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Names with cute nicknames

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HolyMusicalBman · 17/12/2020 09:04

Really want a name that can have cute nicknames for a boy. So far we quite like Edison with the nickname Eddie or Bear. We also like Newton with the nickname Newt. Can anyone suggest any other names. Thanks in advance.

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DappledThings · 17/12/2020 15:03

This is an odd way to name a child. Their nicknames can't really be dictated before birth like that. Mine get called BearFace, Sausages, SuzyPiePants, Chipolata, Puddle, and whatever else comes to mind at the time

Exactly. Any name can be made into a shortened pet name and usually happens organically, not planned. DD has a three letter name and a multitude of nicknames that are mostly longer. Couldn't have planned them. DS is about 50% of the time his actual name and 50% Moo.

bridgetreilly · 17/12/2020 13:48

There's a US politician called Newt Gingrich. It happens. But it's awful.

August20 · 17/12/2020 11:11

Come to think of it was Newt inspired by Harry Potter?

harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Newton_Scamander

DontWalkPastTheCastle · 17/12/2020 10:58

This is an odd way to name a child. Their nicknames can't really be dictated before birth like that. Mine get called BearFace, Sausages, SuzyPiePants, Chipolata, Puddle, and whatever else comes to mind at the time.

Please don't call your child Newt Grin

bridgetreilly · 17/12/2020 10:54

Newt? I think your idea of a cute nn is very different from mine!

August20 · 17/12/2020 10:32

If you like the surname-as-first-name thing, what about:

Douglas - Dougie
Cameron - Cam
Sullivan - Sully/Sulli

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HolyMusicalBman · 17/12/2020 09:54

@August20 I so quite like the original surnames that can be used as surnames
@PlantPotting I love Tristan and Kasper. What would all the nicknames be?
@galaxy9 I contemplated Miles

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PlantPotting · 17/12/2020 09:27

Laurence
Jasper
Kasper
Tristan
Nathaniel

August20 · 17/12/2020 09:15

Edison and Newton are surnames. Are you looking for surnames to use as first names?

Otherwise what about Christopher nn Kit or Philip nn Pip/Pippin?

galaxy9 · 17/12/2020 09:15

Reuben with the nn Roo/Reu

Miles with the nn Milo

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