To not like nicknames as full names?

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Some (secondary school aged) children in my family have nicknames as full names and as they grow older I feel the names suiting them less and less.

Some of the names,

Melly
Stevie
Bobby
Ali
Ricky

AIBU to think that naming children nicknames doesn't age well and that full names on the birth certificates are more fitting?

Two names I've heard recently which are awful are:

Jax
Izzy

But then who cares what my opinion is 😆

Exactly! All this give the DC a choice! Everyone has a choice, anyway!

Harry ends with an 'ie' sound too.

Astonished? Kate or Katie is such a common name, though.

"ComtesseDeSpair
It’s always struck me as a complete non-issue. Whatever’s written on your birth certificate, anyone can choose to be known by any name they want - just as somebody with Frederick on their birth certificate can choose to go by the nickname Freddie when they like, somebody with Freddie on their birth certificate could choose to go by the nickname Frederick when they like. There’s literally no difference, the latter is just less usual. The idea that Freddie is eternally doomed by his name in a way Frederick isn’t is bonkers.

Exactly! All this give the DC a choice! Everyone has a choice, anyway!"

Absolutely 💯% this!

Literally loath this. Teddy is a dog’s name, or a toy bear.
Edward is a great, noble name.
Same applies to Freddie, Tilly, Tommy, etc. Gives me the major ick. Remember those kids will one day have to apply for jobs and be taken seriously.

Because people can call themselves whatever they like! Don't want to be Lottie forever, then don't be! But how bizarre to put a name you do not like on the BC just in case the DC doesn't like their given name. What if she doesn't like Charlotte?

Exactly. What if they don't like Lottie? What if they don't like Charlotte either?

Harriet is short for Henrietta.

I personally would never do it, but I am rather small c conservative at times.

I would always have the full name on the bc even if I planned a shortened version. Just seems proper to me!

I feel sorry for Melly. That wouldn’t have been treated kindly at my secondary school.

What if she doesn't like Lottie or Charlie? Then she can do what anyone can and choose a different name. No option is removed by choosing to put the name you want to call your DC on their BC!

Was Teddy Roosevelt a dog? Teddy Sherringham a toy bear?

No but they may as well have been.
and not everyone will grow up famous enough that they get away with a silly name.

Remember those kids will one day have to apply for jobs and be taken seriously.

Newsflash. They already are. @HcbSS

I know a Will. Not William but Will. Awful

Wil.

Awful? 😂😂😂

They may as well have been??

Where do you think 'Teddy' Bear comes from?

It never did his grandad any harm it won't do my son any harm either.

Everybody has their own preferences and tastes in names granted. That's obvious.

But I get irritated by the whole " Oh but it's not suitable for work... " nonsense.

God help these posters if they ever move out of their bubbles at work and people aren't all called William, Katherine, Timothy and Charlotte.

I think the funny thing about people insisting on 'traditional' names is these all go through fashions too. There are lots of names that people think are modern but actually were popular 100 years ago. My DD has one of those names.

It’s not the sound, it’s the letters.

Yes, when it's short for Katharine, Kathleen, Kathryn or similar. I'd never met anyone who'd been christened with a diminutive before.

Theodore Roosevelt hated being called Teddy.

I have a 24 year old Alex. When he was younger I was asked quite often if his full name was Alexander. It doesn’t really happen any more as I think Alex is more accepted as a name in its own right.