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Ollie, Olly or Oli?

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boysname · 31/05/2020 01:04

Thinking of naming our son Oliver but as tedious as it sounds my partner and I can't decide how to shorten his name.
I wanted the name Ollie but didn't think a nickname should be his real name 'on paper' and partner agrees, hence the name Oliver.

So how would you spell it - Ollie, Olly or Oli?

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SparkLee · 31/05/2020 20:08

Olly or Ollie. Oli to me looks like oil

LST · 31/05/2020 20:05

@lavenderblues why not? I have a Liam as well and call him Lee. Just what comes naturally

Lavenderblues · 31/05/2020 15:53

I know an Olivia nicknames Ollie.

Lavenderblues · 31/05/2020 15:52

Oli if you have to shorten it. Ollie looks girly, like Teddie or Andie.

Why shorten at all?

Doggotired · 31/05/2020 15:05

My Oliver calls himself Olly, But he’s Ollie to some, oli to his aunty.... people will just spell it however they want. We have always called him Ollypop which has turned into poppa 😂 get some strange looks when it sounds like I’m calling my 10 year old son papa in public

WillowintheUK · 31/05/2020 14:56

Just call him Oliver and then see what comes naturally.

Fiddlersgreen · 31/05/2020 14:53

@Destroyedpeople

I mean Oliver is a perfectly nice name of course. It's just the shortening of it that sounds so.....moist.
What does that even mean?!
LST · 31/05/2020 14:44

@Destroyedpeople nice...Hmm

LST · 31/05/2020 14:42

We have an Oliver. We use Ol, Ol Pol, Polly (no idea why), Ollie, Oli & Oly! I spose he will make his mind up when he's older how he wants his nickname spelt.

Destroyedpeople · 31/05/2020 14:42

I mean Oliver is a perfectly nice name of course. It's just the shortening of it that sounds so.....moist.

Destroyedpeople · 31/05/2020 14:40

They are all pretty bad tbh. It just sounds so .. wet.

wonkytonkwoman · 31/05/2020 14:39

My Oliver is Oli to everyone.

PotteringAlong · 31/05/2020 14:38

My Oliver isn’t shortened. He has always been Oliver.

RedRec · 31/05/2020 14:37

Ollie

Kenworthington · 31/05/2020 14:36

@Zoflorabore same here with my 21 year old ols!

Pleasenodont · 31/05/2020 14:35

The Oliver’s I know are always Oli.

ElectricTonight · 31/05/2020 14:28

Ollie

123Dancewithme · 31/05/2020 14:24

Ollie

Chocolatecake12 · 31/05/2020 09:01

My ds18 is Oliver and I spelt it Ollie when I shortened it when he younger but as he got older he changed the shortened spelling to Olly.

beautifulmonument · 31/05/2020 08:40

Ollie

OnABeachSomewhere · 31/05/2020 07:14

Ollie

Zoflorabore · 31/05/2020 07:08

My 17yr old ds is Oliver but pretty much everyone calls him “Ollie” which we chose as a spelling when he was little.

My nickname for him is Ols.

Mumoblue · 31/05/2020 06:12

My brother is an Oliver and he spells it Ollie.
I used to spell it Olly, but obviously I take his lead on it.

Onone · 31/05/2020 06:12

I prefer oli

MrsMoggy · 31/05/2020 06:10

We have an Olly but that’s his full name. People spell it “wrong” with an ie all the time even family.

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