We had decided to name our baby [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], nn [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. But it just doesn’t feel 100% right. The thought of naming her one thing and calling her another just kind of bugs us. We love both names, but kind of feel like we should choose one or the other. Would it be crazy to name her “just” [name_f]Millie[/name_f]?
I have always loved [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] grandmother was [name_f]Mildred[/name_f] nn [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. I think that [name_f]Mildred[/name_f] is a little old for today’s little girls but have always liked the nn [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. I think that [name_f]Millie[/name_f] is very capable of being a first name on it’s own, there is the issue of being ‘cute’ for an adult but adults rock cute names all the time. PS- I also like [name_f]Amelia[/name_f].
I like [name_f]Millie[/name_f]! It is definitely usable on its own. Using either name is a winner, both cute names!
I love the name
It would totally work as a stand alone . I can see an adult [name_f]Millie[/name_f] [name_f]Milly[/name_f] very easily I don’t think it’s 2 cutesy at all people use [name_f]Molly[/name_f] by itself all the time
I like it. [name_u]Billie[/name_u] is much more my style but [name_f]Millie[/name_f] is pretty.
I know loads though, there were two in my year at school (it’s been big in the UK for a while, I think it’s slowly fading though). They’re all just [name_f]Millie[/name_f]… maybe one is an [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] but I don’t know for sure.
I think [name_f]Millie[/name_f] on its own is totally fine. If you’re worried about it being too nickname-y, spelling it [name_f]Milly[/name_f] might help a little at least in my opinion.
[name_f]Millie[/name_f] is completely fine on it’s own, and it’s lovely 
It isn’t at all crazy! I know a few [name_f]Millie[/name_f]'s: one is called [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], one is [name_f]Emily[/name_f], one is [name_f]Camille[/name_f] and one is actually [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. They all go solely by [name_f]Millie[/name_f], and they are all of varying ages. I think it is a wonderful name and it stands really really well on its own. It ages well, too. I say go for it!
I guess I’m the odd one out, because I really don’t think [name_f]Millie[/name_f] is okay on its own. She may want a “grown-up” name one day. [name_f]Millie[/name_f] is cute but not very adult, [name_f]IMO[/name_f]. It’s good to give her the option.
[name_m]Just[/name_m] a suggestion, but have you considered the [name_f]Emilia[/name_f] spelling? It seems to lend itself to [name_f]Millie[/name_f] a bit more.
[name_f]Millie[/name_f] sounds like a very sweet choice. In my opinion, it can very well stand on its own.
I love [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. I think it would be a lovely choice. Besides, when I see [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], I think of [name_f]Melly[/name_f]/[name_f]Mellie[/name_f] instead of [name_f]Millie[/name_f], even though the sound of [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] is closer to the later. Plus, [name_f]Millie[/name_f](at least [name_u]America[/name_u], where I live), is a lot less common than [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]. So, I prefer [name_f]Millie[/name_f] over [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], but you go and name your baby whatever you want.
I love it, I have a friend called [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. [name_m]Just[/name_m] [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. It’s fine by itself. ![]()
Like [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] said, [name_f]Millie[/name_f] is a common name in the UK and it’s more unheard of to have [name_f]Millie[/name_f] as a nickname for something than a name by itself.
I think [name_f]Millie[/name_f]'s perfectly fine on its own or as a nickname for [name_f]Amelia[/name_f].
If [name_f]Lily[/name_f] and [name_f]Molly[/name_f] work as stand-alone names, then so does [name_f]Millie[/name_f]. However, [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] does give you (and her, someday!) more versatility.
I always have trouble understanding this sort of questions. Millie is a diminutive of Amelia / Millicent / Mildred / Camilla / Emily / Matilda — people would assume she had a full name, the same way an Andy would probably be called Andrew. It’s not like your naming her Amelia and calling her Poppy or Bertha.
People go by different names in different contexts — no big deal. It’s perfectly normal that she goes by Millie at home and with friends and then have classic, strong Amelia oto fall back on for more formal professional contexts, like school records and legal documents (can you really imagine a Doctor Millie, Judge Millie, President Millie, Queen Millie? — I really don’t think it makes a terrific full name). Amelia gives her OPTIONS. You’re naming an adult, not a baby.
And even if you go with Millie, you bet she’ll end up being called Mill or other names.
I love the name [name_f]Millie[/name_f]!!
I like [name_f]Millie[/name_f] very much! Or [name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] nicknamed [name_f]Millie[/name_f]! 1, I’ve always loved nicknames (because I have a short name and hated not having nicknames growing up. 2, I have a friend with a new daughter named [name_f]Millie[/name_f] (just [name_f]Millie[/name_f]–named after her husband’s grandma [name_f]Mildred[/name_f]), and every time I see a picture of her I think what a darling name it is!
If you just love [name_f]Millie[/name_f], you could name her that (like my friend did–it really is the sweetest name!). Personally, I’d want a longer name with a nickname, but that’s just because, as I said, I always wished I had nicknames while growing up. Either way, though, your baby will have a beautiful name!