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What’s Coco short for?

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MrsRachel85 · 12/08/2018 15:47

Love the name Coco for a girl but would prefer a longer, more traditional name for birth certificate and to use Coco as a nickname. What could Coco be short for? I can think of Cora, Coralie, Chloe...

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Islamorada · 11/09/2021 21:07

Cossima

Mrsrko · 11/09/2021 20:58

I know a Courtney who is called coco for short

Elisemum · 11/09/2021 20:42

@Buttons294749 😂😂😂 im actually surprised there no mention of cocomelon on any threads. That was one of the names my 2 y.o. wanted to use for his baby brother !

Buttons294749 · 11/09/2021 20:16

Cocomelon? 😂

I actually considered this for DD with the full name of Colette. Heather from RHOC has a coco/Colette

Elisemum · 10/09/2021 20:18

Kids will call her coco loco, or kaka (Spanish for poo). It sounds stripper - like and someone from love island would be named coco… maybe go for a longer name just in case.

mathanxiety · 10/09/2021 03:20

Nicole Collette - basically like calling someone Makayla Michelle.

expectinglittlebear · 08/09/2021 15:45

@MrsRachel85 Courtney! My sister is called Courtney and has always been known as Coco.

Buttercup54321 · 08/09/2021 00:14

Caroline
Callico
Chloe
Coral

Enko · 02/09/2021 10:32

Gabrielle was Coco Chanel birth name coco was a nickname

MirandaBlu · 01/09/2021 09:01

Cosima Coriander
Concetta Corazon
Coraline Copper
Corinna Comfrey
Cornelia Cosette
Cora Colorado
Cordelia Cookie
Courtney Cordova
Coryn Columbia
Condoleezza Coffee
Constance Coyote
Colette Cobra
Consuelo Corduroy

Happy36 · 01/09/2021 06:12

Colandrea

I worked with a Cloe (Spain) and a Céline (France) who were both nicknamed Coco.

Starryskiesinthesky · 01/09/2021 06:07

Oh no 🙈 and now I’ve added to it!

Starryskiesinthesky · 01/09/2021 06:06

[quote kaylanelson]@MrsRachel85 just go for it! it's not a 'too out there' name it's beautiful! I want to call my daughter winter and people are saying it's too out there but at the end of the day it's your child ... and whatever name you think is 'the' name go for it! good luck xxx[/quote]
Totally agree but then I think Coco and Winter are both lovely names!

CutePanda · 01/09/2021 05:34

Oh no! The last 5 messages or so revived a zombie thread!

CutePanda · 01/09/2021 05:33

Be aware that other DC will call her Coconut and Coco Pops. They won’t know about Coco Chanel or Coco the Clown.

Many of the names mentioned here are a bit of a stretch. Coco isn’t a good nickname simply because their first name starts with a C. Chloe is the only one where it kind of works. Maybe use Coco as a middle name.

Charlize43 · 01/09/2021 05:32

Coco? Cocaine?

Rangoon · 01/09/2021 05:19

Colette might be a good choice but people will always mix up the number of "l"s and "t"s. I do think it is better to give a child a name that is suitable for them when they are older. One of my colleagues said the test should be whether you could imagine a High Court judge with the name. I'm not sure about the High Court judge but I will say our cat Coconut is called Coco.

manhattenrain · 01/09/2021 05:19

I love Coco as a nickname. I'd personally do CO initials (eg. Clara Octavia)

I think it could also work for Celeste, Chloe or Collins. Smile

1forAll74 · 01/09/2021 04:51

Not keen on the name Coco for a girl, have only heard of coco the clown. but my daughters female cat is name cocoa, which is useless information I know !!

LimeRedBanana · 01/09/2021 04:11

I’m surprised Courteney Cox hasn’t come up - she basically named her daughter after herself.

I’m pretty sure her given name is just Coco - not short for anything. Of course, different rules apply to celebs. Wink And judging by Insta, she does actually refer to her as ‘Coconut’!

Themeparklover · 01/09/2021 03:53

my name is one of he 6th comment mentioned and I was called coco at secondary school

WillisSon · 01/09/2021 03:21

I kinda feel like Coco is a classic stripper or hooker name.
Like it's super cute but in an airhead ditzy way. I'm hearing "hi! My name is Coco!" Compared to "hi! My name is Sarah!/Louise/Dana/Anna/Rebecca/Rhiannon/Nicole/Alison/Sophie

They're all sensible. Without been yuck

Then there is Coco, Millie, Hollie, Ava, Lucy, Porscha, Tiffany, Sami, Mardi

Bubbly and sweet and flirty and more worried about acing pole class than science !
But I'm in Australia. Our name preferences/trends vary a fair bit.

Mrssnickers · 13/08/2018 20:28

I adore Coco and it’s a real contender for future DD.

We know of (friend of a friend) who calls her DD Coco as a nickname for Charlotte Olivia?

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 13/08/2018 19:49

Cosima is gorgeous with nn Coco.

NothingOnTellyAgain · 13/08/2018 19:46

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