Mimi

Re: Mimi

• plunderb member

  January 2013

  Pretty much anything that begins with M- or Mi- and has a strong I sound:

  Michelle, Miranda, Mirabelle, Maxine, Miriam, etc.

  I would warn you that lots of people use Mimi as a name for grandma.
  

  
  
  
  Baby Name Popularity by State

  Report0 Reply
• Loading the player...
• TristaD81

  January 2013

  Mimi is what we call our grandma. It is a very common name for Grandma, just like Grammy, Granny, Nana, etc. I wouldn't use it.

  Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml

  Report0 Reply
• TeamHayes member

  January 2013

  I know 2 people with this nn and both have Meredith as their legal name.

  Kellen 4.27.12 Miller 6.30.13 Baby #3 edd 9.7.15

  Report0 Reply
• mrsmcdonald member

  January 2013

  My roommate in graduate school was named Emilia, but went by Mimi.
  
  Really, it just makes me think Grandma, because that's what DD calls my mom.

  

  Report0 Reply
• sarahbeth27 member

  January 2013

  This reminds me of both Mariah Carey and my mother (DS calls her mimi). I wouldn't use it as a nn for a child. 

  
  

   

  
  

  

  Married my love 10/18/08 | DS born 07/16/11 | MMC 01/16/13 at 11w6d | DD edd 04/27/14
  

  Report0 Reply
• g8trkim member

  January 2013

  My friend's daughter is Amelia and goes my Mimi. Other than that, I think you could make most M names work with Mimi.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Report0 Reply
• AmeliaKris member

  January 2013

  I'm Amelia. Most little kids can't say Amelia well so I tell most of them to call me Mimi.

  

  Report0 Reply
• Mrs.G123 member

  January 2013

  Why is this a name for a grandmother?!
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Report0 Reply
• psuxray07 member

  January 2013

  I've never heard Mimi used as a name for a grandmother... I know a lady - her name is Myrtle and she goes by Mimi.

  <a href="http://www.thebump.com/?utm_source=ticker&utm_medium=HTML&utm_campaign=tickers" title="Parenting Advice"><img src="http://global.thebump.com/tickers/tt1d9795" alt=" Pregnancy Ticker" border="0" /></a>
  
  
  

  Report0 Reply
• jburdet1 member

  January 2013

  I've never heard of Mimi as a nn. DD knows MIL as Mimi, so all I think is grandma. Maybe Emily.

  
  

  
  

  Report0 Reply
• nlp1990 member

  January 2013

  I had a student whose nn was Mimi, but her name was Amelia.

  Report0 Reply
• badrianne member

  January 2013

  Thanks for asking this question. I like Mimi too but wasn't sure about a formal name. My great aunts name was Mimi... I'll have to find out if that was her legal name. Also, I've never heard a gma being called mimi (I'm from the west coast).

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  Report0 Reply
• gutsymama member

  January 2013

  My IRL name is Amy, but I became Mimi early on because that's how a close cousin pronounced my name, and it stuck among family. I've since, separately, encountered several small children who said "Mimi" instead of Amy by default. I'm not sure it makes as much sense as a *planned* NN, but it's not too much of a stretch.  

  PPs have covered any others I can think of. And I've heard of the grandma connection, but I've never actually known anyone who used that for a grandmother's name. 

  FKA mimi4347: diaper rash magician and unofficial expert on excrement

  
  

  This kid may not have a lot of bowel, but he has plenty of guts! 
  DS born at 34 weeks with (surprise!) gastroschisis turned short bowel syndrome.
  131 days in the NICU, 7 trips to the OR, G-button, daily TPN....

  We are impatiently awaiting the day we can say goodbye to his girlfriend Ivy for good.

  Report0 Reply
• noslen2005 member

  January 2013

  Miriam

  

  Report0 Reply