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What can Millie be a NN for?

59 replies

SarahScot · 16/03/2011 11:28

Finally given birth to a beautiful baby girl. After all the indecision she just looks like a Millie. Not keen on Millicent but want a 'proper' name. Any ideas?

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littlemissw · 16/03/2011 13:30

I know an Amanda with nn Millie.

DorisIsAPinkDragon · 16/03/2011 13:19

My dd1 is Milly nn from Emily, but her bf is Millie no other name. (DD's name does get spelt both ways - Millie / Milly by friends etc)

campion · 16/03/2011 13:02

Milly Molly Mandy was Millicent Margaret Amanda so Amanda had nowt to do with it.

I know a Milan who is Millie ( maybe not surprisingly )

TractorTrailerCombineBaler · 16/03/2011 12:58

I know an Emily who is Milly for short, I also know an Emilia who is Mimi for short which I also think is lovely. Could also be Amelia, Camille, Camilla as others have suggested.

BerryLellow · 16/03/2011 12:56

Romilly is v cute

StarExpat · 16/03/2011 12:53

I like Emily :)

MakesCakesWhenStressed · 16/03/2011 12:52

I think the reason you pick a 'proper' name is so they can have a more 'grown up name' for work and so on.

I can't think of any more names that could be shortened to Millie, but I have one of the ones already suggested and I use that for work and my nickname (not Millie) for friends and family - it's kind of nice to be able to draw a line like that :-)

Alwaysworthchecking · 16/03/2011 12:48

Millie is a good name in it's own right, although the one I know is really Amelia. I've also known one short for Melissa and another short for Amanda. (nn taken from Milly-Molly-Mandy, I think.)

Amelie
Amalie
Emilia
Emelia are variants on the whole Amelia theme.

I've seen Emily also spelled as Emilie and Emilly

If I'd named mine after who they looked like, I'd have had one called E.T. and the other called Phil Mitchell Grin but I take your point!

LawrieMarlow · 16/03/2011 12:45

Most of the Millies I know are Amelia. I also know an Emilia, but she isn't a Millie.

StarExpat · 16/03/2011 12:45

rachel - we had our name chosen but when ds was born I was convinced it suited him :) So yes, a baby (to a mother's/father's eyes) can "look like" a name.

rachel234 · 16/03/2011 12:43

Not sure how a a baby can 'look like' a Millie (or any name) Hmm, but just wanted to point out that Millie is extremely popular. If that doesn't bother you, how about Amelia, Emily or Camilla?

ShoutyHamster · 16/03/2011 12:42

Romilly

Camerondiazepam · 16/03/2011 12:40

Matilda? (I know that's more of a Tilly but you could bend the rules a bit maybe?)

ClenchedBottom · 16/03/2011 12:39

Although I have to be honest and say that I've never really understood how a newborn can 'look like' a certain name - to me that suggests that you might need to change their name as they grow up and change.

ClenchedBottom · 16/03/2011 12:38

BluddyMoFo - who here is saying that they chose a name that they didn't really like just for a nickname????? I think you'd find that people have chosen two names that they like, one of which can be used as a nickname for the other!

expectingno3 · 16/03/2011 12:35

Amilie

Purplebuns · 16/03/2011 11:49

I knew an Emilie who was called Millie. Camille is lovely or maybe Camellia, as it is such a lovely flower?

BluddyMoFo · 16/03/2011 11:37

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StillSquiffy · 16/03/2011 11:36

Melissa.

ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 16/03/2011 11:35

Gah. Sorry

Pterosaur · 16/03/2011 11:35

Yes, the Millie we know is Amelia.

WincyEtNightietilMayBeOut · 16/03/2011 11:33

Mildred might be due a revival.

or maybe not.... Grin

ChickensHaveNoEyebrows · 16/03/2011 11:32

Millicent.

Sportsmum · 16/03/2011 11:32

Great minds and all that!!

WincyEtNightietilMayBeOut · 16/03/2011 11:32

And another x-post!