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Can Vanny be a boy's nickname?

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Luckymummy123 · 27/11/2020 10:06

Or does it sound too feminine?

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Meepmeeep · 27/11/2020 11:10

@Luckymummy123

Omg, not what I was hoping for Grin Short for Ivan.
How does that work, it’s not short for Ivan. Ivan 4 letters Vanny 5? 🤷🏻‍♀️
LaBodDelMed · 27/11/2020 11:07

I know an Ivan and he’s just Ivan. Never gets shortened. Not sure it needs it.
Vanny sounds too much like Fanny. I wouldn’t risk it.

PoorMansPaulaRadcliffe · 27/11/2020 10:59

I like Ivo. I knew a Giovanni and he was 'Gio' which I loved. Very sexy without being particularly good-looking, just to add.

zigaziga · 27/11/2020 10:59

Oh as a pet name at home short for Ivan, fine.

I thought you meant a name in its own right at first.

RayOfSunshine2013 · 27/11/2020 10:56

Another with first thought as fanny. Please think of when he goes to school Grin

JogOnRon · 27/11/2020 10:54

I like Ivan. Ivo is a good variation

Proudpeacock · 27/11/2020 10:53

I lived next door to a boy called Vanny when I was a kid. It was short for Giovanni.

Twinkie01 · 27/11/2020 10:44

I know an Ivan and everyone calls him Ive.

SoupDragon · 27/11/2020 10:43

Yep. Fanny here too! Especially in the teen years.

chipsandgin · 27/11/2020 10:42

I’m afraid I thought vagina/fanny combo too, not ideal! Ivan is lovely though - presuming there must be other (less genitalia based) nicknames used for it..

unmarkedbythat · 27/11/2020 10:40

Works for me, but then one of our children got the nickname Obsidian somehow and it stuck for ages

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 27/11/2020 10:39

Come on op give the kid a chance!

diddl · 27/11/2020 10:37

@DeeandraReynolds

I also thought short for Ivan. What is Van Morrison's full name?
George Ivan.
Gettingthereslowly2020 · 27/11/2020 10:25

I also instantly throught fanny!
Ivan is a lovely name, why does he need a nickname?

Moltenpink · 27/11/2020 10:23

Yes it’s like a word that the inbetweeners would use Grin

DeeandraReynolds · 27/11/2020 10:22

Ah x post, short for Ivan, totally fine. Van probably better.

Lindy2 · 27/11/2020 10:22

I'm not sure Ivan really needs a nickname. It is absolutely fine as it is.

You could probably use Van as a nn if you wanted by Vanny really does just lead far too easily on to Fanny (sorry).

DeeandraReynolds · 27/11/2020 10:22

I also thought short for Ivan. What is Van Morrison's full name?

MyDarlingWhatIfYouFly · 27/11/2020 10:21

I immediately thought of fanny just like loads of others apparently.

Surely "van" would be better. Vanny isn't shorter than Ivan so you may as well just say Ivan.

Monkeytapper · 27/11/2020 10:18

Vanny the Fanny

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Luckymummy123 · 27/11/2020 10:17

Omg, not what I was hoping for Grin
Short for Ivan.

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VioletLemon · 27/11/2020 10:17

Oh Dear God no, if you lived in Scotland school days would simply be hell, fanny is too similar, think, "Wee fanny, ya fanny, yer Maw's a fanny, yer Maw" etc etc... please no.
What about Van as in Van
Morrisson? Sorry.... 🙂

PoorMansPaulaRadcliffe · 27/11/2020 10:15

Sounds like a blend of Vagina and Fanny. Terrible. What would it be short for?

JaniceSopranoJr · 27/11/2020 10:14

Fanny.

JogOnRon · 27/11/2020 10:13

Vanny the Van driver?