry, Tressie, Tommy, Kelly, Jennie, Willi, and Rudi. I don't know if some of them did technically have longer names recorded somewhere, but most of them were buried under these little names and were never called anything else all their lives.

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Once I got out into the world and started meeting real live professional people with names like Dixie and Ollie and Penny I realized it's really not a big deal. Actually a lot of these types of names have kind of become a status symbol; rich people love giving each other and their kids silly little names, so something fluffy or childish like Didi, Cookie, or Chip actually screams "old money" to me, ironically.

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The only names I find really unfortunate are things like Sissy. And one time I met a girl named Dodo, which I thought was pretty bad.... but she was a mega-rich Middle Eastern heiress so I didn't feel too sorry for her.

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There was an actress from Old Hollywood called Googie Withers - I always found that one a bit hard to take seriously.

I was like, "Names that are too cutesy? Hm, I'm not so sure"...then, I saw your list and instantly agreed with some of them! A lot of these I don't even consider to be actual names.

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Bee
Honey
Bunny
Birdie
Dolly
Teddy
Lolly
Lolita
Sunny (I know a Sunni in her 40s.)
Clover
Fifi
Mimi
Pansy
Collie
Cat / Kat
Cleo

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(Funnily enough, though...I think Kiki is nice on a girl, and I don't hate Gigi either! Those names are extremely cutesy- I don't know why that I like Kiki as a full name.)

I know a lot of people have the full name Mia, but I think it is much better as a nickname.

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The first one I thought of is Clarabelle. I also think Belle on its own is too cutesy, but I’m not sure if that’s just me.

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A lot of diminutives are too cute to stand alone.

Most of them I find unacceptable. Daisy and Tansy are fine, no problem there; Pippa and Penny are excellent nicknames, but I'd definitely expect them to be Philippa and Penelope! I should add that my daughter Beatrice goes by the nn Bea; not quite Bee, but close. So did her grandmother, after whom she is named.

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On the male side, I know Kit as a nn for Christopher. Which is how I hope it will stay.

Daisy, Dolly, Minnie, Honey, Fawn

Pixie, Honey, Mia, Fifi, Peaches, Precious, Prince, Princess

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Annie
Cassie
Cyndi
Jenny
Lizzie
Mitzi
Penny
Susie
Wendy
Barbie
Jessie

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I have a niece named Jillian who goes by Jilly. It's a shame because Jillian is a lovely name - not overused but not odd. Jill is an OK nn, but Jilly is just too cutesy.

For me, probably Dino, Candy, Cherry, and Kiki. I do like Kiki but I don't like it as a full name.