names you like but wouldn't use because you dont like the nickame

[darleneconnor]

Charlotte for me because i think it's pretty but charlie and lottie make me shudder

Love Jacob but Jake was my childhood dog's name and I just can't get over it.

Have the opposite problem - Jack, Max and Charlie have all been considered, none of which are "real" names on their own so wouldn't be able to use them but I don't like the full-length versions!

Oh and I used to work with an Italian lady named Valentina which I always thought was beautiful until one day I heard someone refer to her as.. Yep, Val!

i think its harder to name your second child than your first.as you come into contact with other parents and kids and get put off names you like because of popularity or kids that ruin nice names by being awful.

We have a motley crew in our family - Mum is Mizpah but known as Mitzie, DH is Gideon known as Gid, DS Lottie (not Charlotte). Dad is Keith (no comment....) LOL! Oh, and MIL has BF Ann Summers ... oh no, that's another thread....

Me: We're going to call DD2 "Honour".

Pratt Sister: Why?

Me: Coz it can't be shortened.

PS: No, but it can be lengthened - "Honour and off her" is cool.

Result: DD2 is not called "Honour".

PS. The name we chose for DD2 instead was slightly unusual (Back then, more common now). At least 4 families (including a rather grim "celeb") have since told us they followed our lead.

I'm a Rebecca and get a fairly equal dose of Rebecca, Becky and Bex peppered with a few Beccas and even the odd Rebecky, Bexsta, Reebok.

I don't like any of the nicknames but feel a bit standoffish to insist on Rebecca. I don't care all that much. And I'm always Rebecca at work.

I love Natasha, Jessica, Gabriella, Matilda, Abigail, Isabella and Madeleine but not too keen on Nat/Tash, Jess/Jessie, Gabby, Mattie/Tilly, Abbie/Gail, Izzy or Maddie. I don't hate the nicknames at all, I just think they spoil beautiful names.

I do hate Immy for Imogen, Livvy for Olivia, Clo for Chloe, Mils for Amelia, Mima/Jem for Jemima and Em/Emz for Emma/Emily

Theodore! when he is naughty, but generally just Theo

manicinsomniac: I love Jemima and all it's nns! But I couldn't name my next daughter Jemima...

My beloved old pooch was called Jemima and she only died (at 18 yrs old) 4 weeks ago. I really miss saying Mimes/Mima/Jem/Jemmie. They actually sound really sweet and affectionate when they're said outloud and she answered to all of them. (And if anyone's with a dd called Jemima thinks this is a bit of an insult, with her being a dog and all that, please don't: she was my surrogate child when I'd been told I would never have any children of my own, hence the 'human' not 'pet' name; much more special.) Agree with your others though manic!

My mum called my sister Amy so it wouldn't be shortened, her friends just called her A!

oh pinkx, I'm so sorry about your dog :( 18 years is a long time.

Thanks manic. Irony is that I have no 5 due in 3 weeks. Seems like my old Nan was right: One out to make room for the next one in. Strange old life, isn't it? Thanks for your message; meant a lot to me.

Agree with some but love Charley short for Charlotte and if DS was a DD thats what he would have been. His name can be shortened but never is - and he says my name is x if people do .

My name, my brothers name, my DS name, 7 of my cousins names, my friend and her DDs names are all on this list. Some of us use the shortened versions some of us don't.

What made me laugh though is here on the screen I agreed with some thinking urg it is wierd shortened (mainly Sophie to Soph type ones) as opposed to Nicholas to Nick type ones - yet in RL its just what we say and doesn't seem so shocking iyswim?

It's perfectly possible to insist on using the full name (of course that assumes your child prefers the full name too!). My best friend is called Katherine and has never been anything else. Another good friend is Susannah, again, never been anything else. Nick names aren't inevitable.

how did this old thread end up on most active?

wow it really is old isn't it!

Love Aurelia. Can be shortened to Aura perhaps? Also like Ophelia but how would that be shortened?

Liking Samson instead of the usual Samuel ...and Sam is always there as a safety net.

My dd's Romilly and is now always called Roms or Rommas by most of her friends. Its a shame as i love her name. I have a Connie-Jean who is Connie on her birth cert as i like Connie but dislike Constance.

Like Aura, but would be forever saying Laura so wondered if Lia was better. Perhaps Laurelia? Mmm...? Same with Ophelia? Love that too but DH doesn't.

Lorelai? :)

I love Patrick but despise Pat, also Thomas/Tom and Jessica/Jess.

We have a Jonathan - our first born, l absolutely love his name. Fortunately at nearly 12 its never been shortened and I hope it stays that way. We had exactly the same thinking as the OP and the other 2 kids ended up with 4 letter names to avoid the problem.

I also have a 4 letter name and very occasionally its been lengthened which in some ways is worse than shortening!

Love the names Christina and Christopher, but 'Chris' is just dull.

I'm a Rebecca too, at school was always Rebecca, but now mostly get Bex! My dd is Isobel and has umpteen nicknames, Izzy at dancing, but we mostly call her Bel!

Rose, because I don't like Rosie.

I can't stand Becky or Becs or Bex, it just sounds so bad when the actual name Rebecca is really beautiful. Shame really.