Longer baby names that are unlikely to be shortened?

And if there's a letter R it will be a Z -
Gaz, Tez, Baz etc.

-ena/-ina names like Serena, Selina, Marina aren't typically shortened in my experience.

Sorry but I know a Lyd and a Mimi.
My name has five letters and was shortened to two letters by my school friends…

After reading this thread, I think some PP are missing OP's point. I don't think she cares if Lily is sometimes affectionately shortened to Lil or Lils or Lucy to Luce or if the child gains a silly nickname like Hannah Banana. I think she simply doesn't want a name that is expected to be shortened and has traditional "built-in" nicknames, like Elizabeth.

Quite often, even if parents always use the full name, shorten versions or nn will crop at school, football clubs etc. It’s something you can’t really stop, and as others have said, short names will get lengthened, and long names shortened, or they’ll gain a totally different nickname. ‘Tiny’ or ‘Giraffe’ if they’re tall, for example.

I know a Persephone and an Aphrodite who never shorten their names.

You can resist shortened names to a degree though OP - assuming it's what the child wants. My DD has a name that is very commonly shortened and even though we always used the full version at home it was indeed shortened at secondary school which she didn't really like but tolerated. But when she went to University and later work she introduced herself to everyone as her full name and I have never heard anyone use the shortened version since. My son also likes the full version of his name and nobody calls him anything different. I think it might help that the full version of his name flows well with our surname, whereas the shortened version sounds really clunky somehow. DS has two friends with the same name -one is Dom and the other is most definitely Dominic - and his flatmate is called Michael and never gets Mike. Although some people can be very annoying and insist on shortenings, most will call someone the name they actually want if they are told. I think it's more likely to be an issue if the child actually prefers the shortened version and you don't like it!

... thought his name was immune to nicknames until he worked in Merseyside.
They're usually very 'scouse' nn.

I've known Ian be shortened to E (not by scousers).
Scouse ones are often from surnames - Tommo, Jonno, Macca etc
or things like Marg, Gags or Kags, and Stephen shortened to Ste.

@Meelien , I think the ones you've listed would be shortened, having said that I know a Jaqueline, Katherine and a few of the others that aren't shortened.

I know one called Soph
To be honest usually all names are either shortened or lengthens when the child goes to school and makes friends outside the family. You can't control a diminutive or nickname that naturally evolves. I have a very short name but some people always lengthened it. It never bothered me

They'd be Annie/Annabel, Ives/Ivor and Bibi.

Absolutely! My DH is from Liverpool and his name, which only has 3 letters, is shortened, lengthened and completely changed by a variety of his friends and family.

Never go to Liverpool. A Scouser can find a nickname for anything. My brother thought his name was immune to nicknames until he worked in Merseyside.

Most of the names on this thread can be shortened. I think Anne, Ivy and Bea are the only names I can think of.

An Elizabeth who was a Betty would probably introduce herself as Betty. Elizabeth going by the full name would probably get shortened to Liz.

And fwiw I know a Steven who's is always Steven, a Matilda who is always Matilda, an Eleanor who is always Eleanor, an Alexander who is always Alexander...

In that case I don't think you need to worry, most people don't shorten names to things that are completely different! That comes from the parents or the person themselves.

For example, lots of people would call a Christopher Chris, but you'd have to be nuts to be introduced to an Elizabeth and just start calling her Betty!

Give us examples of names you like and we could comment. I know a couple of Margarets who are always Margaret, a few Jameses, no Matildas known as Millie but Tilly, an Abi and a Gail, Patricias who are Pat or Trisha, several Henrys who are never Harry, an Alexis who's not Allie...

I have two children we long names. We called them by their full names. One gets called his full name by teachers but it has been naturally shortened in school and football. He’s happy with that. My other child uses her full name most of the time but now she’s 11 is requesting that it’s shortened.

You can insist on the long form but the child might like the shortened version.
I know people who don't have their names shortened e.g. Susan, but she still gets people trying to call her Sue or Susie. She just isn't a Sue or Susie.

If you use a name that you think won't be shortened e.g, Marie or Holly, she might decide to call herself Maz or Hollz.(!)

If you use a name like Rose there will be someone who tries to call her Rosie.

If you pick a name that has an obvious shortening e.g. David, you'll be 'that person' if you correct people.

I know a Sophia who gets shortened to Soph I know a Phia.

I think nurseries, schools etc now make sure they use the exact name that you give and don’t shorten as a rule. So their friends tend to follow suit. Id just give a name you love and then ask people to use in full if necessary. I have a 2 syllable boy (eg Jayden but not!) and a 3 syllable dd (eg Eliza but not) and neither get shortened forms, everyone has followed our lead. I occasionally shorten myself for ease but their friends just call them the full name.

I know a Sophia who gets shortened to Soph

Someone suggested Naomi, I know a 'Nomes'.... Even the ones in your OP - I know a Luce and an Aves (instead of Lucy/Ava), so depending on who your child meets there's still a decent chance they'll end up with a shortening! You can't really control it, these things happen organically (although obviously much more likely if you're an Elizabeth/Charlotte/Christina with obvious ones).

Some good suggestions here though - never met a Clara or an Alice with a shortened name. And the alternative is that you call them what you want to call them, regardless of potential nicknames, and if when they're old enough to choose for themselves they want to stick with the same, they can tell people that - I know a Bethany, for example, who is VERY clear that she isn't a Beth, and people try all the time to shorten it and she just politely asks them not to. Doesn't even register to her as her name - she's just never gone by it. So if your child was the same, they can just do that. (Or, they decide they like a shortened version - but that's up to them!)

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