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rosie - would she need a "full" version?

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umptydumpty · 07/06/2018 10:41

Hi all. I love the name Rosie for our prospective daughter. Thing is, I don't like quite enough any of the longer versions that could go on the birth certificate (Rosamund/rosemary/rosalind/Rosalie etc). I quite like Rose, but it sounds daft with our surname to my ear, and the rhythm and sound of a name (both "formal" and nn versions) is important to me. Rosie works but Rose doesn't.

Of course, we could just go for Rosie on the bc. I see from the ONS lists that Rosie as the given name is pretty popular these days. BUT I have this sense that I shouldn't be giving her what is normally considered a nn/shortening as her full, formal name. I'm not really sure why... doesn't seem "proper" somehow. But am I just being prissy? I believe in the evolution of language and all that so should I just accept Rosie as a complete name in its own right?! Would you assume that a girl going by Rosie had something more formal on her bc?

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daisypond · 07/06/2018 17:42

I wouldn't put Rosie on the BC. I've got a diminutive for a name and I feel I "can't" use the the more classic name on which it was based - which I would like to. Whereas if I had been called the longer version, I could have shortened it if I wanted to.

Dhalandchips · 07/06/2018 17:02

I have a diminutive on my BC, spent all my life pissed off at people assuming I'm called something else!

Ragwort · 07/06/2018 16:59

Use Rosie if you like Rosie, lovely name.

My DS is called a 'shortened name' - ie: Billy (not real name) - sometimes people say 'oh, is he William on his birth certificate?' and I just say 'no, he's Billy.'

My DB always calls him William for some unknown reason !

MonumentVal · 07/06/2018 16:56

Rosetta, Roseanne, Rosaline

MrsICantSayMyName · 07/06/2018 16:29

Mine is a Rosie too Grin

Rapunzel26 · 07/06/2018 16:25

No Rosie is perfectly fine. If you change it you won’t love it as much.

G1ggleloop · 07/06/2018 16:18

Can't she just be Rosie and if she wants a more 'grown up' name she can call herself Rose

grasspigeons · 07/06/2018 16:13

I like Rosie on it's own or Rose

Rosalind and rosamund are often pronounce Roza with a short o rather than a long o

CourtneyLovely · 07/06/2018 16:10

And yes, her full name is Rosalie but she's known as Rosie in the HoP

CourtneyLovely · 07/06/2018 16:09

Mountains Dame Rosie Winterton MP may disagree with you there.

Sophronia · 07/06/2018 15:50

Rosina
Rosalba
Rosella
Rosanna

MikeUniformMike · 07/06/2018 14:10

I like Rosanna, Rosa and Rosalind, but if you are going to call her Rosie then just call her Rosie. Why give her a name that she won't identify with. Rosie is lovely apart from it makes me think of Rosie Webster.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 07/06/2018 13:19

Go wild OP, Rosita, my favourite name as a child !

greendale17 · 07/06/2018 13:12

Rosanna is a nice name

LoislovesStewie · 07/06/2018 13:11

We were going to have Rosaleen.

Mountainsoutofmolehills · 07/06/2018 13:05

Rosie? Umm, it's a bit twee. It's a nickname. It's a pretty, fat, little girls name. It is not the name of a strong power walking woman leader of tomorrow. She will grow up. Call her Rose, then you can cuten it to your baby Rosie.

dingdongdigeridoo · 07/06/2018 13:03

Rosie is fine. I think attitudes have changed about having ‘proper’ names and nicknames now. I know people with names like Jamie who aren’t called James on their birth certificate, for example. It’s just unnecessary.

beachysandy81 · 07/06/2018 13:02

I think it's fine on its own. I quite like Rosalie though. I also like it spelled 'Rosy'.

DumbledoresSocks · 07/06/2018 12:59

I think Rosie is lovely on its own. DS has a similar name (male version) and we've not had any judgement.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 07/06/2018 11:06

Rosina, Rosanna, Rosella?

halcyondays · 07/06/2018 11:05

I would also assume it was her full name, there is no point giving her one of the longer names if you don't like them. I expect most Rosies these days are "just" Rosie, rather than being short for anything.

CourtneyLovely · 07/06/2018 11:03

If I met a Rosie I'd assume her full name was Rosie, unless I was told otherwise. I've known 3 Rosies over the last few years (I'm a guider) and they're all called Rosie!

MollyHuaCha · 07/06/2018 11:00

IMO Rosie is a diminutive name (a lovely one) and she needs a proper name on the birth certificate - Rose, Rosemary, Rosemarie, Rosa, Rosalind, Rosamund etc.

theunsure · 07/06/2018 10:52

Stick with Rosie on it's own - I know 2 and they don't have any other first name. Both highly successful professionals so it's not held them back by not having a different name.

Lifeaback · 07/06/2018 10:47

I don’t get the Mumsnet obsession with having a ‘full’ name. I think Rosie works perfectly well on is own- it’s a beautiful name and whilst it is cute, I don’t think it’s so cutesy that it needs a ‘proper’ form