To intensely dislike the “y/ie” suffix name craze?

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Alfie Archie Albie Blakie Bertie Denny Ellie Evie Edie Georgie Lenny Ralphie Ronnie Reggie Vinny.

Today I came across a Jeffie. Why?!

If want to give you kid an old fashioned name, then name it Alfred, Eleanor, Leonard or Vincent. Or Jeffrey.

Added to the naff-ness of it is the fact that when that child starts school, he’s going to be one in at least half a dozen others with the same name.

I just find it it very unoriginal and effortless to give your child a “trendy” name that 50% of parents seem to also be naming their child. I’m assuming they think it’s quirky or cute but I can’t be the only person who thinks it’s naff and tasteless.

I get sometimes it’s to honour a relative. My grandad was called Bernard, but if I wanted to name my son after him I wouldn’t name him Bernie. I’d call him Bernard. As that was my grandads name.

She also said she disliked flower names and has a child called Poppy.

Her other children are Georgia and Elliot 😂😂😂

She hates popular names but all her kids have popular names. She also hates “different” names

She hates “ie/y” ending names but has a kid who’s name ends in a Y.

She hates names which are forms of other names yet her kid is Elliot which is a form of Elijah.

The diminutive of DD's name ends in y. Since becoming a teenager she absolutely refuses to use her full name. She says she doesn't like it and will tell anyone including the head teacher at her school and her paediatrician that that is not her name and they have to use the diminutive.

(Before I get accused of having a rude daughter she does have SN).

Great that you're here to offer guidelines.

I can however vouch for the school register situation but really it's none of my business, (or yours?) just means the 4 Alfies in class will be referred to as 'Alfie P, Alfie S' forever and ever and ever. Sounds a bit off at 21 or 65.Thanks!

And it’s your business what others call their children because….?

YABU OP. Shortened names have been around for centuries. My son's middle name is William, after his great-grandfather who was Willie on the birth certificate.

Sorry but wtf???? How can someone get so worked up about this? Don’t like it then don’t name your kid it…

How do you know they aren't named the full version of the name but the parents use their nickname? That's pretty normal amongst my family and friends.

Most of the Toms/Tommys, Matts and Johns/Jonnys I grew up with, were Thomas, Matthew and Jonathan for example. It's pretty normal term of endearment to alter someone's name like this.

And my grandmother (born 1913) is an Annie on the birth certificate.

You called your DD Georgia? This comes from the Greek name Georgios. Why call your DD a shortened version of a Greek name when you're not Greek?

See how stupid you sound?

I wonder how many of those names are their birth certificate names?

My mother's generation was full of: Patsy, Joycey, Shirley, Joanie, etc.

My grandmother's: Nellie, Janey, Evie, Audrey, etc.

Mine: Tracey, Mandy, Julie, Debbie, etc.

DD's: Izzy, Milly, Tilly, Molly, Ellie, Immy, etc

And so it will continue.

Molly, Mollie, Bunty, Polly, Betty, Sally etc are all names I'd think of as being old-fashioned, so I wouldn't call it a modern trend.

My gran was Edie (short for Edith).

I don't know if I dare tell you my child's name ends in "i". In fairness the registered name does not, but they choose to cut the end off at the "i".

Denny can be used as a diminutive for both Dennis and Denise.

Some would argue that having a long version on the birth certificate when you intend to call your child the nickname is dumb.

I did actually intend to give my child a traditional long version of her name on her birth certificate (think Katie/Catherine) but only call her by the nickname. However, in my sleep deprived newborn brain fog state, I forgot and told the registrar the name we intended to use rather than the long version. In hindsight i’m glad as having a legal name and a known by name can be confusing.

I have my full name on my bc but have always been known by a diminutive. My mother used to say that she wished she had just named me the diminutive name, but I prefer having the option of the full name - I don't want everyone to use the diminutive. It is a name like Elizabeth - and I was generally called Lizzy (which I was OK with) but then some people took it upon themselves to shorten it further to Liz (which I didn't like) but they just wouldn't be fucking told. My in laws (now outlaws) called me Liz for nearly 30 years even though I said multiple times I preferred Lizzy. My ex did too. I don't know why - but there have always been people who have done this.

Those are not really suffixes though, are they?

But Denny is also a name in its own right.

Just like the name Max is a name in its own right, and most children called Max are not using it as a shortened form. However, it is a shortened form of several names (Maximilian, Maximus, Maxwell, Maxine, and so on)

I know a lot of people say “By the time all the Teddies are 30, nobody will consider it a babyish sounding name,” but this ignores the fact that the cutesy name trend is mostly a British thing and does not travel well. Being called Albie or Teddy or Bertie will sound pretty silly if you go and work in the States etc.

Names that are spelt with the ie or y changed round just to be different give me the itch. Like Poppie, Kymberlie etc. Lucie, Mollie, Aimee and Sophy are ok because they have been around for ages and lots of people call their children those names. My dc have always used their full names, they hate the shortened versions.

My mum is called Gill (just Gill, no middle name) on the birth certificate. The priest refused to christen her as it wasn't a proper name so she had to have a saint's name (Margaret) levered in.

As a teenager I was once talking to my friend's great grandma on the phone. She asked me my name (Kimberly) and laughed out loud "what kind of name is that? What rubbish they call children these days!" Her name was Nannie. NANNIE.

Complaining about other parents call their children is a tale as old as time. You aren't being unique or original OP. When you get to school loads of other parents and teachers will be moaning about children's names.

Nannie was her actual name?

I prefer my 2 syllable birth certificate name but it often is ‘shortened’ to a y suffix version - still 2 syllables.

Have to say, the drip feed of the OP having a child called Poppy after starting a thread just to moan about names which end in an ee sound and are popular is the best one I’ve seen this year 😂