To not like nicknames as full names?

I see this a lot on here. I think it's so common now, that these names will be perfectly normal later in life.

Throw in Alfie, Albie, Freddie, Eddie. I also find names like Leo suit babies and children but less so adults, so the cute nicknames are here to stay.

In my class, there was a lad called Chris. He's Chris on his birth certificate but the school insisted to record Christopher on the records etc. This annoyed the parents as schools and other organisations cannot presume that people have the full name.

My boys are both called by the shortening of a longer name, including on birth certificate.
Joe. Not Joseph, because I don’t love the name Joseph.
Tom. Not Thomas. Again, we like the name Tom.
Have a long surname, they both have longer middle names. And I am absolutely convinced that they will not be disadvantaged in terms of future career opportunities as a consequence of not being Thomas or Joseph.

Totally agree with this. Children need a name for when they grow up.

A few of my friends have DC called Charlie, Bobby, Lottie but on their birth certificates, they are Charles, Robert and Charlotte.

Done this in just in case the DC decide to go into fields where the formal name feels more suitable

Same here.
My mother liked Alex, so naturally named me Alexandra. Only one family member called my by my full name and all official people, unless I specifically ask for the short version to be used.

I expect they'll always read out your original BC name in court if you get sent to prison. So maybe it's worth having a full formal version of a name for that .
( even if the barrister is called Archie Whatshisname or something )

My husband wanted Isobel for our daughter, but he was only going to call her Izzy. I had visions of her being Izzy to everyone except me. I couldn't bring myself to put Izzy as her full name on the birth certificate, so we didn't call her that, it's her middle name.

Tbh you can go by any name you want actually. You are not stuck with anything. You can change your name. 🤷‍♀️

My gran stopped answering to her given name aged 8 or so and changed her name when she got older to the new one.

When

DD1 has a name that can be shortened in many ways. She hates the one we used when she was small and either goes by the full version or an alternative shortened version. Had we put the shortened version we used when she was small on her BC, she would have been stuck with it. She also has a middle name that can be used in multiple ways. DD2's name doesn't shorten but again she has a middle name that can be used in multiple ways. When we were choosing their names DH wanted them to have options in case the next Fred West shared their name.

I think the opposite. I'm always known as Alex never ever Alexandra.

Alexandra doesn't feel like me. When the doctors etc call out my name and use Alexandra I just sit there for a second before it registers they mean me.

It's annoying.

There was a girl on my class at secondary school who had a terrible body odour problem ,who was called Michelle
She was unfortunately known as Smelly Shelley

Lol this with my Dad
. My mum always called me by my full name though Only person that did

Have visions of the child being called " Smelly Melly"

I think some nicknames are now names in their own right like DD’s. It used to be a nn and now it’s a proper name. Probably too cutesy for some mnetters but she likes it

I have a niece named Vicky on her birth certificate. She’s forty and still has to constantly discuss it and spend time correcting official paperwork that says ‘Victoria’.

She’s had enough and is now changing her name to Victoria by deed poll so she doesn’t have to do it any more. She’s still known as Vicky informally though, she doesn’t hate it and it suits her.

My grandad was Ted his name was Edward but known as ted or teddy by my gran
my other grandmother was lottie - charlotte but always got called lottie from a small child and liked it. My great aunt was always dot or dotty there’s always deed poll if someone really doesn’t like their name.
my boyfriend changed his

I really don’t understand the issue. Fine that you don’t like it but it is a silly thing to be bothered by.

Names like Alfie and Rosie won't even be seen as nicknames by the next generation.

They weren’t seen as nicknames in my generation and I’m in my 30s.

I used to have a girlfriend called Katie. I was astonished when I asked her what it was short for and she said it was her full name. I still think it's odd.

Katie was a popular name when I was a kid. I had several in my school a few named Kate or Kathryn, but Catherine was rare.

I used to have a girlfriend called Katie. I was astonished when I asked her what it was short for and she said it was her full name. I still think it's odd.

What was it Aunt Petunia Dursley thought about Harry Potter’s name, again? “Nasty, common name if you ask me.” 😂

I feel like Harry and Jack seem more legitimate as official names than something like Alfie or Freddie. Something about the “-ie” just seems childlike to me. Not saying this is logical, but that’s how I feel.

It’s a hassle because I’ve booked him flights under the wrong name once. So easily done when his formal name is never used. At the docs and school he gets called his formal name and has to correct them as we never use it and he doesn’t want to be known as it. It’s no major big deal. But a minor inconvenience. Shouldn’t have bothered with the full version on his birth cert. It was pointless.

One of my cousins also named her daughter Kate as the official name. Something about it just bothers me, not that I would ever say anything to her about it.

Well he won't be the only one, I know a 38 year old Ted, doesn't seem to have done him any harm although his names Terry not Teddy

I agree, but mostly because I prefer longer names. And yes, having a cute short name in adulthood does sometimes feel a bit infantilising.

I think the diminutive naming pendulum is very close to a swing in the other direction.