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Xanthe (nicknames?)

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LedaOfSparta · 14/05/2013 20:49

My actual baby is called Xanthe and day to day it is such a 'big' name for her. I love it but she really needs to grow into it I think!

I'm also kind of bored of having to repeat it 27 times to old dears in supermarkets.

I appreciate that all of this is my own fault but would anything spring to mind as a baby nickname? Her middle name won't work as it's a family name on my husbands side which I don't love.

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ProfYaffle · 17/05/2013 08:23

dd2 is Xanthe, she gets called Xanth occasionally but it makes me twitch. In the midst of baby talk we used to call her Xanthe-Zooster and the Zooster bit stuck. She's 6 now and used to have problems pronouncing it (lots of people thought she was called Nancy) and got frustrated at times but now it's fine.

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LedaOfSparta · 17/05/2013 08:17

Properly it's Ksan-thee as it's Greek but Zan-thee is the usual pronunciation.

I do love the name and knew when we chose it it would get a few ???? but I can 'see' it on a teenager or and adult. It's just that on a fat dimpled baby it still seems odd (and she's 8m old).

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BlueChampagne · 15/05/2013 15:26

Blondie

Wibblypiglikesbananas · 15/05/2013 03:04

Pronounced 'Zan-thee'.

Zanth as an abbreviation? (Obviously spelt with an X.)

I liked the Annie suggestion too.

elah11 · 15/05/2013 01:12

Um I would just leave it as Xanthe! A lot of the nicknames mentioned above are longer and just as grown up as Xanthe. Its a lovely name, I don't see the need to change it.

freerangechickens · 15/05/2013 01:04

Another one for wanting to know how DD's name is pronounced. (Sorry, I'm American)

iheartmycat · 15/05/2013 00:26

Fifi NOT FIFA!,

iheartmycat · 15/05/2013 00:25

Thee-thee (like FIFA but with a 'th')?

monsterchild · 15/05/2013 00:02

How about Zee? Its kind of cool and fun.
I actually have no idea how her name is pronounced is it with a z sound? Blush

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LedaOfSparta · 14/05/2013 21:31

I like Annie, that could work. I dont really like Thea though.

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Kirstoll · 14/05/2013 21:25

I like thea...

MorningHasBroken · 14/05/2013 21:20

Annie?

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LedaOfSparta · 14/05/2013 21:10

She gets Xanthlets or Pig from her brothers but they're not really for public use!

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SauvignonBlanche · 14/05/2013 21:07

My friend got called Xanth.

Decoy · 14/05/2013 21:06

The Grin

Xan or Thea would be lovely

hackneyzoo · 14/05/2013 21:03

I went to school with a Xanthe and we all called her Xanth.

FoundAChopinLizt · 14/05/2013 20:51

Xan? I also knew a Xan-Xan, used as a nick name.

MortifiedAdams · 14/05/2013 20:49

Thea?

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