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Sister for Birdy

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reallynotthat · 26/02/2025 18:50

Eldest DD is Beatrix but only uses Birdie.

We want little sister to have an equal /similar name or at least one with a nickname that's on the same page.

Any ideas?

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TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:50

Love marigold / Goldie

TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:49

Bluebunnylover · 27/02/2025 07:48

Clementine- Tyne

Fog on the..... 🎶

TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:49

Chloe

Birdie and Coco

Bluebunnylover · 27/02/2025 07:48

Clementine- Tyne

TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:47

Cecilia

Birdie snd Cici

TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:46

Waverley

Birdie and Ava

TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:45

Lucia
Birdie and Lula

Paloma
Birdie and Polly

Giana
Birdie and Gigi

TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:42

Roberta

Bobbie and Birdie

TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:41

Violet
Birdie and Eta

TheFirstTimeEverISawYourFace · 27/02/2025 07:40

Florence or Flora
Birdie and Flo

Matilda
Birdie and Tilda

Charlotte
Birdie & Lottie

mathanxiety · 27/02/2025 00:42

Josephine / Posy
Margaret / Pearlie
Susannah / Sukie
Sybil / Billie
Wilhelmina / Willa, Billie, Minnie
Imogene / Genie
Henrietta / Hedda, Etta, Hettie
Hazel / Zelie
Rebekah / Rivka

Juniper - Junie
Marigold - Goldie
Penelope - Penny
Winona - Winnie
Love Winona - Winnie and Marigold - Goldie

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 27/02/2025 00:13

I’d look at the full name first and consider nn’s second. Imo names that are a similar style to Beatrix:

Jemima (Jem/Mimi?)
Tabitha (Kit/Kitty/Tibby?)
Juliet (Jet/Letty/Gigi?)
Romola/Romilly (Romy?)
Josephine (Effie/Gigi?)
Claudia (Kit/Kitty/Aude?)
Felicity (Flick/Fliss/Fifi?)
Verity (Vee/Vivi?)
Jessamine (Jess/Mina?)

RaraRachael · 27/02/2025 00:08

Helene8 · 26/02/2025 23:45

But OP is clearly a nickname person and, by the sounds of it, a pretty 'out there' nickname person. Some families are.

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Yes I understand that.

I've never understood the MN obsession with "nicknames". Probably because it's not really a thing here.

Mmhmmn · 27/02/2025 00:04

TwentyTwentyFive · 26/02/2025 18:54

I think you'd be fine naming a baby anything and using an affectionate nick name like bean, squirt, pip, noodle, pumpkin etc. I wouldn't have thought birdie was a name given based on her name being Beatrix but just a cute family nickname.

This. Siblings can be very different. The next one might hate having a nickname like that so maybe don’t pick the name on the assumption of it being made into a nickname.

ODFOx · 26/02/2025 23:57

Bridget: Bridie
Margaret: Peggy
Elizabeth: Bunny

snapdragonx · 26/02/2025 23:56

Tuppence- Pen/Penny

Enough4me · 26/02/2025 23:54

Jemima - Mimi or Jem is cute.
Birdie and Jem.

SquashedSquid · 26/02/2025 23:47

Bye Bye
Bogey
Song
Brain
The Wordie

Helene8 · 26/02/2025 23:45

RaraRachael · 26/02/2025 23:44

I love Tabitha as a name but just left alone.
Tatty or Tabby (means a cigarette dmend where I live 😪

But OP is clearly a nickname person and, by the sounds of it, a pretty 'out there' nickname person. Some families are.

RaraRachael · 26/02/2025 23:44

I love Tabitha as a name but just left alone.
Tatty or Tabby (means a cigarette dmend where I live 😪

Babyenroute · 26/02/2025 23:36

Vanessa nn Nessie?

Of your list I really like Winona

Persista · 26/02/2025 23:32

Genevieve - Genie
Cecily - Sassy
Leonora - Nori
Harriet - Hattie or Ettie
Margot - Marnie
Phaedra - Edie
Aurora - Rori
Eleanor - Nellie
Violet - Lettie

Helene8 · 26/02/2025 23:06

Lennie for Leonora or Eleanor.

tiredoflondonbutnotlife · 26/02/2025 23:03

Dulcie
Clover
Flora
Genevieve - Vivi
Coco
Cecily - Cece
Persephone - Persy
Josephine - Josie or joey or Posie

Someone suggested Honour upthread, with the diminutive of Honey. It's actually spelled Honor.

Helene8 · 26/02/2025 22:56

Bebe/Bibi for Phoebe