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Boys names which can't be shortened. Help!

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phantomhairpuller · 27/02/2013 07:48

Really struggling to come up with a name for DS2 (due in a few weeks)
I like slightly older names, as does DH. But I've got a real thing about people shortening names! DS1 is Harry and there are a few people we know who insist on shortening it to Har it drives me mad! So we're after a similar name for DS2.
Any suggestions welcome Wink

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Blipbip · 28/02/2013 09:51

Buzz

as in Buzz Aldrin and Buzz lightyear

seeker · 28/02/2013 09:48

I know a Giles who's Gilly!

cierzo · 28/02/2013 09:47

what about Giles?

PiedWagtail · 28/02/2013 09:43

Nic
Zac
Luke
Cam

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phantomhairpuller · 28/02/2013 09:34

Just to clarify, I have absolutely no issue with nicknames. What I don't like is names being shortened- especially when they don't particularly lend themselves to being shortened (see OP).
Some lovely suggestions have been made and we think we may use one of them Wink

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EasyToEatTiger · 28/02/2013 09:29

How about just a name you like the sound of, no matter how many syllables? It's not like naming a dog when you have to consider yelling it across a field.

Jasmo · 28/02/2013 08:59

Psychologists will tell you that the use of a different form of a given name (either by family in youth or others as a person grows older) is about how the speaker views that person. DHs step mother calls his father Ben... his real name is Henry which no one has ever used, the family call him Terry which she refuses to use. She also calls DH Mikey(he was only 27 when she married his father) which he hates so good luck with finding unalterable name for your baby because I think whatever you chose ( Max, Jude or Heath are my favourites) other people will do what they like with it!!!!

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phantomhairpuller · 28/02/2013 08:27

Thank you to all who have come up with suggestions Smile
Our surname will almost certainly lead to nn's as DS's get older. DH has always been referred to by surname by lots of friends.
I just don't like names that can be shortened- do I need a reason why? We all have preferences. And as for me being naive. Yeah right. But thanks anyway.

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exoticfruits · 28/02/2013 08:15

Exactly luanmahi, it is naive to think that you have any control - they get all sorts of nicknames.

luanmahi · 28/02/2013 08:13

Not read all the responses but a lot of the suggestions already seem to be shortened names like Ben, Sam, Joe, Tom and Dan. What exactly don't you like about shortened names? Also a lot of boys nicknames tend to be based on their surname. At school there was a boy with a surname of Stewart who everyone called Stew and a lot of my husband's school friends still call him by his surname.

thegreylady · 28/02/2013 07:56

My ds is Guy which has never been shortened.

coralanne · 28/02/2013 07:43

We have an Adam whose nickname is AdiBlush

MumFrog · 28/02/2013 03:11

*Dad not sad

MumFrog · 28/02/2013 03:11

My nephew is Owen but his Grandad called him Oz or Ozzy and my other neff is Robbie who became Robster to the whole family.
I was christened as Lynda but my Sad called me Lula, Lulabelle or even blossom!!

SpritelyNan · 28/02/2013 03:02

Bread.

MumFrog · 28/02/2013 02:51

My Joe gets called J or Jay (and we gave him Joseph on his birth cert so he could choose as an adult)

thekitchenfairy · 28/02/2013 00:50

I have two DS, one of whom is a Rowan. His name is never knowingly shortened, or lengthened, even after several years at school! one family member tried Roey once... It didn't suit and it didn't stick!

goldenlula · 28/02/2013 00:13

I have a Luke, he is called Lu as a nickname by me mostly, also Lukey-Lu or just Lukey. This is only by close family though and a couple of friends.

mymeatballishorse · 28/02/2013 00:00

Harry is the nickname for Henry Grin

X is the only one I can think of

MamaMimi · 27/02/2013 23:58

Thor?
Roy?

MamaMimi · 27/02/2013 23:56

Cole?
Pip?

CointreauVersial · 27/02/2013 22:36

I have a Conor, which never gets shortened.

mamasmissionimpossible · 27/02/2013 22:36

I have a Jude, which can't be shortened easily. No doubt someone will try.

mumat39 · 27/02/2013 22:34

DS is Ethan.

BuntyPenfold · 27/02/2013 22:33

I know a Jude called Judy.
Also Seth is called Sef.
A Neil called Nelly, and his name was chosen specifically as having no diminutive.
I don't think you can control any of it tbh.

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