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Tom or Tommy?

33 replies

Unsureonwhat · 11/06/2016 18:08

I do not want him to be Thomas, so please don't suggest that - even if you prefer it.

Should we use Tom or Tommy, on the BC? We will call him both, whichever one we put on the BC. However, I prefer Tommy.

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WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 13/06/2016 12:14

Tomi.
Welsh version.

MummyMaisy · 13/06/2016 11:55

Tommy... NN Tom

Deaver · 12/06/2016 21:33

The obvious thing to do would be to name him Tom, then use Tommy as a nn.

TwinkleStarX · 12/06/2016 16:46

We have a Tomasz called Tom. He is 7 and loves having a z in his name!

user1465744104 · 12/06/2016 16:11

I'm going against everyone else... Go for Tommy. I think it's much nicer - it can also be shortened to Tom Smile

kmini · 12/06/2016 14:22

We have a Tom ( but Thomas on BC, nn Tommy is regularly used too). Definitely Tom on BC, Tommy and plethora of other nn will follow.

Great choice op, we've never regretted calling him Tom, despite its popularity. It's a proper rough and tumble boys name!

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 12/06/2016 10:27

Yes, Tom with Tommy as a child's nickname.

BettyOBarley · 12/06/2016 10:24

Definitely Tom or there is always the spelling Thom.

septembersunshine · 12/06/2016 10:10

Tom. Just that. You could always use the nickname Tommy if you feel like it, as a cute baby/small child thing that may follow him into adulthood if he wants, but just Tom on the bc would be fine imo.

user1463864877 · 11/06/2016 23:38

Tom. Just as the last two posters said Tommy works as a nickname if you fancy then.

Sophronia · 11/06/2016 22:33

Tom and you could use Tommy as a nn

skankingpiglet · 11/06/2016 21:42

Out of those two I'd pick Tom. Tommy doesn't work for me as an adult name, but makes sense as a child's NN which he could carry through to grownup life if he wanted.

Ellie06 · 11/06/2016 21:34

If you want him to be different to other kids I'd go for Tommy, I'm a teacher and we have loads of Tom's in school, but no Tommys

MitzyLeFrouf · 11/06/2016 21:25

I had an uncle called Tommy and he was the gentlest, shyest man in the world and teetotal too! Grin

I still prefer Tom though.

DontKillMyVibe · 11/06/2016 21:17

Tom

Men drinking Buckfast with their tops off are called Tommy. Well they are near me anyway.

EllenDegenerate · 11/06/2016 21:10

Tom is solid, considered, reliable, impeccably mannered.

Tommy is handsome, rebellious, intelligent, non conformist.

Who do you want your son to be?

sonlypuppyfat · 11/06/2016 21:07

It's my cats name Grin

NapQueen · 11/06/2016 21:04

Tom.

I've a daughter with a shortened version as her full name and only twice in nearly five years has anyone ever called her the potential look her version.

Portobelly · 11/06/2016 21:02

We named our son Tom, based on its Hebrew meaning.
biblehub.com/hebrew/8537.htm
Completeness and integrity.

It has a different root to Thomas, which is Greek

LotsofDots · 11/06/2016 20:58

Tom. I always wanted a Tom, but it is precluded by surname.

DramaAlpaca · 11/06/2016 20:58

Tom.

I know two Toms who are just Tom, not Thomas on their birth certs, and it hasn't done either of them any harm.

Portobelly · 11/06/2016 20:56

Tom is a name in its own right, not a shortening of Thomas.
www.thejc.com/judaism/jewish-words/tam
Meaning Whole and Unblemished.

FizzyFeet · 11/06/2016 20:55

Another vote for Tom on the BC.

CrowyMcCrowFace · 11/06/2016 20:52

Could you live with Tomas?

I have a colleague called Jo who gets irritated constantly confirming that she is not Joanna, Joanne or josephine.

Tom is so widely understood to be a diminutive that I suspect he'd spend a boring amount of time correcting assumptions that he is 'officially' Thomas.

sonlypuppyfat · 11/06/2016 20:50

Thomas is a lovely name at least you'll be giving him a choice

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