Too different?

I am not the biggest fan of Coby, but it works well as a n/n of Jacob.

And, most kids get their short names and their Sunday names used intermittently throughout their lives, so there will be no magical switchover age which some people seem to be upset about.

People post all the time to say I like this nickname, what can it be short for. I don't understand why this particular nickname to full name thread's turned ugly. Clearly the OP intends to give her child a full name, she just wants one that shortens to Coby. We did this whole thing the other day for someone who wanted a name to shorten to Joe (but not Joseph) did we not? There's no need to be nasty surely?

Tbf if we are naming children based on the toddler stage, mine would have utter bastard and arsehole on their birth certs.

I personally like Coby, but my brother still goes by his cutesy name rather that the name on his birth cert and is well known and respected in his professional field.

I on the other hand have a grown up name that people will always associate with a small rather naughty girl.

Op I think you've covered all the bases and it's s nice compromise, Jacob isn't a uncommon name and it's nice to have a different nick name.

Loving your new name Thumb. Are you saving it fir the full moons

I like Coby OP!

Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) is Jacoba I believe.

blimey, SM , why the undeserved name-calling of thumbwitch ?

I agreed with everything you said before that ridiculous outburst

your "scottish experience" may be very precious to you, but believe me, to the rest of the world it means fuck-all

Oh dear, two of my children have y ending names, tommy and Cory .

I worked in a nursing home and knew lots of Milly's in their 80's and 90's, real name Millicent but they wouldn't thank you for calling them that !

Oh, that is assuming you were talking to me - you appear to need new reading glasses though.

I lived there for 40 years SM. What's yours, apart from Scotland?

It's quite similar to Cody, which is a reasonable name, although more common in America than the UK. Coby is the name of an American actor (Coby Bell) - doesn't seem to have affected him too adversely! And it's a reasonable nn for Jacob - I prefer it to Jake.

I wouldn't worry what anything means in Scotland unless you plan to live there - it's local relevance only.

If you want Coby to be a nn for Jacob, then do it. I like the name, but then I am the one whose neice called her baby Joyce Margo.
Cobhan is an old Gaelic name

Blimey - this thread really took a turn into strange territory!! Have people been on the wine?! I'm not sure how giving your DC a nickname became such a controversal topic when it is regularly discussed on this board

Anyhoo... OP, how about Corbin for the bc? Or do you think DH will think that not traditional enough? BTW I think Jacob works well, just my personal preference would be Corbin over Jacob

OP - I like the name Jacob partly because it has so many poss n/names - including Coby, Jay and Jake (cool in all the world bar Scotland, it seems).

Nope, making a perfectly reasonable point. In my opinion.

It is my opinion that you are being deliberately obtuse, Spero, so I will now not engage any more.

No child gets to chose. That's precisely the point. That's why parents should think beyond the cute toddler years and remember they are creating a human being, not a little life style accessory.

I am not a massive fan of name Joshua either, but it's much better than Coby. In my opinion. Which has actually been canvassed by the op.

Or did I miss the bit about only posting if you think it's a fab name??

Which child chooses the name they are "lumbered" with Spero? If he was lumbered with the name "Joshua" (which personally I hate) is that better or worse?

Talk sense fgs...

But it's not his choice to be known as Coby as a small child is it? He gets lumbered with that. Names do matter.

Op I am sure there are people out there who will find 'Coby' a name throbbing with masculine presence.

But I am generally wary of names which end in 'y' as I don't think they age well. But that's just me.

However I do think the naming process should go beyond whether just you like the name. You don't have to carry it. Think of poor Zowie Bowie for eg.

When he is old enough to decide for himself what he wants to be called. For all we know he could decide as a teenager he wanted to be called Gerald Cedric Montgomery the Seventeenth!

It would be his choice to known as Coby or Jacob, therefore the point you are trying to make doesn't come into it.

well actually I don't think Coby is cutesy. Its perfectly acceptable.

Fill your boots, OP...

I am aware of the question. But op did not answer sm quite reasonable point - when will the 'nickname' be jettisoned? When he is in his mid fifties?

I do get quite riled by this trend for giving children names you wouldn't give a rabbit. Jamie Oliver should be reported to social services for eg.