Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

What could Annie be short for?

84 replies

lilbubsmama · 16/05/2019 09:30

How creative can we get?

I like Annie and can think of Ann, Annabelle for a name that Annie can be a diminutive of... any others? I'm also very willing to use Annie as a birth certificate name but I'm curious to alternatives

:)

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
Sleephelpplease · 16/05/2019 20:18

Ariadne

minou123 · 16/05/2019 20:14

It's my name Smile

My actual name is Annie, but some people do think it is a shortened name. A lot of people think my name is Ann.

My favourite story to tell about my name: I was telling a friend that every time I introduce myself to someone new, the person will always say "oh, I had a great aunty/grandmother called Annie". Not 5 minutes later, I introduced myself to a colleague and sure enough he said "oh, I had a great aunt called Annie". I gave my friend a 'see what I mean' look and she could not stop laughing. Still talks about it to this day.

Strandliv · 16/05/2019 17:43

Anniken. Not as in Skywalker, it’s a Norwegian girl’s name.

Chocolateisoverrated · 16/05/2019 17:38

Annaliese
Anaïs

daisypond · 16/05/2019 17:04

snowy it goes back to olde times with lots of names that start with vowels.
Mine Anne - Nan - Nancy.
Mine Ed(ward) - Ned - Neddy. Etc.

feelingverylazytoday · 16/05/2019 16:56

Snowy I think it goes back to Anne Boleyn.

feelingverylazytoday · 16/05/2019 16:55

Some of these names have absolutely nothing to do with Annie, and many people will not get the connection.
I would just call her Annie, personally. And then some people will shorten it to Ann.

SnowyAlpsandPeaks · 16/05/2019 16:45

Nancy is another of the standard familiar names for Anne

My grandmother was called Annie, but everyone called her Nancy. Before she died when she was 90, we were talking about it and I asked her why, and she had no idea.

Where does that link come from?

SnowyAlpsandPeaks · 16/05/2019 16:44

I haven’t read the thread. But here’s my suggestions:-

Anita
Anika
Annouska
Ampika
Annabelle (love)
Antionette
Annalise
Annmarie
Sally Ann
Athena (love)
Anastasia
Rhiannon
Kellyann
Maryann
Lilyanna
Angharad
Anya
Tianna
Hannah

TheHumanSatsuma · 16/05/2019 15:33

The only Annie I know is Anastacia.

RuthW · 16/05/2019 15:31

Diana

Proseccofuelled · 16/05/2019 15:26

Albany is lovely

bridgetreilly · 16/05/2019 15:02

Joanna
Roanna
Anthea
Annelise

daisypond · 16/05/2019 13:40

Nancy is another of the standard familiar names for Anne.

cjw81 · 16/05/2019 13:34

We have an Albany which we shorten to Annie.

Original poster
lilbubsmama · 16/05/2019 13:29

@Nquartz I said in my OP I'm
More than happy to call her Annie in her birth certificate- I am curious to other forms of the name to see what else I like if I already like Annie

OP posts:
RuffleCrow · 16/05/2019 13:27

Good point Nquartz

Makes me think of thay Simpson's character whose "name must never be spoke" Grin

Nquartz · 16/05/2019 12:49

I don't understand why you can't just call her Annie if you like Annie.

I know a few people who have one name in their BC but only ever called something else & it just makes life difficult on things like job applications, work email addresses etc.

Just call her what you're going to actually call her Confused

DulcieRay · 16/05/2019 12:26

Frances/Fran/Francesca
Leanna/Leanne
Lillyanne/Lillian
Rhiannon/Rihanna/Reanne
Kerryanne/Kerrianne
Pollyanna
Roseanne/Roseanne
Roxanna/Roxanne

Suliemantra · 16/05/2019 12:01

Tatiana

Susiedog · 16/05/2019 11:35

I really like Lilianna or Rosanna.

MikeUniformMike · 16/05/2019 11:16

Angharad doesn't shorten to An. In Welsh ng is a letter not two letters, and is almost always prononunced as ng not ng-g.

bringbackfonzi · 16/05/2019 10:41

When I meet an Annie I assume their name is Anna.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 16/05/2019 10:35

Anwen. Arianwen. Angharrard (sp)
Cassandra. Savannah. Vanessa.
However I think Annie is a gorgeous and acceptable name in its own right. It doesn't have to be short for any thing

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 16/05/2019 10:32

. Angela. Andrea. Annamay
Annabeth. Annabelle. Anita. Anastasia. Annalise (SP)? Anaya.
Anais. Anya. Leanna. Teanna. Rhiannon. Luanna. Deanna .

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Join Mumsnet Log In

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.