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| Sun, 10-17-2004 - 9:53am |
Just out of interest...
What is your opinion on nicknames?
For example, do you like names which have lots of nickname potential or do you feel that you should name a child what you will call them?
For e.g. do you like the names Elizabeth and Alexandra with lots of nns (Elly, Liz, Lizzy, Beth, Lily, etc and Alex, Lexi, Sandy, Ally, etc), or do you think you should just name the child Liz, Lily, Beth, Lexi, Elly if that's what you will call them?
I am just curious to know what you all think?
:) Elaine

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I guess you could say that about 90% of the time I like the longer versions of a name better. But there are exceptions! Like if I named my son Ben I would just name him Ben, not Benjamin, just because I think it's too long. Or if I had a daughter and planned to call her Sara her entire life, I wouldn't name her Sarafina.
I love the idea of a "formal" name and a nickname. My ds is John but we call him Jack. My dad was the same expect friends and family called him Jack or Jasper and at work he was John. My dd is Anna but we call her Annie, a really cute name for a little girl but she will have the more sophisticated option of Anna when she gets older.
My second ds is Christopher. I don't love the nickname Chris but that is all he wants us to call him now. PLUS his friends have taken to calling him "Crispy" now and he thinks that is just great.
I think naming a child a common nickname is silly. JMHO, I love have options!
Mary
I love names that have the potential for nns! In fact, I tend not to choose names that can't be shortened at all. Like others have said, it's nice to have different names that you can use for different groups of people or at different ages. My name is Stephanie, and I always introduce myself as Stephanie, but all my close friends and family (except my mom) call me Steph. I honestly don't even hear the difference unless somebody I've just met thinks they're familiar enough with me to use my nn.
My DD is Megan, and we call her Megan, Meg, and Megan Joy interchangeably. I used Meggie a tiny bit when she was a newborn, but I didn't like it. We're almost definitely going to name this next baby Julianna, which I think is just beautiful, but I also love the nn potential of Julie, Anna, etc. And I really like the idea of calling her Annie a lot when she's little although I'm sure I'll use her full name and her other nns, too.
DH really liked the name Erin, but one of my least favorite things about it was the lack of nn potential. I probably wouldn't choose a name if I never planned on using the full name, but I like having several name and nn options.
Just my 2 cents,
Stephanie w/ Megan Joy (6/6/03) and maybe Julianna May due 11/25/04
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