does this nick name work?

[BeautifulStars93]

Lottie for Violet?
The accent where im from pronounces it more like vio-lot rather than vio-let.
Opinions?

[Wheelerdeeler]

Why the need for a nick name
If you like Lottie, name Her Lottie.

[TakeDeux]

Not one I have heard before, but I like it

[meglet]

not really. Isn't lottie -Charlotte?

[mrssmith79]

Would it not be Lettie?

[Stinkersmum]

Lettie is better.

[BeautifulStars93]

I wouldnt use a nickname as a full name.
Its not that I prefer Lottie its just something my partner suggested and I think it could work.

[MrsLeighHalfpenny]

Lettie IMO.

[WorldsBiggestGrotbag]

You can nickname your child whatever you like! Other people will also nickname her whatever they like... It's something you can't really control then they get to school. I think Lottie for violet seems a little 'forced'. If you like the name violet enough to name her that, why not call her violet?

[MerryMarigold]

Well my dd's nickname is nothing like her name. But I do think if you're using an established nn, people will assume her name is Charlotte. I have to say 'Vie' is a pretty horrid nn though!

[IggyStrop]

why would you call her Violet if the name you will use is Lottie?

[BikeRunSki]

I've never really understood predetermined nicknames, don't they sort of just evolve??

[WorldsBiggestGrotbag]

I'm with Bike. I've just chosen names I like in their entirety for my children. If a nickname evolves for them then it does! I don't see the point in choosing a name for a child before they're born but already deciding to call them by a different name!

[BeautifulStars93]

IggyStrop its a nickname.
a name that would be used along side her name. So she will still be Violet but Lottie for short.

[Whoami24601]

DS' nickname is bug.

His given name is Elliott...

[Caff2]

How the heck is Lottie short for Violet? I have a son called Sam for short. His name is not Saul or Simon.

[SuburbanRhonda]

So who will call her Violet and who Lottie?

Will anyone ever call her by her given name? If not, why have one?

[IggyStrop]

If you're going to be calling her Lottie why don't you just make it her name?

Agree with the others that it's a bit contrived and nicknames have a way of outing themselves. We also have a "Bug"!

[EhricLovesTheBhrothers]

No it doesn't work. It would be forced and silly.

[Caff2]

My given name is Catherine. I am sometimes that, sometimes Cathy and sometimes Cath. Not Rianne. For example. I do not get how you get Lottie from Violet.

[BeautifulStars93]

I dont think some of you understand what a nickname is. Its another name used alongside the given name.
my daughter is Isabelle. I call her isabelle, izzy, belly, izzy belles but Isabelle is her name.
Thats what nicknames are.

So yes Violet would get called Violet.

[EhricLovesTheBhrothers]

[Caff2]

Yes but how on Earth do you get Lottie from Violet??

[IggyStrop]

You're right. I don't understand how a nickname works.

[DaysAreWhereWeLive]

My kids nicknames are, amongst others:

Bear
Pooface
Destructor
Fish-head

I don't get this trying to choose the nickname of an unborn child. That's not really how nicknames work...

[WorldsBiggestGrotbag]

Before Isabelle was born did you think 'I'm going to call her Isabelle but I will also call her izzy, belly and izzy belles' or did they evolve after she was born?