Are these nicknames 'enough' of a name

[abbypumpkin]

love the name Isabel but oh has gone of it though we both still really like the nn izzy. Our dd1 is called Abby and we never worried that she just has a nn as a name but worry that izzy just isn't a name in it's own right.

Similar theme but I also love the name indie. Don't like any longer versions. Indie though somehow seems more complete for a name even though it's prob much less common.

Any thoughts?

[ReadyToDie]

I do think Izzy is a bit incomplete on its own.

But she is your baby - really who cares if you like it?

[PercyFilth]

"Are these nicknames 'enough' of a name?"

No, they're not.

[RetroMum1]

I don't think there is any difference using Izzy to Abby.

[Mrsmonkfish]

I'm with RetroMum on this one

[HolyNoSheDittantBatman]

No, I don't think so, but then I would have gone with Abigail.

If you don't like Isabel, you can have Izzy as a nn for Elizabeth or Isolde

[mayanna123]

As you've chosen Abby as a name (and not Abigail), I can't really offer much advice because we seem to have different tastes/opinions. So yes, I guess you can go with Izzy.

[taffy101]

I think they are 'enough of a name'. Historically my name was a nickname and now it is widely recognised as a 'name in its own right'. Go with what you like I say!

[Marmite2012]

I think it's fine!

They can still be shortened to Abs and Iz!

[welovesausagedogs]

I think it is fine. Just go with what you like, after all there is no point calling her Isabel if you are only ever going to call her Izzy.

[nizlopi]

Izzy is an unfortunate name, in my opinion.

[PuppyMonkey]

If it's the name you like, it's the name you like. Can't be doing with all the MN stance of only going for a full name, even if you don't really like it. Someone will be along to say, ooh give her the full name and she can decide to change it to the nn if she doesn't like it. Well, give her the nn then and she can decide to change it to MoonBeamsquirter Arse Knobs if she doesn't like it.

Sorry, rant over.

Not enough of a name, ffs.

[PercyFilth]

Too many people here forget that they are naming an adult person as well as a baby. Short-sighted and selfish.

[thegreylady]

Indie is a bit silly I think but I'm not keen on India,China and the like either.

[Marmite2012]

PercyFilth How is naming your child Izzy selfish?

I think it's a perfectly acceptable name for any age.

And if your child is going to achieve great things then they will achieve them, regardless of their name and everyone else will be fine with it. If anything, the individuality of the name is more likely to make them stand out from the crowd and achieve more.

A friend of mine is in production, called Sarah, but has changed her name to Sapphire as no-one remembers a Sarah.

And I have a friend called Coco - She's a professional in London. I guess her parents were short-sighted and selfish too.

[LadyWidmerpool]

Agree with PuppyMonkey and Marmite2012.

[Baffledandbewildered]

I love the name indie .....could be biased we have one!!!! Nothing more or less just indie !!

[PuppyMonkey]

PercyFilth is a v selfish name, you should be PercivalFilth.

[AKissIsNotAContract]

'Well, give her the nn then and she can decide to change it to MoonBeamsquirter Arse Knobs if she doesn't like it. '

[MissKeithLemon]

I have an Abbie and have never thought of it as 'not a proper name' tbh! I didn't like Abigail, I did like Abbie. Simples

[MadameChinLegs]

I am a big fan of giving the name you want, rather than using the name you really want as a nickname and putting a name you are not so fussed about on the birth certificate.

My DD is Meg. It is not a nickname for her, it is her whole first name (though she does also have a middle name). I love 'Meg' and didn't like any of the names for which it is a nickname. Yes, if I had put 'Megan' or 'Margaret' on the birth certificat she could then choose to be known as Meg, but I didn't like either of these names and I wasnt going to call my DD something that 'wasn't her name' iyswim.

In response to your OP, if you have an Abby (a complete name imo), then having an Izzy really isn't that different. It's lovely, less common than Isabel, Isabella etc.

Naming our child anything could be classed as selfish, as we will never know until it's too late what our children would want to be called, so we call them a name we like.

I know when naming a baby you should think about their name as an adult too, but with all the Isabel,Isabellas around atm, is 'Izzy' really going to be that controversial or bizarre in 30 years time?

[MadameChinLegs]

I also know an Abby (whole name)....her sister is Angel, which really is much less of a name than Izzy

[PhasesRUs]

The only problem I've always had with Izzy is the 'Dizzy Izzy' sort of thing. But horrid things can be done with practically any name. If you like it, use it. Abby and Izzy are both fine as names. (We have friends who have reduced their children's names down to initials. All three children are known only by their first initial, and every one knows them this way. In these instances, one letter is 'enough' of a name!)

[MadameChinLegs]

I'd love to just refer to people by initial, would save so much time. My old boss was known by her initials by everyone, dont really know why. It sort of became 'her name' so rather than L.B, she was more Elbee. Weird.

[debijon11]

I would stick with Izzy if you prefer that to Isabel.
Giving your daughter a name on her birth certificate that your not 100% keen on and using a nn may back fire, especially in more formal settings like school.

We gave our child a name on the birth certificate with all intention of calling him by a nn. The in-laws prefered the name on the birth certificate and called him his full name and at school he is known as his full name.

This is very confusing for him, so I would definately stick with Izzy :)

[nooka]

I don't think that 'Izzy' is enough of a name, No. But then I don't think that 'Abby' is either. For me these are names of children/teens. I know very few adults that still use their childhood nns. Of course some do, but I don't know why you'd want to deny your child that choice.

I can understand it a bit more where the nn is more widely used than the full name (like Theo for Theodore) or where the connection has pretty much been lost (Jack for John) but I don't know any Isabel (or it's many variants) that isn't mostly known as Isabel, with Isy/Izzy/Izzie for friends and family use.