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Sibling to Buffy and Teddy...

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LilyRosePoppy · 27/10/2016 22:47

Help! Do you have any ideas? :)

I'm so unsure! :( can't think of anything...

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Mamatallica · 28/10/2016 00:04

Queenbean Grin

MaryPoppinsPenguins · 28/10/2016 00:03

I know two Teddy's in real life who have that as their given name... I love it!

Monty
Sammy
Lulu
Lucy
Sasha
Percy

Ignore the piss taking posts OP, your children have lovely names.

ShmooBooMoo · 28/10/2016 00:03

Smile Yeah, I love Eleanor shortened to Nelly and I think it goes well with the names of your other children. You might also like Edith shortened to Edie.
Also think Hector would be nice for a boy with not sure what you could shorten to. Another suggestion is Ewan (maybe shorten to Huey)? Abner is an unusual boys' name and can be shortened to Ebbie.
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GiddyGiddyGoat · 28/10/2016 00:01

Ethelred - nn Red
Ernest - nn Ernie
Evan - nn Van
Edgar - no nn
Elvis - no nn
Emerson - nn Emmy
Englebert - nn Bert / Bertie
Enoch - no nn
Ephraim - Ephy
Errol - no nn
Esau - no nn
Ezekiel - nn Zeke / Zee

Queenbean · 27/10/2016 23:58

Alexandra NN Binky

Or Bonkarella, NN Bonky

TinklyLittleLaugh · 27/10/2016 23:57

All my four have classic proper Christian names and more funky everyday nicknames.

Manumission · 27/10/2016 23:55

Or Ernest, NN Ernie?

The E name thing is a huge complication Smile

Nelly is very nice. Maybe you should pray hard for a girl?Grin

AvaCrowder · 27/10/2016 23:54

brilliant.

Manumission · 27/10/2016 23:52

Emmanuel, NN Manny??

TinklyLittleLaugh · 27/10/2016 23:48

Your names are lovely OP

How about
Hal - Henry
Kit - Christopher
Connie - Constance
Tilly - Matilda
Clemens - Clementine

ElaeudanlaTeiteia · 27/10/2016 23:45

I like both names. There was a 70s singer called Buffy Sainte Marie, so it's not as though the name was invented by the TV prog.

Like a pp I am quite envious of OP for having a wee Buffy and Teddy, that is adorable.

Manumission · 27/10/2016 23:43

Difficult because you need the NNs to work together AND the full names to work together AND the NN needs to be 'known' diminutive of the full name. (I must admit I'd never heard of Buffy being an accepted shortening of Elizabeth.)

Dolly/Dorothy
Daisy/Marguerite

spring to mind. Boys feel harder.

Yardley42 · 27/10/2016 23:41

Edwina? Nn Winnie maybe.

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LilyRosePoppy · 27/10/2016 23:39

Eleanor, NN Nelly is definitely at the top for a girl! Thanks for that :) it starts with E too!

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LadyAEIOU · 27/10/2016 23:37

If you called baby Mary it would be the same names as Henry VIII children (not suggesting but as a huge Tudors fan thought it was cool).

Do you know what you are having and do you have any names you like?

ShmooBooMoo · 27/10/2016 23:36

I didn't know Buffy was a nickname for Elizabeth. I love Teddy, btw!
I think Wilbur would be nice for a boy (Will) or Vincent (Vinny)
Maybe Ellen or Eleanor (Nelly) for a girl?
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GiddyGiddyGoat · 27/10/2016 23:36

You pays your money and takes your chances on here OP. You're being a bit over sensitive when (as I explained quite kindly and as others have too) you are in the most part the author of your own misfortune. No need to tell people to fuck off.

Gileswithachainsaw · 27/10/2016 23:35

I'm actually very Envy Now..id love a little buffy.

And willow was on my shortlist for both dds except vetoed by a miserable boring dp.

TatteredOwl · 27/10/2016 23:35

I have a Teddy and believe it or not it's his actual real name. He's not Edward or Theodore.. no, he is Teddy. I forgot to check beforehand with MN as to whether this was allowed though Grin

I like both names OP, just ignore the idiots on here

SpeakNoWords · 27/10/2016 23:30

I'm a massive fan of the Buffy tv show and I never knew up until very recently that it was a nickname for Elizabeth. I would have 100% assumed that your DD was named Buffy as her given name, after the TV show. Equally, many children are called Teddy as a given name. Elizabeth and Edward (known as Buffy and Teddy) would have been a much clearer way of asking for similar names.

What about Jennifer?

Mamatallica · 27/10/2016 23:29

How about Willow nn Willie?

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LilyRosePoppy · 27/10/2016 23:28

They're being nasty by calling it ridiculous, etc. I didn't ask for opinions on their names. My daughter is happy with her name, so you lot can f off, 'frankly'.

Thank you for the nice suggestions.

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Mamatallica · 27/10/2016 23:27

I'd have to go with Giles, you could always shorten it to Gil.

purplefox · 27/10/2016 23:27

I'd go with another E name with a -y ending NN.

orangebird69 · 27/10/2016 23:26

My middle name is Elizabeth. It's also my mothers first name. Never heard of Buffy. Ridiculous nn frankly.

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