Are these nicknames 'enough' of a name

How on earth is it selfish!!!!! I love both Abby and Izzy and in fact I like them si much I am about to suggest them to my husband!

I think they are being honest and it's just that you don't like their opinions

Personally I find Izzy far too nicknamey and 'cutesy', op. I'd rather be called Isabel and have the options as to which nicknames people call be by.

Hubba, the op DID ask for our opinios. Yes, of course it is up to the parents to name their child. And many parents do so without any outside opinions. But the op has chosen to ask us, perhaps a little unsure herself, and so that is what the posters are doing - giving their opinions.

I never use my full name, to the point I wouldn't turn round if some one shouted it.

I hate putting it on official forms, it's just not me.

Therefore, I guess I have to let you have Izzy, even though it does feel slightly incomplete. Don't know why because Abby doesn't. Possibly because there's an Abby at school (don't know if she's Abigail on her BC, she's always been Abby from a baby).

Mayanna, my opinion is that it's up to the parents to make the decision on naming their child. The OP loves the name Izzy, so why pick something else?

My opinion is also that it's incredibly rude to call someone 'short sighted and selfish' for such an innocuous reason.

Every Abigail I know is Abi/Abby/Abbie even though they are adults, I don't know anyone who uses a full version.

I prefer using the name you're going to call them on the birth certificate. At work we use several different computer systems and people are Bob/Robert, Liz/Elizabeth, Amanda/Mandy, Anthony/Tony, depending which one you're logged into. One system will only search by first initial of the first name so this makes everything more complicated than it needs to be!

You're never going to persuade everyone to agree about this though.

But the OP has come here, asking for opinions on whether her suggested name is too 'nicknamey'. And we're giving our opinions - that's all.

It has been a trend for a long time now to give what used to be nicknames as registered names - think Ellie, Mollie, Evie, Jamie, Jack etc etc etc

Give your child a "nickname" if this is what you want to do OP and don't listen to anyone else. They get to make their own choices for their own children and that is enough.

Or DD even.

I don't understand this mania for giving kids a 'proper' name which you then never use. All this 'imagine a high court judge called Izzy' nonsense. Call your child the best name you can think of, that's not 'selfish'. Sigh.

As it happens, I like names you can shorten so that's what I've chosen for my DC. If you don't, just put the nn on the bc and call them that. It's not as if you've decided to call your DS Flangebucket, FFS...

I don't think that 'Izzy' is enough of a name, No. But then I don't think that 'Abby' is either. For me these are names of children/teens. I know very few adults that still use their childhood nns. Of course some do, but I don't know why you'd want to deny your child that choice.

I can understand it a bit more where the nn is more widely used than the full name (like Theo for Theodore) or where the connection has pretty much been lost (Jack for John) but I don't know any Isabel (or it's many variants) that isn't mostly known as Isabel, with Isy/Izzy/Izzie for friends and family use.

I would stick with Izzy if you prefer that to Isabel.
Giving your daughter a name on her birth certificate that your not 100% keen on and using a nn may back fire, especially in more formal settings like school.

We gave our child a name on the birth certificate with all intention of calling him by a nn. The in-laws prefered the name on the birth certificate and called him his full name and at school he is known as his full name.

This is very confusing for him, so I would definately stick with Izzy :)

I'd love to just refer to people by initial, would save so much time. My old boss was known by her initials by everyone, dont really know why. It sort of became 'her name' so rather than L.B, she was more Elbee. Weird.

The only problem I've always had with Izzy is the 'Dizzy Izzy' sort of thing. But horrid things can be done with practically any name. If you like it, use it. Abby and Izzy are both fine as names. (We have friends who have reduced their children's names down to initials. All three children are known only by their first initial, and every one knows them this way. In these instances, one letter is 'enough' of a name!)

I also know an Abby (whole name)....her sister is Angel, which really is much less of a name than Izzy

I am a big fan of giving the name you want, rather than using the name you really want as a nickname and putting a name you are not so fussed about on the birth certificate.

My DD is Meg. It is not a nickname for her, it is her whole first name (though she does also have a middle name). I love 'Meg' and didn't like any of the names for which it is a nickname. Yes, if I had put 'Megan' or 'Margaret' on the birth certificat she could then choose to be known as Meg, but I didn't like either of these names and I wasnt going to call my DD something that 'wasn't her name' iyswim.

In response to your OP, if you have an Abby (a complete name imo), then having an Izzy really isn't that different. It's lovely, less common than Isabel, Isabella etc.

Naming our child anything could be classed as selfish, as we will never know until it's too late what our children would want to be called, so we call them a name we like.

I know when naming a baby you should think about their name as an adult too, but with all the Isabel,Isabellas around atm, is 'Izzy' really going to be that controversial or bizarre in 30 years time?

I have an Abbie and have never thought of it as 'not a proper name' tbh! I didn't like Abigail, I did like Abbie. Simples

'Well, give her the nn then and she can decide to change it to MoonBeamsquirter Arse Knobs if she doesn't like it. '

PercyFilth is a v selfish name, you should be PercivalFilth.

I love the name indie .....could be biased we have one!!!! Nothing more or less just indie !!

Agree with PuppyMonkey and Marmite2012.

PercyFilth How is naming your child Izzy selfish?

I think it's a perfectly acceptable name for any age.

And if your child is going to achieve great things then they will achieve them, regardless of their name and everyone else will be fine with it. If anything, the individuality of the name is more likely to make them stand out from the crowd and achieve more.

A friend of mine is in production, called Sarah, but has changed her name to Sapphire as no-one remembers a Sarah.

And I have a friend called Coco - She's a professional in London. I guess her parents were short-sighted and selfish too.

Indie is a bit silly I think but I'm not keen on India,China and the like either.

Too many people here forget that they are naming an adult person as well as a baby. Short-sighted and selfish.