But "traditional name loving" family think I'm bonkers.
I've loved the name Helena for a long long time and a few days ago DH and I were discussing potential nn's. We know that nicknames usually just sort of "happen" but I think Laney is such a nice name. Originally we wanted Helena pronounced Helen-ah but we thought if we use Hel-ay-nah then Laney could be a really nice shortened version. What do you think of Laney? Is it too cutsie? I'm not really a fan of frilly cutsie names but it sounds like more of a strong cutsie name IUSWIM.
My DH also really likes Lenny and I thought he was mad at first but I love Ronnie, Bobbie, Billie etc and I'm falling for Lenny too!