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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Aclh13 · 31/05/2020 03:03

Ollie seems OK on its own to be a name oli looks abit odd and olly looks like a miss-spelling. Have you thought of Oliver alternatives that could be shortened to these names?
Olander
Olbert
Olis
Ollin
Crisol
Erol
Olivander
Conolly

SquirtleSquad · 31/05/2020 01:27

My phone puts a red squiggly line under Oli to say it's spelt wrong. I would hate to have a child with a name or nickname that my phone tells me is spelt wrong every time I type it out.

Ollie looks right to me.

DramaAlpaca · 31/05/2020 01:25

I prefer Olly.

ladybird69 · 31/05/2020 01:23

I know Oliver who spells it Ole.

iwannalendyoumycoat · 31/05/2020 01:13

My Oliver became Oli simply because by the time he learned to write the full name properly there was no way I was going to introduce another "new name" to spell! Write the first three letters ....perfect!

Fiddlersgreen · 31/05/2020 01:09

I have an Ollie. He/we spell it that way but to be honest other people don’t seem to care and spell it however they like when they write him cards etc

PhoneLock · 31/05/2020 01:09

If you aren't going to use the shortened name on paper, why does it matter how it is spelt?

NuffSaidSam · 31/05/2020 01:04

I'd go for Ollie.

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