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Do you have/ know an Iris?

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AliasGrape · 02/08/2020 07:57

Does she have any nicknames? Does anyone shorten it in an unusual way?

Just that really!

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irissmith · 05/09/2024 23:07

Hi, I’m an Iris here and people always call Irie, Rissy, or Pirate. Mostly just my formal name though. 🤗

1940s · 03/08/2020 15:44

The Iris I know mainly goes by 'I' (eye) by the family 'Aunty I'

SE13Mummy · 03/08/2020 11:51

I know a couple of secondary school aged girls named Iris. Nicknames include Irie, Ris, Rissy, Issy and I.

SomeWateryTart · 03/08/2020 10:47

I know one who is about 7. I think she is just Iris. It's a lovely name. Not sure how it could be shortened.... Iry? Ira? Riss? Ires? Not an obvious shortening there tbh.

GirlCalledJames · 03/08/2020 10:22

Irisette or Irisielle. There’s no logic to nicknames.

DumpedByText · 03/08/2020 05:50

Yes my Nan and she's 100! If I had a girl I'd definitely call her Iris, such a pretty name 😍

ElizabethMainwaring · 03/08/2020 05:45

@EuphieKat

I know a 5 yr old girl who spells it Eirys!
This is the Welsh form of the name.
Marahute · 03/08/2020 05:39

I know two babies called Iris. No shortened version for either.

jessstan2 · 03/08/2020 02:36

I know one, she is about 90. Lovely lady, pretty name too. I've not heard anyone call her by a shortened version or nickname.

'Iris' could be one of those names that comes back, it's so nice.

lydia7986 · 03/08/2020 02:25

Yes, but she’s Austrian and pronounces it Ear-iss.

She doesn’t have any nicknames (that I’m aware of)

Porridgeoat · 03/08/2020 02:20

And 10.

Porridgeoat · 03/08/2020 02:20

I know 3 and all went by full name. Aged 90, 30, 5

EuphieKat · 03/08/2020 01:52

I know a 5 yr old girl who spells it Eirys!

ohflourofscotland · 03/08/2020 01:14

My grandma was Iris, really wanted to call any DD after her but DH hated it 🤷🏼‍♀️ . The only one I know has the nickname of Rissy

123Dancewithme · 03/08/2020 01:07

I know one who gets called Rissy

SomethingPhishy · 02/08/2020 23:03

I know one in her 40's. She's German & it's pronounced 'ii-ris'. Never heard her called anything other than that, no nickname.

MamaLoLo1 · 02/08/2020 22:57

I know a French one (pronounced ear-iss).

BettaSplenden · 02/08/2020 17:19

I knew a lady called iris. She was nicknamed I-ree (no idea on spelling - it was said a bit like alriiight) she was hilarious and only went by iris at church and when she was with her sister who was very prim and proper.

Magicbabywaves · 02/08/2020 17:09

My Iris gets called I pie. Then Ipes. But it really isn’t a name with an obvious pet form.

Carouselfish · 02/08/2020 17:07

Daughter's middle name, cousin's daughter's first name.

MikeUniformMike · 02/08/2020 17:04

I, Irie. Eyez

CatsArePeopleToo · 02/08/2020 14:04

My MIL. She gets called "I"

KateF · 02/08/2020 13:14

I know a lovely 15 year old Iris. Not shortened but I know she has a family nickname. It's a really nice name, recognised but not used too much.

octoberfarm · 02/08/2020 13:06

I had a relative called Iris who was one of the loveliest people I've ever met. Lovely name, and she never shortened it to my knowledge.

HD98 · 02/08/2020 13:04

I know 1 - she's 8. Never heard any nicknames for Iris. I imagine Irie would be most likely? Which isn't anything terrible.
Iris is a nice name.

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