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Nicknames for Rebecca that aren't Becky/Becca?

90 replies

mich161616 · 18/11/2013 14:08

Hi,

DH and I really like Rebecca as a name but I really don't like Becky or Becca as a nickname. I just think that even if I always say Rebecca it's so long that others won't and Becky is an inevitability. Can anyone think of any (pretty) alternatives that we could use?

Thanks
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veryspickandspan · 19/11/2013 01:31

Ha ha - Melissa went through school as Missy, now known as Mel. You name em then throw it to the wind....Alan answers to Azlan, Heather to Hev Bear ...

squoosh · 19/11/2013 01:22

One of my best friends is called Rebecca and no one has ever called her Becky. She generally goes by ummm.................Rebecca! or Beck sometimes.

looki · 18/11/2013 22:54

I think its quite a nice name but the inevitable nicknames turn me off it. I think you can minimize the abbreviations to a certain age and after that, you lose 'control' so to speak.

Even if your DD corrects people,there will be some that when they know the owner doesn't like a nickname will pointedly use it to get under the owner's skin (my own family are terrific at this).

For this reason, I would be hesitant to use a name when you truly dislike the nicknames. I have recently ruled out a name myself for this reason.

gwenniebee · 18/11/2013 22:23

I know an (adult) Rebecca who suddenly decided to call herself Rebbles. Wasn't sure about that, myself.

HesMyLobster · 18/11/2013 22:18

I have a DD11 who is Rebecca, but to most friends and family she is Boo.
It happened by accident really, but she loves her nn and it really suits her.
She recently started secondary school and has had to learn how to politely correct her teachers who all seem to want to call her Becky, which she doesn't like.

greeneyes1978 · 18/11/2013 22:09

I know two (adult) Rebeccas who are both known by their full name all the time if that helps.

JulietBravo81 · 18/11/2013 21:35

I'm a Rebecca and I get Becky whether I like it or not (which I don't) people just presume and call it me. I have never ever introduced myself as that and tell people I hate it but still get it Sad

CocktailQueen · 18/11/2013 21:05

I have a 10yo Rebecca and have always called her Becca. Never ever Becky. Eurgh. Now she prefers to call herself Bex. and that's what her friends call her too. We also call her Becca-boo, Boo, Bexter...

WeileWeileWaile · 18/11/2013 21:02

My sister was given the nickname Marbecca - I think regardless of the name you'll get some kind of nn/shortening.

I call DS Joxer and that's nothing like his actual name.

Shoutymomma · 18/11/2013 20:57

We're just left-field! X

Oakmaiden · 18/11/2013 20:45

That's interesting. I am a Rebecca, and my family call me Freckles. They went Rebecca-Becka-Beckles-Freckles. I thought they were fairly unique in twisting the name like that, but apparently not :)

ps I don't have Freckles.

Shoutymomma · 18/11/2013 20:40

In Bristol, words ending in A get an L put on the end of them, so
Rebeccal Freckle. :)

Oakmaiden · 18/11/2013 20:37

Shoutymomma - why Freckle?

RightInTheKisser · 18/11/2013 20:32

My friend Rebecca has always been Ruby. From Ruby Recca- Rebecca...obviously!

FourAndDone · 18/11/2013 20:32

I'm also Rebecca, as a teen I went through a phase of BecciGrin
I now hate any form of becky and if people ask my name I always say Rebecca, however I always get called Bec. I hate Bec Sad

sonlypuppyfat · 18/11/2013 20:30

I'm a Deborah and loath it being shortened with a passion but people will shorten it you can't stop them.

monkeyfacegrace · 18/11/2013 20:29

Oi, watch it you lot ;-D

Candice25 · 18/11/2013 20:28

OJ

sassytheFIRST · 18/11/2013 20:27

Conversely to some posters, I grew up with a name that really doesn't shorten (2 syllables but ugly when shortened and no "official" shortenings) and was thus keen that my kids would have names with plenty of shortening opportunities. Dd1 is Rebecca - always been Becky or Boo to us but recently has evolved into Bex at her own instigation (she's 11).

hoarseoldfrog · 18/11/2013 20:26

My sister is called Rebecca. We called her rebaabaa,. Sorry, prob not helpful....

Iwaswatchingthat · 18/11/2013 20:26

I know an adult Rebecca who is only known as Rebecca and two known as Becky.

Lovely name - wish we had used it as first name rather than middle in some ways.

Our dd2 has a name with an inevitable nickname and she rarely gets called it. I don't like the nickname, but tbh when she gets called it out of affection I think it is really nice.

Bunbaker · 18/11/2013 20:24

My mother hated nicknames and abbreviations and when I was born she gave me a name that couldn't be shortened. She did the same when my sister was born.

ExitPursuedByABear · 18/11/2013 20:23

Bug? But

ExitPursuedByABear · 18/11/2013 20:22

Bex. Worked with one bug always struggled with the name.

Shoutymomma · 18/11/2013 20:21

Freckle.