Did you choose a name that could not be shortened ?

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MsTownmouse · 13/11/2010 16:14

I wanted a name for my son which wouldn't have lots of nicknames. So I chose Hugo - quite short & rarely heard Hugh as short for Hugo. I find myself now calling him Hugs (pronounced hughGs with a hard G ) Hugie and others too embarrassing to relate.

Other people seem quite happy to call him by his name so maybe I was the only person who immediately came up with NNs for all the other options we had thought of.

I am quite happy though. For those agonsing about names I would say that within a short time I believe most children make their name thir own.

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BuntyPenfold · 13/11/2010 16:49

My friend chose Neil because it can't be shortened. All the boys call him Nelly,

LadyOfTheFlowers · 13/11/2010 16:29

My 3 boys have short names and no-one calls them anything else, but i have given then nns which are longer. :o

dds name can be shortened to various cutesy things.

marriednotdead · 13/11/2010 16:26

Have a Luke, lengthened to Pukey Lukey when he was small and projectile vomiting, varied to Pook or Pookie!

If he's not thinking, he's still answer to that and then complain when he realises what he's done

whoknowswhatthefutureholds · 13/11/2010 16:25

we wanted loads of nn, any they all have 1000s. I love having loads of nn, sign of affection.

Always think it sounds a bit cold when you have a little child called constantly by a 'proper' name.

onimolap · 13/11/2010 16:25

My father worked with someone whose family had the no NN view, so called him "Godfrey".

(PS: there are 4 Hugos and 1 Hugh round here - perhaps I'd better add it to the "up and coming 2010 names thread"!)

JumpJockey · 13/11/2010 16:23

A good mate's brother mentioned in his best man speech that their parents had chosen names (Keith and Graham) that couldn't be shortened, cue lots of us standing up and shouting the groom's nickname Graaam. You can't win, sorry!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 13/11/2010 16:21

We have Heidi for one of them. It's either shortened to Heidz or lengthened to Heidiutza. Go figure!

Ineedsomesleep · 13/11/2010 16:18

No but DS has a shortish name which we often lengthen, much to the horror of MIL .

One of my cousins called her DS Sam as it couldn't be shortened. For all of his life he's been mainly known as Sammy by all the family.

Think you shouldn't worry too much about whether or not a name can be shortened, just choose a name you love.

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