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Dp wants Nicholas I want Nico. Who's right?

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CassandrasCastle · 14/09/2019 15:39

We both really like the name Nico, and it works in several languages which is important to us. However, my dp thinks the baby should be called Nicholas then tell people to call him Nico... He thinks people with longer names are more multi faceted or something 🤔
ANYWAY. Nicholas and call him Nico - or just Nico?

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HennyPennyHorror · 17/09/2019 06:08

As for Thandie Newton...she's just been quirky calling her DD Nico. It's a male name. I know a woman who called her DD a VERY male name...nothing like Sam or anything either...think Albert. But it's a girl.

HennyPennyHorror · 17/09/2019 06:07

Trewser that was a stage name. Her real name was Christa.

Trewser · 16/09/2019 22:35

No, im thinking of Nico from the velvet underground and Nico Parker, thandie newton's dd.

HennyPennyHorror · 16/09/2019 22:34

Trewser you're thinking of Nicole.

knorrig · 16/09/2019 22:12

My boy is called Nico, we love it as do many friends and family. We’ve had French friends say it’s french, Italians say Italian, a Greek doctor say Greek. We got the idea from an ex F1 driver who’s Swedish! Very occasionally people pronounce it Nicko but most people know it’s Nee-co.

Trewser · 16/09/2019 22:05

I thought Nico was a girl's name?

PenguinsRabbits · 16/09/2019 22:03

DD says if you want it to be shortened to Nico you need to go with the Greek spelling of Nikolas.

I would find it odd if you don't have connections with Greece but agree Nicholas is normally shortened to Nick here.

FairyDust92 · 16/09/2019 22:01

Also my friend is called Nico his mum is Swedish :)

FairyDust92 · 16/09/2019 21:59

My cat is called Nico and I love it! 😍

Limer · 16/09/2019 21:54

Nicholas = Knickerless.

Knock knock.
Who's there?
Nicholas.
Nicholas who?
Nicholas women shouldn't climb lamp posts.

diddlediddle · 16/09/2019 21:43

What's the big deal with having Nicholas on the BC to give him choices when older and just calling him Nico day to day? People make such a fuss about "forms" but honestly, forms don't happen that often 😂

Nichola nn Nico clearly satisfies both of you and your DH, OP, so I don't see what the problem is really!

Rachelover60 · 16/09/2019 21:40

pikapikachu
I think that the problem with Nicholas is that most people in the UK would shorten it to Nic/Nick.
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I like Nick, it's friendly.

Actionhasmagic · 16/09/2019 21:24

I like nico Grin

pikapikachu · 15/09/2019 16:57

I think that the problem with Nicholas is that most people in the UK would shorten it to Nic/Nick.

user1493494961 · 15/09/2019 16:39

He won't always be a cute 4 year old or a cool teen so it would be nice for him to have options. Your DP should have a say as well. I'm known by two different names and it's never been a problem.

daisypond · 15/09/2019 16:08

Unless you’re Italian, I think Nico is very naff - though fine as a nickname. Nicholas is so much classier. Nico is also being used quite a lot for girls these days.

Howmanysleepsnow · 15/09/2019 15:56

My BC name is longer, but my parents have never used it (not even when I was naughty!) and just picked it in order to use a shorter version they liked. The BC name doesn’t feel like “my” name and even as a teen when I went through a phase of disliking my name I’d never have considered using the full version. The full version seemed alien when used by teachers reading from the register. I changed school 4 times, and due to shyness didn’t like to/ didn’t have the confidence to correct them for several years, so was called by the “wrong” name.
I’d choose the name you want to use!
Also, one of my sons has a longer name that was a bit more unusual (like nico) but that could be shortened to a more classic name (like Nick for Nico). He’s never shortened it and prefers to use the name we chose.

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CassandrasCastle · 15/09/2019 15:40

Ha! It can be done :p

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mumsiedarlingrevolta · 15/09/2019 15:38

funnily enough I know someone whose name is Nicholas called Nico-

with a sister called Amelia nicknamed Mimi Grin

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CassandrasCastle · 15/09/2019 15:38

Dp likes Alois Confused

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CassandrasCastle · 15/09/2019 15:35

I like Reuben. But in my mind he is Nico..
Anyway, Reuben...

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CassandrasCastle · 15/09/2019 15:34

Ohh thanks all. This is hard. Really good to hear of people's experiences of this - butI do worry that it will just be 'a pain in the tits' for him with official forms, work etc. when he's older if he's called Nicolas.
His name is Nico!! Oh dp, why are you like this. It's getting to the stage of thinking we'll have choose another name.

DAMN IT

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AntimonySalts · 15/09/2019 14:12

Nicholas on BC. If you want him to be known as Nico, just tell people that's his name when they say "ahh, gorgeous baby, what's his name?" My DC have long names but are known by diminutives and always have been. On official forms (school etc), you just underline the name you want the child to be known by. So I would put, for example, "Antoinette Middlename Middlename (Toni) Salts" for my DD on forms for school, doctor, dentist etc. If I use their full names, they know they are in trouble. Grin

joblotbubble · 15/09/2019 14:07

*changed it legally I mean.

joblotbubble · 15/09/2019 14:07

I changed my name to the shortened version as soon as I could. Having a short version used in school and by everyone I ever knew and a longer one for official things was nothing more than a pain in the tits.