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Long name for Cuddy

163 replies

Janie8 · 25/01/2024 09:50

We're expecting our second baby and I am really keen on Cuddy as a name, which is usually a nickname for Cuthbert. We live in Northumberland so it has connection to St Cuthbert. But my husband isn't keen on Cuthbert, but only likes Cuddy if it's a nickname for something else. Any suggestions for what the birth name could be if we shorten to Cuddy?

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DillDanding · 25/01/2024 10:06

Cuddy? 😂😂 Poor kid.

fulgrate · 25/01/2024 10:05

Cuddy means horse to me

hellsBells246 · 25/01/2024 10:05

Cuddy is a nn for horse. Awful.

Zoomerang · 25/01/2024 10:04

I think you could have pretty much any name beginning with C or K, and use Cuddy at home.

Or in fact, anything at all. We call DD1 something totally different to her name (but she’s always the proper one at school).

Go with anything you love, because I suspect Cuddy as a NN won’t last.

PriscillaQueenOfTheDesserts · 25/01/2024 10:03

No
Just no

Heckythump1 · 25/01/2024 10:02

Oh wow, don't do that to your poor child!

Icouldbehappy · 25/01/2024 10:02

Sorry, but that’s a dreadful name.

Kwam31 · 25/01/2024 10:01

Seriously awful name, unless you're def sending to private school, can see this as a nickname with rugby/rowing chums or a farmer.

Babla · 25/01/2024 09:57

Cuddy?!

Awful

Bbq1 · 25/01/2024 09:56

Mmm... You might want to rethink Cuddy. It's not a nice name. Okay if only family use it i guess.

CharlesChickens · 25/01/2024 09:54

I thought it could be a nn for Christopher ?

WinterLobelia · 25/01/2024 09:54

Cuddington?

WinterLobelia · 25/01/2024 09:51

Cudmore?