lolo as a nickname for charlotte

[PearlFawn]

What are your thoughts?

DD (Lois) had Lolo as a nickname. Until she was about 5, then it sounded childish.

i think your only options are Charlie, Lottie, Lots, Lola, without being completely contrived.

All I hear is Lolo Ferrari

Me too. Not a role model.

Agree with others that nicknames happen if you start school with a long name. Friends shorten it.

DD went to school with a Charlie and a Lottie but they started nursery with those names because that was what family called them.

Nicknames happen organically, they're not a thing one makes happen.

Just started calling her Philip.

It will stick eventually.

One of Charlotte Bronte’s nicknames was Talli - I’ve always rather liked that

If she has a friend called Dave then Chaz works.

Nicknames happen organically. I usually call my daughter Popo even though her name doesn't even have a P in it. I wouldn't tell her teacher that that is how she is to be known at school though.

I read it as Iolo ? Capital I not L
Made me think of Iolo Williams and couldn't understand the link to Charlotte?
I've not slept much ....

Instead of trying to find something from Charlotte (which is a lovely name) Why not try to find a nickname from her middle or surname!

its Lolo

If she goes to school and tells everyone “call me Lolo”, she’s going to get the pee taken out of her.
Nicknames just happen, people generally don’t choose them themselves.

her bestie does that now

Sounds good.

I know a Charlotte aged 4 who is Lolo and an 8 yo who answers to 'Chattie'. I think I prefer Lolo :-)

It's too forced

As others have said nicknames evolve naturally - my daughter has one her school friends have called her since year 1 - not one I had even thought of when I shorten her name myself - but it's perfect and suits her when she is around her friends and is connected to the sounds in her name

She would be the but of jokes if suddenly she announced at secondary school her nickname was to be LoLo

Char, Charlie, Lottie, Lotz

3 pages of people saying no it’s not a nice nickname and Op is still defending it - sounds like your mind is made up! Charlotte is a beautiful name, I wouldn’t shorten it. Charlie is a cute Nick though.

How about Arlo?

These are normal nicknames for Charlotte, at a push Lolly, Lots, Harlo perhaps

Love it!

I don't really understand? How is she going to implement this nickname into everyday usage? Just announce at school "I now want to go by Lolo/Arlo/whatever? Ask a friend to start using it and hope it catches on? And if it doesn't catch on, what then?

You can't choose a NN as a teen, they just evolve or have already been there throughout a child's life anyway...

'K hun.

Do all her friends call her Charlotte?

Surely they shorten it. My daughter's names are short but I still shorten them more.

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Why didn't you call Charlotte Arlo then?

I do not get this.

Personally I don’t like it, but that’s because I am a Charlotte. Growing up I loved Lotte and then Charlie as an adult.

I never really thought about nicknames but now my daughter wants one