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I think we might have decided on names...

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:04

Ok mainly because I don’t want to put this anywhere else...! But I THINK we may have decided on names for baby 2. We have a Rupert nn Roo as our first DS. Won’t find out ace of this one. We have been really struggling woth girls names as have really particular taste and hate most names! But this evening think we have found one! Nicknames are important to us so we have been deliberating a lot as most girl nicknames are yuck imo:

Frederick nn Freddy (not likely ever be Frederick except birth certificate)

Imogen nn Midge (unlike above, only likely to be Midge in conversation and not in writing eg signing birthday cards etc)

Phew. Thought we’d be stuck for a girl name!

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Voice0fReason · 11/11/2017 22:02

Imogen is lovely
Midge is awful - even more-so with the reasons you have stated!
Not a huge fan of Roberta and Bobbie is worse.

Your child and her friends will decide on any nickname.
I knew an Imogen called Imms or Immy - I like both

Standardpubquizname · 11/11/2017 22:02

Roberta nn Bobbie is cool and classic (think railway children) imo, and a much more natural nn than Midge.

ScarletSienna · 11/11/2017 21:57

I think Bobbie is a known diminutive of Roberta so that doesn’t seem the same to me.

Midge just isn’t flattering.

Mascarawandlady · 11/11/2017 21:50

I thought nicknames would something that came later? My mum hates my name being shortened.

bathghter · 11/11/2017 21:47

I just when people pre-conceive nicknames. totally missing the point imo. v uncool.

DontShootMeDown · 11/11/2017 21:45

Great boys names.

Imogen is fine.

Midge is fucking awful. It is v similar to Minge and even if that mistakenisnt made then its a bloody annoying mosquito.

If you hate Immy and Imo I wouldn’t use Imogen as chances are that’s what she’ll be known as when she rebels against the family nn she has been saddled with.

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:44

Our second runner was Roberta nn Bobbie (to be known as Bobbie) I’m guessing you will all shoot me down for that as well the mn posters back in 2009 seem to be far more forgiving of the nn Midge in fact several suggested it! Dh and I like quite unfeminine names for girls which I think was part of the problem on why we couldn’t decide as hated all the poppy/Eva/Ava/Rosie/Jessica/Isla/mia/Louise etc. Can’t please everyone! Idge or squidge equal possibilities for nn. Bump is squidge atm.

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ScarletSienna · 11/11/2017 21:43

I like Rupert and Roo seems a likely and natural shortening like William and Will. Imogen isn’t a name I particularly like but I really dislike Immo and Immy. The biggest issue I see is that Midge is not a shortening, it’s a nickname and they usually come about naturally and it feels a bit contrived to give her it.

Also Midge-annoying fly thing and the risk of minge is too great!

UrsulaPandress · 11/11/2017 21:42

I've only known one Midge and she was a Margery.

I don't think you can dictate a nickname. They should evolve.

But your baby. Call it what you like.

OrchidShmorchid · 11/11/2017 21:42

We had an idea of what we thought dd2's nickname would be but in reality it's something completely different and unrelated and when i try to use the nickname we originally 'chose' it doesnt feel natural, it feels really forced - despite me calling her by it before she was born. I really think nicknames are organic and develop when a child and personality are born.

Standardpubquizname · 11/11/2017 21:40

I think you just have to imagine how you would feel if Imogen decides to use one of the nns that you're not keen on, if you wouldn't be particularly bothered then fine, if it would really bother you then perhaps choose another name.

sooperdooper · 11/11/2017 21:38

The minute she can decide for herself Sod's law says she'll want to be known as Imo or Immy, totally out of your control

Your reasons for midge are irrelevant after she's about 5, she won't be a little girl forever

Daffydil · 11/11/2017 21:37

We have an Imogen. She's Imogen 90% of the time. DH calls her Smidge a lot of the time, because she's small. She's very recently started calling herself Immy. We've never called her that. (She's 20 months).

Imo and Immy seem like very different people to me. Immy is pink and fluffy and likes dolphins and puts hearts over her i's. Imo plays hockey and is probably going to be head girl. And do something sensible.

fitbitbore · 11/11/2017 21:32

You can't call a little
Girl midge it's bloody awful 😂 boys name nice tho.

Mallowmarshmallow · 11/11/2017 21:28

Cross posted with a few

Xeneth88 · 11/11/2017 21:28

Midge is awful! Please don't. She'll be Immy by nursery but still.

Mallowmarshmallow · 11/11/2017 21:27

I don’t understand the defining of a nickname thing. At school, children and their peers will choose their own nicknames. The nickname for Imogen will almost definitely be Immy so if you hate that I probably wouldn’t give a name that lends itself to a nickname you hate.

I had a friend goring up whose mother was adamant her Victoria would never be shortened and, of course, it always was and you could see her it grating against her every time she heard her called Vicky.

IggyAce · 11/11/2017 21:26

My DD is Imogen, we used to call her Imi but requested we didn't. Her friends call her idgy or Iggy of the two I prefer Iggy.

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:25

And is quite akin to Midge in many ways (sorry pressed send too soon on last post)

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:25

In fact my DH has a nn at home (by his siblings/parents) that isn’t used by anyone else

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:24

Thanks asiatic yes I think the nn business was more what we would call the them other than full name. Fully appreciate children get all sorts of nn at school! Some go by surnames for instance!

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Asiaticlily · 11/11/2017 21:23

With Midge/Imo/Immy it might be worth bearing in mind that once she would be at school any nicknames would be out of your hands.

I have a sibling that has one nickname at home and another for work/friends and it’s not one we would have chosen and is a more obvious nickname for her full name.

Just something to think about if you really don’t like it.

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:23

standard I too have a name that has many shortening but as I hate them all have always insisted on my full name too!

As I said in my op, nn for Imogen would only be in conversation anyhow, more like term of endearment if you will, than a proper nickname or name to otherwise by known as like Freddy

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:19

Don’t think it sounds anything like minge...

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MotherOfBoy · 11/11/2017 21:19

I can’t stand Imo or Immy. We really like Midge because a) suits a younger sibling. B) if girl is small then it would be cute c) if girl is tall it would be ironic. In any case, she would most likely be called Imogen 90% of the time but we wanted to have decided on a nn to use as hate both Imo and Immy!

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