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lolo as a nickname for charlotte

221 replies

PearlFawn · 13/10/2024 01:20

What are your thoughts?

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Peakyblinder18 · 13/10/2024 02:54

Do you mean a nickname or a short version of her first name. I would you wonder why you would choose lolo in either circumstance.
Ridiculous to the point of really ridiculous.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 13/10/2024 03:00

She might get nick named Lilo Lil (character in Bread)

Not good.

GiddyRobin · 13/10/2024 03:03

Lolo? Goodness no. Lottie or Charlie. Lolo sounds like when people write "lolol" when they think something is extra funny.

Nicknames happen. Don't force something like this, it's not even nice sounding. Why are you trying to find her a nickname when she's a teenager? That's odd.

Bookishnerd · 13/10/2024 03:03

I came to energetically say that you were being unreasonable and accidentally clicked that you were not being unreasonable and now that vote is there forever.

I don’t like it OP. But help us understand the issue. Is it that she wants a shortened name or that everyone else has got nicknames?

Myotherusernames · 13/10/2024 03:09

The obvious ones are Lottie & Charlie although a friend of mines daughter is known as ChaCha but her friends gave her that name in school, I also got my nickname from school friends but if you're looking to give her her own nickname it won't really work will it as you'd constantly be reminding yourself & other family members to call her that

PeloMom · 13/10/2024 03:18

Loki is a bit loco

Sunshineclouds11 · 13/10/2024 03:24

Char
Lottie

Charlotte's I know go by these

HighlandsExpat · 13/10/2024 03:38

LibertyCaps · 13/10/2024 01:44

Have a lively personality, obviously.

C'mon you know Lolo sounds like a working girl.

Do you love your daughter?

Don't call her Lolo then.

LOL now that you mention it... working girl does come to mind!

PearlFawn · 13/10/2024 03:55

GiddyRobin · 13/10/2024 03:03

Lolo? Goodness no. Lottie or Charlie. Lolo sounds like when people write "lolol" when they think something is extra funny.

Nicknames happen. Don't force something like this, it's not even nice sounding. Why are you trying to find her a nickname when she's a teenager? That's odd.

Edited

and charlotte is a funny girl

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PearlFawn · 13/10/2024 03:56

Bookishnerd · 13/10/2024 03:03

I came to energetically say that you were being unreasonable and accidentally clicked that you were not being unreasonable and now that vote is there forever.

I don’t like it OP. But help us understand the issue. Is it that she wants a shortened name or that everyone else has got nicknames?

she wants a nickname as everyone else has one

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GiddyRobin · 13/10/2024 03:57

PearlFawn · 13/10/2024 03:55

and charlotte is a funny girl

Right...

Well I'm sure her friends can find her something suitable.

TwinklyNight · 13/10/2024 04:00

If she doesn't care for Char, Lotty or Charlie she needs to earn it through life I imagine.

PleaseAskSomeoneWhoGivesAFuck · 13/10/2024 04:08

PearlFawn · 13/10/2024 01:54

yes she wants a nickname as everyone else has one

Well, there's a lollo rosa lettuce, so you know what will happen if you try to foist lolo on her...

MonsteraMama · 13/10/2024 04:09

By high school nicknames are the sort of thing that just happen. You don't pick your own, and you definitely don't have your mother pick one for you.

PearlFawn · 13/10/2024 04:56

MonsteraMama · 13/10/2024 04:09

By high school nicknames are the sort of thing that just happen. You don't pick your own, and you definitely don't have your mother pick one for you.

I am not picking it, we are just discussing it

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McSpoot · 13/10/2024 05:00

MonsteraMama · 13/10/2024 04:09

By high school nicknames are the sort of thing that just happen. You don't pick your own, and you definitely don't have your mother pick one for you.

Or worse, have a bunch of strangers online do so.

JLT24 · 13/10/2024 05:02

Lolo is awful.

Lottie, Charlie, Char, Charl are ok.

Tootjaskoot · 13/10/2024 05:04

How about Lola?

WoollyHeadedMammoth · 13/10/2024 05:33

FWIW, I have a relative called Penelope who was Lolo as a baby. She wanted to use her full name when she started school, but her parents and siblings still occasionally use Lolo at home, and friends sometimes call her Lo. Lola, Lolo, and Lo are all pretty common diminutives for Penelope and Delores, although probably more so in Spanish-speaking countries.

Lola's sometimes also used for Charlotte, so I don't see why Lolo or Lo would be any more of stretch. Since this is for a teen rather than a baby I'd just suggest she keep generating possibilities, maybe run them by her friends or have them suggest some, until she finds one that she likes that sticks. She could also try Lotto or Arlo or Charo or Chaz or Chuck - it's not like she's going to be legally changing her name or anything, it's just for fun.

unsync · 13/10/2024 05:42

It's french slang for tits HTH

PearlFawn · 13/10/2024 06:08

unsync · 13/10/2024 05:42

It's french slang for tits HTH

We live in the english speaking world so it doesn't really matter

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HappyTwo · 13/10/2024 06:13

or Lottie into Lolly?

Rubyshoosday · 13/10/2024 06:20

I know a Charlotte who goes by Cat, and another who goes by Tottie. Both as cute I think, but if you and she like Lolo, then just go for it.
I think it's ok for a parent to give their child nicknames, I have a few different ones for my daughter and these are picked up by her school friends.
I suppose the thing is, that nicknames are usually organic and so you might find that it's not easy thing to naturally call her something different if it's not muscle memory

Silverbook · 13/10/2024 06:29

Lolo is awful, sorry but you did ask. I think she’d live to regret that if it stuck.

Nicknames just happen, you can’t decide them as they are given to you by others.

You can choose a shortened version of your own name though. The obvious ones for Charlotte being mentioned already.

SophiaJ8 · 13/10/2024 06:30

unsync · 13/10/2024 05:42

It's french slang for tits HTH

All I hear is Lolo Ferrari