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Royce? Help!

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Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 09:30

Me and my partner like Royce but the idea of it being shorted to Roy I'm not a fan on! Does anyone know. Royce and are they called roy? Or would you call someone Royce roy?

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JustDavesWife · 29/04/2021 13:11

Why not name the next kids Bentley or Mercedes!

Iwantcauliflowercheese · 29/04/2021 12:59

Nobody will call him Royce, except you. I gave my DS a beautiful name and I'm the only one that uses it. Everyone else calls him by a short version. I hate it. If you are prepared that he will be known as Roy by all but immediate family, go ahead.

FrancesFlute · 29/04/2021 12:51

Wow, OP, I think you need to leave the thread or have it removed. This is a discussion forum and it generates opinions. Many people have answered your specific Qs about shortening. Job done.
Just because you disagree with some comments about the name doesn't mean you need to react as you have.

GreyhoundG1rl · 29/04/2021 12:49

@Bittersweet12

HahahhahaanHhHh this is so funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I don't care if you like the name I like the name and so do my friends and family
Well you've wasted your time posting a thread about the frankly ridiculous name then, haven't you? It seems to have entertained you hugely though, judging by the amount of 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣's, (!) so that great. Bless.
BettysCardigan · 29/04/2021 12:45

Oh calm down Confused

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Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 12:38

@SylvanianFrenemies

I imagine that he would either change it or shorten it to Roy himself.

If you don't feel comfortable with 3457875 mentions of "Rolls Royce" every day pick something else.

Who the HELL are you to tell me to pick something else. If I like the name I will use the name disgusting
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Cornishmumofone · 29/04/2021 12:38

I know a 4 year old Royce. I did think of Rolls Royce the first time I heard the name... but don't tend to think of it now. I've never hear his name shortened to Roy. He's at quite an international preschool, so none of his classmates think his name is odd.

SylvanianFrenemies · 29/04/2021 12:34

I imagine that he would either change it or shorten it to Roy himself.

If you don't feel comfortable with 3457875 mentions of "Rolls Royce" every day pick something else.

Dfg15 · 29/04/2021 12:33

Royce was my dad's name. He was 86 when he died and he was the only Royce i ever heard of. He mainly got called Royce, but also Roycie and Roy.

24GinDrinkingOnceTheKidsInBed · 29/04/2021 12:32

Up there with calling you daughter Mercedes or Porsche(?) however they spell it these days.

No.

tuttifuckinfruity · 29/04/2021 12:31

@Bittersweet12

HahahhahaanHhHh this is so funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I don't care if you like the name I like the name and so do my friends and family
Fabulous. Go and ask them then.

Away you go with your "🤣🤣🤣"

Christ on a bike

BitchPeas · 29/04/2021 12:28

More likely to have Roycie as a nickname going by the kids/teenagers I know

BettysCardigan · 29/04/2021 12:28

I don't think it's for anyone else to say if the OP is being 'too' sensitive Confused

Warmduscher · 29/04/2021 12:27

I asked for opinions on my little girls name absolutely everyone hated it and I got some right back lash on here for it 'you can't call a kid that you shouldn't be a mother blah blah'

Someone actually posted, “You shouldn’t be a mother”? I hope you reported that comment and it got deleted.

Having said that, if I’d got that kind of response to my first child’s name I wouldn’t be coming back for more with my second Grin

rainbowthoughts · 29/04/2021 12:23

I just said I liked it and asked if anyone thought it would be shortened but instead I've got the opposite, so much for a helpful site more like a site of drag people down, judge them, and be horrible to them

You are being far too sensitive. Nobody is doing any of this because they said Royce is a horrid name with a bunch of nicknames.

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Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 12:23

@SteveArnottsCodeine

Please, please don’t.
See what's the need in that. I honestly don't get what runs through peoples minds on here, just because it's a name you don't like doesn't mean I'm not aloud to like it or should be pleaded with to not name my child it? I might not like the name you or yours children have but if it's something you like then cool.
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SteveArnottsCodeine · 29/04/2021 12:20

Please, please don’t.

BettysCardigan · 29/04/2021 12:19

The thing about naming a person is that, when you're pregnant, you sort of think you'll be in charge of how their name is used.

And you're so not. Everyone will call him whatever they want, basically. I call my own kids all manner of shit: Pie Face, PickleChops, SmellyPants, for example Grin

Roy is the most obvious shortening for Royce, if you name him that then you need to make your peace with him being Roy now.

fuckyouRW · 29/04/2021 12:18

I don't know any Royce's. Probably a good reason for that.

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Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 12:18

[quote LarsErickssong]@Bittersweet12 I'm afraid once you have your baby people will comment on his name without you asking so you need to get used to being able to brush it off. [/quote]
I'm a mother already so I know the score I really wouldn't be offended when my second child is here and anyone passes an opinion on whatever I decide to call him because it's the name I liked and picked. I haven't even picked this name or said it's one I'm using I just said I liked it and asked if anyone thought it would be shortened but instead I've got the opposite, so much for a helpful site more like a site of drag people down, judge them, and be horrible to them because they like a name you don't

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LarsErickssong · 29/04/2021 12:16

@Bittersweet12 I'm afraid once you have your baby people will comment on his name without you asking so you need to get used to being able to brush it off.

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Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 12:15

@CartTriesToDriveTheHorse

I don’t think it will be shortened to Roy but he will be called Rolls, Rolls Royce, Royston Vasey etc...

While you haven’t asked for opinions on the name I think it’s fair for people to say it’s an awful name. I would expect someone to tell me if I was about to drive my car off a cliff and wouldn’t snap at them that I only asked if the sea was up ahead.

But if I wanted opinions on the name I would say 'could I hVd opinions on this name please' I asked for opinions on my little girls name absolutely everyone hated it and I got some right back lash on here for it 'you can't call a kid that you shouldn't be a mother blah blah' some really horrible nasty mean people on here so worked up over a name. I then just ignored it because I liked the name and I couldn't care less if it was a liked name or not now. My point is regardless on people's opinion on the name, if I like it I will call my child it, I just asked if people thought it would be sorted. We all have different tastes styles ect, and that's okay, but the point of this post wasn't to get slandered for the name I like, just to ask if people thought it would be shortened
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Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 12:12

@Tinacollada

Omg no
Omg sorry
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Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 12:11

@Blackcountrychik

If you’re getting so worked up about people not liking the name now , imagine what it will be like for a child with that name at school !

Why do parents never think of the child they are naming ?!

It will probably be shortened to Roy which is almost as bad as a baby Keith 😂

I'm not getting worked up it's the fact I didn't ask if anyone liked the name or not
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Bittersweet12 · 29/04/2021 12:11

@SeaTurtles92

You sound really immature.

It will be shortened to Roy (I noticed you could not be a fan of Roy though) but dare someone say they don't like the name Royce. Pot kettle?

I don't care if someone likes the name or not, that's fine but I never asked for that. But thank you for saying I sound very immature that's much appreciated
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