Pick a Name
Looking back at the “place your bets” entry where readers guessed Mini-Me’s gender, there were two votes for “boy”, several votes for “indeterminate/neither/cthulhu” and one vote for “girl”.
Which says a great deal about my readers.
It also means there is a clear winner.
STEFFI, you may collect your prize of Personal Satisfaction from the downtown office at your earliest convenience. Congratulations.
In the meantime, I need a name. No you mad fools – not a REAL name! CJ and I will work that one out ourselves. But since our daughter will one day be a hot 16-year old, we won’t ever be using her real name online.
So what I need is a name that says “daughter” to the casual reader. Sort of like “Junior” instantly tells you that a man is so-and-so’s son.
Or just a handy name to use online. Throw your suggestions in the hat!
Felicity Banks 
W said,
September 12, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Kidlet
Moppet
Louisette
Cthulette
Little Miss
Louise Curtis said,
September 12, 2011 at 9:44 pm
W: I can’t help gravitating instantly to “Cthulette” for so many obvious reasons. . . but “Louisette” is actually brilliant for saying exactly who she is without needing to explain anything.
Ann said,
September 12, 2011 at 12:23 pm
Sprog?
Louise Curtis said,
September 12, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Ann: It really says it all (without needing the slightest explanation), at least for the first few years of life.
Ann said,
September 12, 2011 at 10:30 pm
There’s something so earthy about it…….. But like so many others, is sure to result in open revolt at some point.
My two nicknames as a child were Tuppence – apparently all I was worth (courtesy of my Pop) and Drongo (courtesy of Dad) – saved for the obvious ‘what were you thinking when you did that?’ moments……
Louise Curtis said,
September 13, 2011 at 9:03 am
Ann: Tuppence is sweet, and then really insulting at the same time.
Ben (Crispin) said,
September 12, 2011 at 3:04 pm
A friend of mine calls his daughter ‘DeeDee’ (i.e. ‘Darling Daughter’) online.
Louise Curtis said,
September 12, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Ben: Cunning. That is definitely the strongest possibility so far.
nbanks said,
September 13, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Ramone?
Louise Curtis said,
September 13, 2011 at 5:15 pm
nbanks: maybe, if she was a gangster.
Badger said,
September 12, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Minion.
Louise Curtis said,
September 12, 2011 at 5:39 pm
Badger: I love it!
A tiny part of me suspects she may object once she’s a certain age. . .
jaqbuncad said,
September 13, 2011 at 4:46 am
I wound up using my children’s star signs; they’re neutral enough, and broad enough (i.e., if you Google “Libra” you’re unlikely to come up with posts about my child), to serve. As a bonus, the kids seem to be pretty typical for their signs, too, so the monikers seem reasonably appropriate.
You could always try the baby name genie!
Louise Curtis said,
September 13, 2011 at 9:05 am
Jaqbuncad: Should be easy to remember, though I suspect she’ll hold on until the last minute, and get born in February.
Right now I’m leaning towards Louisette.
Barbara said,
September 13, 2011 at 8:20 pm
C.J’s nickname (still used by his dad … I tend to call him ‘Darl’ ) is Poss… this made me think of ‘Possum Magic’ written by Mem Fox.
Mem Fox also wrote ‘Koala Lou’ and the famous line in the book is ‘Koala Lou, I do love you’. So my vote goes to Koala Lou (nice relation to Louise) and we WILL love her. Very long winded but there you are 🙂
Louise Curtis said,
September 13, 2011 at 11:44 pm
Barbara: That’s so lovely. And Australian too.