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[lava-sharks.livejournal.com]

wdyt of winifred?

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[gym-manic.livejournal.com]

I love it. Im planning on using it for my daughter =)

[ladyjbug.livejournal.com]

I think of the character from The Wonder Years, which isn't bad at all! :)

[so-there.livejournal.com]

except her whole name was Gwendolyn.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I like it, and I think Winnie is a cute nickname too. My middle name is Wynne and I always wished it was Winifred.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

PS Freddie is a cute nickname for it too!

[frost.livejournal.com]

I've always found it really ugly, sorry. =(

[blueberryeyes17.livejournal.com]

I have, also. I know an elderly lady name Winney, which I don't mind, but I never liked Winifred.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Me, too!
I think it sounds very old-fashioned, but not in a good way.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Our friends have a baby named Wini!

While it isn't a favorite of mine, I sort of like it in a dusty old fashioned kind of way. I put it in the same category as George, Harry, Matilda, Alice, Cordelia, etc. and I generally tend to like those names. :)
The Winifred we know is Winifred Sylvia Carrie, (Carrie being her aunt, Sylvia being her great grandmother) and she goes by Wini. Totally suits her.

I think Freddie would also be kind of a cute nickname.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Part of me hates it and part of me likes it.

The part I hate thinks it's disgusting for a girls' name to end with "fred" and isn't too fussed on the Wini bit either.

But there's a small part of me that finds it cute and strangely appealing.

No way on earth I'd use it though but at least it's a good solid name.

[wolfbane.livejournal.com]

I agree with your comment completely!

I do however think it's an adorable cat or dog name :)

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I agree with this as well. You put into words my thoughts exactly!

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Awww, Winifred. :)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Too dorky.

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

horrible.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of Hocus Pocus and seems a little dated... but I like the nn Winnie.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I hope it makes a comeback! we're sticking with 2-syllable names (we have a 3-syllable last name) but I'd consider it otherwise! I hope to see it on other people's babies!

I fell in love with it watching "mary poppins" a gazillion times with my kids. lol.

[whispertown.livejournal.com]

i don't like it. it reminds me of a man's name. probably because i knew a guy named winfred

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine using it, but I love it!

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

to be honest, i hate it.

[lava-sharks.livejournal.com]

that's ok. i hate a lot of names too.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I think of Hocus Pocus.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

And I don't really like it. Winnie is a cute nickname though.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I seem to share the opinion of a few other commentators--I love the nickname Winnie, but Winifred I just don't like. Still too 'old-lady' for me.

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

my all-time favorite name! i'm planning on using it for my first daughter, partially because i adore it and partially because it'll honor my mother (her name is fred...) the nickname winnie is adorable, too. i love old fashioned, quirky names. i think winifred works well on a girly girl or a tomboy or anything in between. :)

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Winifred's a tricky one. For some time now it's been considered awful on almost a cliche level, like Bertha and Herman, so using it is risky. You're going to have a lot of people recoil in horror when you tell them the baby's name. But I think it has potential. It has that so-clunky-it's-cute vibe, like Matilda. Also like Matilda, it has cute and accessible nicknames--Mattie and Tillie for Matilda, Winnie and Fred/Freddie for Winifred. It's the kind of name people warm up to when they actually meet a person named that. So I think it's worth considering, if you're special about it.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i dont hate it. but i dont really like it either. thats a tough one.

[skudge.livejournal.com]

I love basically all names that contain 'fred' so yeah, I like it a lot.

[danne-gerous.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Hocus Pocus and Angel so that makes it pretty boss to begin with, but I also love how classic it is. Plus, lots of possibilities for nicknames.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

It's nice enough among the old-lady comebacks. Sooner Winifred than Phyllis.

[florallove.livejournal.com]

I can't decide if I like it or not. but I think I have a soft spot for it because of Tuck Everlasting. and I think Winnie is cute.