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Girls name that can't be obviously shortened

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NoNameIdeas · 31/07/2020 09:24

Due baby 2 in November and looking for girls names that can't be automatically shortened, although fully aware they'll still probably end up with a nickname! We have a little boy called Henry already.
So far we like Erin and Verity.

Thanks for any suggestions!

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daisypond · 01/08/2020 21:13

The Amy I know gets Ames.

Ducky1900 · 01/08/2020 20:38

Amy... Never gets shortened.

MinnieJackson · 01/08/2020 17:58

Jade
Paige
Leigh
Sian
Mae

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NoNameIdeas · 31/07/2020 16:20

Wow! Just checked back to see if I had any responses, I'll have a read through now, thank you so much!
And I'll say again, I do know that all names will end up with some kind of nickname, just like the idea of a name that stays as chosen...even if the nickname is something totally unrelated!

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yumscrumfatbum · 31/07/2020 16:15

I have a name that has various shortened versions and I really don't mind. I have quite accidently managed to give my own children names that are really difficult to shorten with the exception if my eldest son. My youngest Martha doesn't her name shortened or lengthened, maybe her friends just aren't trying hard enough? I have a Theo too that's tricky to alter too!

Scentsandsensible · 31/07/2020 16:10

Things that cannot be shortened tend to either get elongated or literally cut down to a letter (e.g Eee for Eve). People always find a way to change a name

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 31/07/2020 16:08

Keira can easily become Kee- Kia Kee-Kee.

Franke · 31/07/2020 15:45

Keira or however you want to spell it.

SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 15:36

Oh one more, Elle (pronounced El)?

netflixismysidehustle · 31/07/2020 15:28

I think that one syllable names are less likely to be shortened but people lengthen them instead. I know a Verity who is V. My son has a one syllable name and is known by the first letter of his name.

SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 15:11

Sorry, Merryn isn't Irish or Scottish! Just added it on at the end. Think it's cornish?

Batqueen · 31/07/2020 15:10

Names I don’t generally hear shortened or lengthened tend to be two syllables where shortenings don’t sound right but as it’s two syllables it’s long enough in its own right IYSWIM?

Amy
Alice
Ava
Cara

SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 15:10

Just thought of another one; Orla, oh and Isla? Eilidh? Ciara?

Quite a few Irish and Scottish ones actually

Mhairi (sp?), pronounced Va-ree
Saoirse, Sorcha (already suggested)
Ailis
Roise
Merryn

FourPlasticRings · 31/07/2020 15:02

Lorna
Thyra
Esmé

EmmaGrundyForPM · 31/07/2020 14:59

Jane
Sarah
Mary
Bella
Rose
Astrid
Cara
Kate
Estelle
Alice
Maia
Gala
Iris
Sadie
Ava

I have a name which is always being shortened by people, so does dh. We decided to give our DC short simple names that couldn't be easily shortened. Ds is now 23 and is known to all his friends by a name that has no resemblance to his actual name, isnt even a proper name and is twice the length of his real name.

SomeWateryTart · 31/07/2020 14:56

I know a Lara who gets Lars! Only among friends though tbf.

onlyreadingneverposting8 · 31/07/2020 14:50

I'm a Lara (in my 40s) never been shortened to anything although I do have a nn used by my DH. My sister was Hannah she was called "H" or "Han". My list for names that people mostly don't shorten would include:

Lara
Lana
Fay
Joy
Kate
Cara
Annie

Thighdentitycrisis · 31/07/2020 14:09

Would have to be a one syllable name but as pp said that would get lengthened

May
Kay

For a boy Guy would work

Scissor · 31/07/2020 14:04

I have a daughter with a 4 letter name who even I now call T. Once they're named you have lost all control

MikeUniformMike · 31/07/2020 14:00

I think Linda is pretty - doesn't it mean beautiful. I knowa Lindy and I know a Linda who doesn't like it and calls herself Lin.

Strangely, I don't like the name Lynda.

Pamelaaaaa · 31/07/2020 13:57

Linda. Nobody shortens it. It's a horrible name yet only 4 people in my entire life have shortened it and every single other person refers to me by it in full. But don't name your child Linda because it's a shit name.

Runforwine · 31/07/2020 13:51

I have a name that is very commonly shortehed, however at 42 I have never had a nickName as my mum and I always corrected anyone who called me anything other than my full name

user1477391263 · 31/07/2020 13:46

I think lack-of-nicknaming may be more about personality than anything else. Some people just don't suit nicknames and people gravitate towards the full name. Other people just seem to need a nickname of some sort.

user1477391263 · 31/07/2020 13:45

Short names tend to get lengthened instead---make sure you are OK with the longer forms!

I see Mary has been mentioned. My own DD gets called "Mairs" "Mairsy" "Mairsy-Pairsy" and so on. It's impossible to stop nicknaming!

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