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What are your kid's names shortened to?

135 replies

Twinkie1 · 10/04/2008 11:14

Just thinking after reading - is Peter a boring name thread - how I would hate the DCs to have names that sounded awful shortened - Dave, Phil, Pete etc.

What are your kids names shortened to and do any of you get pissed that they are shortened at all - DS has a really weird long name that is shortened - as we call him the shortened version - not his Sunday name- DD's is never really shortened - some call her Hetty (which she hates) or H but never anything which I find really horrid!

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nelliesmum · 12/04/2008 20:48

Olivia is Livi,
Elinor is Nellie...which is AWFUL, how did that happen?

chefswife · 12/04/2008 20:42

I love how nicknames come about. I have a friend who at 36 is still called Wink, which was a drink in Canada back in the early 80?s, of which she now admits being addicted to then. We call my friend Jeanette, Jeans. My dad called me Piggy Jack and was still calling my Kiddo till 2001? he passed. My sister?s get their names shortened although when the youngest was younger my other sister and I called her Chubby? honestly it was endearment.
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Mumcentreplus · 12/04/2008 14:11

Kaya - k

Bethany - beth-beth

But mostly I call them Ratbags

Megglevache · 12/04/2008 13:36

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soph28 · 11/04/2008 22:54

Toby- Tobs, Tob, Toby Jo, Toby Joseph (Joseph is his middle name)

Chloe- Clo, Clo-Clo

Me (Sophie)- Soph, So, So-So, Sofa

My sister is a Rebecca- she gets Bec, Bex or Becca but never Becky as my mum was adamant that it would never be Becky.

SoupKitchen · 11/04/2008 22:27

DD is eden shortened?? to Didi , deeds, edes,
Ds is Daniel shortened to Dan, dandan, spaniel!!!!!!

Mhamai · 11/04/2008 22:21

Jamie is Jemmerbebs.

Sarahjane is Shwad.

Therefore the shorter one has become longer and the longer one shorter.

Nemoandthefishes · 11/04/2008 22:17

I have an Adam who just gets adam or ginga ninja as hes a red head power ranger wanna be..other people call him ad or addy
DD1 IS hannah may but gets hannah bop bop bop..no idea why other people call her hanns
DD2 is chloe and gets chloester or chloe a licious other people call her chlo

Ledodgy · 11/04/2008 22:13

Lol we have a Tomtom and a Jackjack. My dd is Eve and we don't change that at all don't know why we feel the need to say the boy's names twice!

misstimms · 11/04/2008 22:11

Another Tomtom here, but he also gets called munchy(buckets),cheekymcsqueeky,and thomasmomas. DD who is Lucy is affectionally know as Luluabulu or lucylocketpopatepoppet or hehe. The ones I don't like (for unknown reasons) are tommy and lou probably cos they arn't long enough

shaqpe · 11/04/2008 22:07

We call DS
Tyler Jayjay, Ty, TJ, booboo, Tyler Booboo
his name's Tyler Jay, if you hadn't guessed :D
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Feelingbetterslowly · 11/04/2008 18:28

Does anyone ever get told off for shortening their dc's names? I have been by a friend of the family every time I did it and was most affronted! She is called Hannah so gets Hanny ( a lot-loads of people think she is called honey ), Han, H, Hanban (was Hannybanny as a toddler) and Hannah, alongside Lottie (someone thought she was called Lottie and her friend's dog was called Hannah, for TWO YEARS! I didn't have the heart to correct her-I still called Hannah by her name in front of said lady every time though-she was so embarrassed when she finally said "why do you call her Hannah all the time"!)

becaroo · 11/04/2008 18:25

Oh, yes, we call him tom tom too!

My name is Rebecca but I am only EVER called it when I am in trouble!!

Everyone knows me as Bec or Becca. (sorry, loathe Becky for some reason)

becaroo · 11/04/2008 18:23

Crikey my ds had got loads....Tom, TT, Pops, Tomsk, Tomaso, sweet baboo, I could go on.......

Trying to think of names for no 2 due in september at the moment. My ds fave at the mo is "Nicey"

laughalot · 11/04/2008 15:31

Ds is Aidan we call him aid

Dd is Lauren we call her lolli, loz

Dh is wayne I prefer dick head

hatrick · 11/04/2008 13:02

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Ellbell · 11/04/2008 13:02

My dds are Madge and Elsie!

themoon66 · 11/04/2008 12:59

Char and Lol = Charlotte and Lawrence.

DD also gets called Filou by her mates for reasons known only to them.

FAQ · 11/04/2008 12:52

DS1 is Tafara, but shortened to Taf or Taffy (he prefers Taffy at the moment)

DS2 is Tongai, not really shortened to anything, but H used to call him Tony sometimes as it's the Shona version of Tony (but I hate the name tony with a passion so I never use it)

DS3 is Takunda, known by almost everyone as "TK", infact I'm not sure he'll ever be known as Takunda at all lol.

bogie · 11/04/2008 12:43

oh and even though he is only 2 he corrects everyone and say's IM JUSTIN

bogie · 11/04/2008 12:42

My ds gets his name shortend by loads of different people (mostly dp's friends)
He is called Justin sil calls him juju dp's mates call him JD, JP, Denno jr and other stupid things

squeaver · 11/04/2008 12:38

I love it too (obviously!). We didn't intend to shorten it, it just sort of happened. My mum's a bit sniffy about Beckie for some reason - always calls her Rebecca.

Your wee boy's lovely by the way.

Solitaire · 11/04/2008 12:37

If you believe the Pub Landlord (AL Murray) it means parents with ideas above their station.
DH nearly wet himself laughing at that

BexieID · 11/04/2008 12:35

I love the name Rebecca. If it wasn't my name, I would love to call a daughter it! Also goes nicely with DFs surname.

Solitaire · 11/04/2008 12:33

As you can see from earlier posts the name Rebecca fills me with fear of childhood naughtiness