Still struggling to pick a name for our DD2, due soon. We both like Sophia and Grace but know both are quite common, as is our DD1s name. So we thought today about Harriet/Hattie. We both love Hattie but worry it might be too cutesy in later life, so might put Harriet on the birth certificate (if we do go for it, we change our minds daily at the minute).
But, we would want her to be known, at least in her early years, solely as Hattie. So, is it ok to announce her birth to people as 'Hattie' and not even mention Harriet? Or is that weird? Or should we put Harriet and 'Hattie' in the announcement? I wouldn't mind people calling her Harriet and want her to have that choice later in life but we'd just like her to be mostly Hattie as a little girl. My gut says put the proper name and the nickname, but a friend has just done this and just announced the nickname. Found out by accident. Wondered how common this was?
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Is it ok to not tell people the name on the birth certificate?
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CradleCrapNap · 16/04/2016 21:22
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