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Original poster

Nickname - can Freya be shortened or is it impossible?

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allthenicknameshavebeentaken · 30/08/2015 18:23

I like the idea of a name that can't be made into a nickname. I think Freya is pretty and fits the bill - what do you think? :)

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GuessWhoIamToday · 30/08/2015 21:57

My mum and dad wanted names for DSis and I which could not be shortened. They called my sister Paula - and pretty much that worked. Occasionally called "P" but for 40-odd years she has just been Paula.

Me though, they called Joanne. I have been Jo my entire life. How the fuck they thought they had a name that could not be shortened I am not sure Grin

BeetlebumShesAGun · 30/08/2015 21:46

I knew a Freya who's nickname was Fred!

Clawdy · 30/08/2015 21:45

Anne can't be shortened!

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 30/08/2015 19:19

There are very few names that can't be shortened. Sorry but Freya isn't one of them
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allthenicknameshavebeentaken · 30/08/2015 19:12

Actually amazed!! Grin

Although I quite like Ray... Or should it be Rey?!

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Puffinsharon · 30/08/2015 18:51

DD's friend gets called 'Freeze' from Freya. She thinks it's great because of Frozen, it's certainly better than her brother Bjorn, who gets called BJ by all his little 8yr old pals.

RachelZoe · 30/08/2015 18:47

Sirzy

I also have a Harry, he is now "Haz", there is truly no name that can't be shortened.

Sirzy · 30/08/2015 18:36

I picked Harry for the same reason. When he was a few weeks old my uncle called him "H"

People will always find a way to shorten/change a name!

jinglymum · 30/08/2015 18:35

I know a Freya that gets called Fee.

bloodyteenagers · 30/08/2015 18:35

I know a Freya who is called Ray

PurpleSkyatthewateringhole · 30/08/2015 18:33

Any name can be shortened. School friends find a way, even if it's just using an initial instead.

Naicecuppatea · 30/08/2015 18:32

We call our little Freya Frey, as do her friends.

RachelZoe · 30/08/2015 18:28

Sorry, my twins have a friend called Freya, everyone calls her Frey or Yaya (pronounced Yaayaa).

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