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My teacher and his wife had their first daughter today/yesterday. They named her Charlie Victoria.

I think it's pretty. I'm pretty sure the 'Charlie' is after Chaplin, as he is a die-hard Chaplin fan, and a Drama teacher. I think Charlie isn't too bad on a girl.

You?

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I like male NICKNAMES on little girl.

Charolette ... Charlie
Stephanie .... Stevie
Georgia .... George
Francesca ... Frankie

But I'm not a fan of given names as male names.

Ohh, yeah me too.
Charlie's cute, but might look a little weird on a class attendance list.

That actually happened to me once.
I had a guy in my class called Ashley and he put his hand up and the substitute thought he was joking and sent him to the office. :/

Ashley was actually originally a male name lol... Hmm I've come accross quite a few male kellys and I associate that as a female's name.

I know, but now people seem to only recognize it as a girl's name.
I've only known one guy-Kelly, and I've known OF about five or so girl Kellys, but I still associate it with a boy's name.

Ashley is a commonish male name in England. I mean it used to be a lot more popular for males than females
My housemate at uni is called Ashleigh and he's a boy. That annoys me... leigh is mainly the female spelling right..

I wouldn't think of Ashley as being gender-specific (now that I've known a couple male-Ashleys) but -leigh is pushing it...

danielle - dani :)

Me, too.

Josephine - Jo or Joey.
Andrea - Andi/Andy.

Two you didn't list that I love!

o0o I love love love andy as a little girl's nickname

That was my nickname all through school. My maiden name was Anderson=)

ditto. would it have been SO bad for them to give her a 'girl' name to fall back on? not to mention a full name vs a name that to me is just a nickname.

I agree! I think Charlie might be cute as a nn (I picture a cute little tomboy) but as an actual given name? Nope.

Besides, it just clashes so horribly with Victoria, which is a serious, old-fashioned name...if they were going that route, they should've made her Charlotte Victoria, and just gone for Charlie as the nn.

Charlotte Victoria is beautiful.

Charlie Victoria? Not so much.

Should have saved it for a son and made him Charles Victor, lol.

I think it's kind of bad for a girl. He could have waited until he had a boy to name a kid Charlie. But as long as they like it...

It's okay.
But it does seem like they were all, 'It's a girl? OH WELL, WE CAN STILL NAME HER CHARLIE!'

I woould like it better if it was Charlotte, Carlotta, Charlene or even Charla. And for that matter, how weird would Chaplin as a girl's first name be in a classroom full of Addisons and Skylers? Or use Sydney, which was Charlie Chaplin's brother's name.

(I really dislike nicknames as full names and boy's names on girls, so this name is two bad trends in one for me. And yeah, Sydney's a boy's name, but I bet it's more common for girls now.)

Definitely is.
But it's not as trendy as Addison... so at least she won't be known as Charlie P...?

Which would be even worse.

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Or Charlene.
I agree it's cute- but not as a full name.

Charlotte Victoria would have been a gorgeous name.

I think so too!
Not too frilly, either.

I like it. I grew up with a girl named Charli Beth and I love Charlie on a girl. I also hate nicknames. My theory is if you are going to call the kid something name it that and not a longer version that will be shortened.

Really?
I think you should call the kid something long (Charlotte, Danielle, Andrea) and then make a nickname so the child doesn't end up being mistaken for a boy on class lists (Charlie, Danny, Andy, etc).

My roommate's sister's best friend goes by Charlie and Chuck. I'm not sure what her given name is. I do think Charlie works surprisingly well on a girl but I would want a fuller feminine name.

CHUCK?
Wow.

Good thing that wasn't her given name. :|

we call one of my female best friends chuck.
its just a nickname though.

YUCK, I hate Charlie on a girl, even as a nickname. As a full name, it's even worse.

Oh!
Never a 'yuck' for me, but it isn't a favourite.

i think Charlie is a nickname for Charlotte,
i like it :)

Me too.
Don't love it- don't hate it, either.

Absolutely awful. If they wanted to use Charlie they should've at least had the decency to name her Charlotte or Charlene or something. Blech.

I don't think it's thaaat bad, but they could've named her Charlene or something.

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Scary, isn't it?

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I know.
It's going to be hard in future generations, because soon EVERYONE will have a unisex name, if they keep on going where they're headed.

I like Charlie on a boy a lot. Charles is the middle name used for boys on my daddy's side. I would consider using Charlie as a first name though...
I don't like it so much on a girl just because i hate Charlotte and most Charlie's are Charlotte's.

Or Charlene, but Charlene isn't any better.

It's not bad at all!

My sister's best friend is named Charlotte but she has always been called Charlie.

i think i would have preferred Victoria Charlie better. but over all its not that bad.

My grandmother's name is Charles. It's not good on a girl. She uses her middle name.

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