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Poppy as NN for Penelope?

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Cleo2628 · 03/07/2018 23:21

Too much of a stretch?

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Thehop · 05/07/2018 00:35

What about nel?

grumpy4squash · 04/07/2018 22:55

Poppy is a very popular name. It isn't usually short for anything else.
But you can call your daughter anything you like.
My DH has a friend called Graham. Apparently it's a nn for John. (His actual name is John). So Poppy as a nn for Penelope wouldn't be outrageous, just unexpected.

yearofthewoman · 04/07/2018 22:49

I think it's a lovely name and a great idea.

Why not try it out for a few days, see if it sticks?

JassyRadlett · 04/07/2018 22:46

I know a Penelope who has been Poppy since she was tiny because it’s how her brother said her name.

I also know a Nelly, short for Penelope, as well as a handful of Pennys.

I feel like I know an unusual number of Penelopes.

bridgetreilly · 04/07/2018 22:41

I think it's perfectly fine. Nicknames are nicknames. You can have anything.

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Cleo2628 · 04/07/2018 21:07

Elizabeth - Betsy
James - jimmy

Etc

I’m not “following a trend” there’s loads of longer names that have multiple nickname options

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MarthasGinYard · 04/07/2018 21:01

MrsS

Absolutely

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Cleo2628 · 04/07/2018 21:00

@mrsschadsnfreude wow okay you seem to feel unusually passionate about this 👀 P-en-el-OPE to poppy isn’t the same as Emily to Lucy

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MarthasGinYard · 04/07/2018 21:00

'I know a Penelope who's always known as Penel.'

Gosh how unfortunate

MrsSchadenfreude · 04/07/2018 20:52

Oh it just gets on my tits, this fashion for naming a child and coming up with a completely different “nickname”.

“Her name is Annabella but her nickname is Jane”

“Her name is Emily but we call her Lucy.”

You are all fucking nuts. Want to call her Poppy/Jane/Lucy? Well call her that then. Not some long name that you are never going to use. It makes you look like tossers.

Fibbertigibbet · 04/07/2018 20:43

I have a friend with a baby Penelope nn Pippi as in Pippi Longstocking?

spiderlight · 04/07/2018 19:35

I know a Penelope who's always known as Penel. Poppy could work though.

DramaAlpaca · 04/07/2018 13:27

I think it works actually.

I don't like Poppy as a name in itself, I find it a bit twee, but I love it as a nickname for Penelope.

SoftBlocks · 04/07/2018 12:56

I think it’s fine. Love the name Penelope but prefer Poppy to Penny as nickname.

Flamingosnbears · 04/07/2018 12:51

I think you could use poppy as a nickname after all it's just that

LoveInTokyo · 04/07/2018 12:10

What about Nell?

Poppy is a bit of a stretch IMO, and Penelope is a nicer name.

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Cleo2628 · 04/07/2018 11:12

@kaytee87 because Penelope is a bit of a long name to say constantly, but we wanted her to have a “formal” type name for when she is an adult.

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Pebblespony · 04/07/2018 10:20

I know a Penelope that was shortened to Poppi. Knew her in college. Never any problem as far as I knew. She was Greek though so don't know if that makes a difference.

RedDwarves · 04/07/2018 10:16

I think Polly works, but not Poppy. Mainly because Polly is traditionally a shortening (for Mary, of all things), whereas Poppy is a standalone name.

kaytee87 · 04/07/2018 08:58

If your 8mo is called Penelope then why not just call her Penelope Confused
A nn May come about naturally and if it doesn't , it's not a requirement

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Cleo2628 · 04/07/2018 08:41

I was wondering because if you google nick names for Penelope then poppy is a common one. Supposedly it’s the classic Greek nickname for Penelope. At first I thought it was a bit of a stretch but wondered others opinions. I already have an 8mo called Penelope and penny hasn’t really stuck - just ended up calling her peanut all the time which I don’t want her to think is her name!! Haha

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nohopemate · 04/07/2018 08:03

It's a different name.

Is picking two names for a child, their regular name and a nickname a thing now?

I always thought nicknames developed naturally, not in this deliberated way.

FrancisCrawford · 04/07/2018 08:00

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MarthasGinYard · 04/07/2018 07:57

Different name

Sounds a bit silly

17caterpillars1mouse · 04/07/2018 07:45

I think it works

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