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Baby names

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DD due 2 weeks and DH has changed his mind..

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Whyisitsosohard · 04/05/2023 06:28

I won't say what the name we'd agreed on was as I'm still hoping to use it but I need some back up options in case he refuses.

I like:

Betty
Penny
Birdy
Bonnie
Connie
Saffy
Daphne

The issue is I don't always like the longer formal versions (Bridget, Saffron, Elizabeth, Penelope, Constance). I want something easy to spell and that works on an adult as well as a baby/toddler.

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RB68 · 04/05/2023 10:08

Wren or Robin could also be Birdy as a nicname

Thewitcherswolf · 04/05/2023 10:05

What about Holly?
Sally?
Antonia - could be Toni for short
Veronica - Ronnie for short

Robinni · 04/05/2023 09:59

CoffeeandCheesecake · 04/05/2023 09:39

My favourites are Nina and Penelope so far.

What about:
Marina - Mary, Nina
Phoebe/Beatrice/Beatrix - Fee, Bea, Trixy
Eleanor - Nora, Ellen, Ellen
Cassandra - Cassie
Cordelia - Cordy, Delia, Cora
Adelaide - Adele, Delly
Charlotte - Charlie, Little
Veronica - Vera, Ronnie

Don’t like any of OP’s list, will date massively.

Love these suggestions @CoffeeandCheesecake can’t better them!

BungleandGeorge · 04/05/2023 09:58

If you want to call your child Betty why on Earth must you pick Elizabeth so that the child has the option of calling themselves Liz? An individual is quite entitled to go by any name they want but the given name is the choice of the parents.
I think your names are all fine and won’t raise any eyebrows apart from birdy. Which could go either way depending on who they grow into. It may be wonderfully unique and creative and fit them really well or it could be a total mismatch . If they go into something creative could be a big advantage to have a unique name and I don’t think traditional environments are as conservative as they once were. The others are safer choices though. Personally I like Daphne but it’s not particularly easy to spell

Theoldwoman · 04/05/2023 09:56

Life With Beans on YT has 9 kids, and her youngest is Birdie.

Otterock · 04/05/2023 09:54

Theodora shortened to Theo?
Mia
Ivy
Iris
Zoe
I once met an Athelyn and thought it was such a beautiful name, could be shortened to Lyn, Linnie, Athy for every day?

ItsNotWhatItsNot · 04/05/2023 09:52

Is ‘birdy’ a name? Do you mean Bridie?

Theoldwoman · 04/05/2023 09:50

I don’t really like any of your names. I wouldn’t like to be saddled with them personally. Probably Daphne is the best.

silentpool · 04/05/2023 09:49

Please consider giving her a business card worthy name. I have a longer name, which is always shortened but I can bring out the full version when I need gravitas.

Thirdsummerofourdiscontent · 04/05/2023 09:49

You seem to like names that end in a vowel,
how about
Ellodie
I don’t even know if that’s how you spell it.

Iguanainanigloo · 04/05/2023 09:46

Tamzin/Tamsin? Could use Tammy or Tamsy, as a cute nickname/everyday name, but she'd also have a beautiful full name to use if she prefers.

Rosie is also lovely, and a proper name without having to have a longer version.

Fenella... Nell, Nellie are nice shorter versions, and Fenella is unusual enough to not be over popular, but a lovely well known name.

We know a Bryony who goes by Bon, Bonnie.

My daughter is Tabitha on her birth certificate, but everyone knows her as Tabi. When she started school we were sent a form to give their preferred name, and she has only ever been known as Tabi. If you ask her what her name is she will tell you it's Tabi. People will call her what you tell them to, so the birth certificate name is really just a formality and to give them options, and so they have a proper name, not just a cutesy name when they grow up.

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Whyisitsosohard · 04/05/2023 09:45

Slight overreaction there. Lots of people like the name Birdy. It's really not that unusual and her name would be Bridget and it would be a nn. Either way I don't like Bridget enough to choose it.

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Itsallok · 04/05/2023 09:43

Please NOT Birdy - how you could consider landing a child with such a stupid name is beyond me. I mean really. You are not being original - just dopey. Only a slight touch above people who call their children names with ridiculous spellings, who think they are being original.

CoffeeandCheesecake · 04/05/2023 09:41

Fgs, and Lottie not little.

CoffeeandCheesecake · 04/05/2023 09:40

Should read Nora, Ellen, Elle. Not Ellen, Ellen!

CoffeeandCheesecake · 04/05/2023 09:39

My favourites are Nina and Penelope so far.

MikeWozniaksMohawk · 04/05/2023 09:35

Please don’t call your child, who is going to be an adult for the majority of their life, Birdy.

Dinosaurdrip · 04/05/2023 09:33

I have a 3 month old Connie, we toyed with Constance for ages but eventually settled on Connie nn Coco.
We also liked Maggie, Nancy, Indie, Nora, Evelyn, Lucy.

Whinge · 04/05/2023 09:33

Whyisitsosohard · 04/05/2023 09:31

The issue is he doesn't like any of my list so I'm trying to find adjacent names..

What names has he suggested?

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Whyisitsosohard · 04/05/2023 09:31

The issue is he doesn't like any of my list so I'm trying to find adjacent names..

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WaltzingWaters · 04/05/2023 09:30

Please don’t go with Birdy or Betty. I’m sorry but, just no.

Bonnie, Connie, or Daphne would be my preference from those.

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Whyisitsosohard · 04/05/2023 09:29

I also worry people will think we named her Penny from the big bang theory. 😂

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florenceandthemutt · 04/05/2023 09:26

Eliza is a name in it's own right and doesn't have to be shortened from Elizabeth. My Grandma was called Betty. It was her actual name and was also not shortened from Elizabeth.

Thewitcherswolf · 04/05/2023 09:20

Bridie (Like bride + y)?
Sylvie is nice too.
I really like Daphne from your list.

Caspianberg · 04/05/2023 09:13

Daphne
Delphi
Nora
Frieda
Celia
Eadie
Anna
Jolie
Margo
leonie
Sylvie

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