What is / could this nn be short for?

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Does anyone have any ideas what Coco is or could be short for? I really like this as a name but would want to put a more formal name on the birth certificate. I have heard someone mention Cordelia before which is lovely but was wondering if there were any other possibilities.

Thanks

Jo Wiley has a daughter called Coco Lux... cough (trying to hard) cough.

The only people I've heard of called Coco have a totally different first name, and Coco is just a nn rather than an abbreviation. I can't think of any name which abbreviates to it.

maryz I love your suggestion - I have names beginning C & O on my list:)

lowrib I'm going to check out the babynamespedia link now - maybe we could go for Coco on its own even if it is trying to hard

Kasia is short for Katarzyna, which is Catherine, so would be Cath/y, rather than the more exotic Cassia/Kezia.

I know a Coco whose full name is Coralie (she is half French)

Ooh you should pick Colette as suggested earlier. That's a beautiful name too. :)

I like Connie, Coral, Coralanne, Cordelia, Clara-Olivia (or maybe something similar).

Sorry why would you give a child a name and then call it something totally unlike it's name - Coco sounds nothing like bloody Cora or Collette.

And please do not call your child Cody - sounds like a blood STD!

It's used as a shortening for Nicole.

"Sorry why would you give a child a name and then call it something totally unlike it's name - Coco sounds nothing like bloody Cora or Collette."

Because it's better than naming an adult woman Coco!

Good point seeker!
Coco would sound pretty silly in a formal situation. I have always assumed it's just a nn which doesn't bear any direct relationship to the given name. Coco the clown was called nicolai I believe. Sting has daughters who are known as coco and Micky but they aren't their real names, just nn

Coco always makes me think of a bedtime hot drink for the elderly!

Laugh totoros...

I think Jo Whiley has a Coco too...

My daughter is a Chloe (age 11) and two of her friends also called Chloe (! EVERY girl aged 11 is called Chloe...) are called Coco as a nickname.....

Coco apparently is short for Sirocco. I love the name but DH doesn't... why are the men always so unimaginative? Mine only considers names he's heard of before, and sadly it's a short, German-flavoured list at that.

"According to www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Coco "Coco is of Old Greek origin, and it is used mainly in the Dutch, French, and Spanish languages.

Coco is a variant form of the English and French Colette."

I think babynamespedia is a bit dodgy on research. They're getting the "Old Greek" bit from Coco - Colette - Nicolette - Nicholas - Nikolaos. A bit tenuous. Coco's origin as a given name is, as people have said, from Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.

this is a more reliable site.

Coco Chanel said it was a shortened version of 'cocotte', French for a kept woman.

Another origin - Courteney Cox's nickname is Coco and that's what she named her daughter.

"Coco apparently is short for Sirocco."

No it isn't.

OP - just noticed your username. Love it !

Thanks thereisalight

thanks everyone for your suggestions - my favourites at the moment are Cordelia and Cecily. Just letting DH think on it for a few days....