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Names you wouldn’t shorten - girls

81 replies

JollyGiraffe12 · 28/02/2020 20:26

I have a name which is always open to various nicknames and I find it irritating. As such, I am after a name for my daughter where you wouldn’t typically feel the need to shorten it. Can anyone think of any?

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Twenty2 · 28/02/2020 20:39

Joy

cptartapp · 28/02/2020 20:39

Faye

SageRosemary · 28/02/2020 20:34

Amy
Clare/Claire
Jane

Flutteringsatlast · 28/02/2020 20:29

All but 1 of my dc have a name you can't generally shorten.
2 of them get a longer version of their names!!. Can't win!
Just pick a name and reinforce how you want it used...

Shesaysso · 28/02/2020 20:29

Eve
Erin
Beth
Cara

Candyapple49 · 28/02/2020 20:29

My dd is Anna . She is 19 and no one has ever shortened it - but they have lengthened it !
Amber?
Esme ?

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