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Hetty?

38 replies

squanderer · 18/08/2008 14:05

Is this better as a nickname for something or is it fine alone do you think?

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UpForAir · 18/08/2008 14:05

Better as a nick name.

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charliegal · 18/08/2008 14:08

Lovely name.

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pagwatch · 18/08/2008 14:09

Actually I love it.

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charliegal · 18/08/2008 14:10

sorry! I think it is fine alone, but I have given my son a shortened name as a first name (clue is in my user name!), so I would think that.

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findtheriver · 18/08/2008 15:02

It's not a name. Could be a nickname for Henrietta though

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tiredlady · 18/08/2008 15:05

I like it.
Prefer Hester though

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MaryAnnSingleton · 18/08/2008 15:05

Hester is fab and Hatty is really sweet.

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MaloryDontDiveItsShallow · 18/08/2008 15:07

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Tigerschick · 18/08/2008 15:12

I'm one for giving the 'full' name and then using the diminutive if you prefer ...
But I'm also one for going with what you like when it comes to names.

Either way, I like Hetty, Hatty and Henrietta.

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bikerunski · 18/08/2008 15:38

I know a Hetty who is short for Heather.

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julienoshoes · 18/08/2008 16:46

I have a Hetty!

It is short in her case for Harriet (which is a diminutive of Henrietta) -because I didn't like Hatty.

She is 15 now and never calls herself Harriet, only ever Hetty and she loves it as a name.

We have recently met another Hetty for the first time ever-and that case it is short for Heather.

If I could go back, I'd have registered her as Hetty.

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Takver · 18/08/2008 17:44

Beautiful name, mostly because I love the book 'What Hetty Did' she is one of my favourite heroines.

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Moomin · 18/08/2008 17:52

Our friends called their dd1 Hetty after the dh's grandmother. Gran was called Henrietta, nickname Hetty but dd1 was called Hetty in full. It's gorgeous, imo

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Tigerschick · 18/08/2008 18:06

Ooh, I like Hetty as a diminutive of Heather ... My friend's SIL is Heather and gets called Hebs which I'm not so keen on - each to their own tho.

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pointydog · 18/08/2008 18:46

nickname

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Reginaphilangy · 18/08/2008 19:40

Better as a nn IMO

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Slouchy · 19/08/2008 07:43

I know a Hester who is always known as Hetty.
fab names both.

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eandh · 19/08/2008 07:45

I love it but dd2 is Hattie so am biased (we were going to put Harriet on her birth certificate but decided just to go with Hattie)

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gladders · 19/08/2008 12:19

Had an Auntie Hettie - twas short for Esther...

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LadyThompson · 19/08/2008 12:58

Hetty is lovely, either as the full name or short for Henrietta.

It's got the edge on Hatty/Hattie for me.

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Hettym · 20/09/2008 15:55

am I the only person in the world who's name is just Hetty alone?

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AllieBongo · 20/09/2008 15:57

i love it.

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Cocodrillo · 20/09/2008 20:51

Our Hettie's name is short for something, but when people use the full version I do find myself thinking who she? I actually much prefer the nickname, but am glad she has the long name to look serious on CVs etc with. Also makes her sound v posh and intelligent.

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Twelvelegs · 20/09/2008 20:53

I like Hattie better.

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