create a nickname for benjamin please

[mamaesi]

we are considering benjamin, its a family name... but I find ben a bit boring and not so keen on benjy either...

can you think of another nickname to call him?

You want to call your son Benjamin and hate both Ben and Benji

I'd consider choosing another name whose nicknames you like .

Benny, Jamin, Jamie, Enja

I'll stop before I suggest Engine, Bin, Bam, Emin...

Manny

You can call him whatever you want - Boo/Bambam/Bean/Mimmy/whatever tbh - but everybody else will call him Ben: guaranteed.

James?
Stephen?
Daniel?
Oliver?

Basically... choose another name.

bj, is what he may get called!

Agree with the others - NEVER pick Benjamin if you don't Ben. You may use it, but you guarantee everyone else will. Use it as a middle name and pick a name you really like instead.

benito

We know a Jamie who we found out recently is actually called Benjamin. They never ever refer to him as Benjamin, it was only when I asked 'is it James or Jamie on his birth certificate' they laughed and said actually it's Benjamin!

So you can get away with it if you stick to your guns with the nickname (and don't tell anyone!)

We know a Jamie who we found out recently is actually called Benjamin. They never ever refer to him as Benjamin, it was only when I asked 'is it James or Jamie on his birth certificate' they laughed and said actually it's Benjamin!

So you can get away with it if you stick to your guns with the nickname (and don't tell anyone!)

You have two options;

Learn to love Ben
Pick an entirely different name altogether.

my son is Lewis, i hated the shorted down Lew before and insisted it would just be Lewis, but Lew seems to roll off the tongue so easy you don't even notice your doing it until it becomes so familiar its grown on you. You may find the same with 'Ben'. i still love the name Lewis and he gets called it 80% of the time but sometimes its just easier to call out 'Lew come and get your dinner etc'

another nickname for Benjamin could be Nen or Jay - Jay

Lew pronounced as Loo ?

How about Jamin?

Lew, like Lou the old man on neighbours, its a common shortening for the name Lewis, common here anyway, don't understand the face its not like we call him looroll....

Please don't go with it unless you are happy. Nearly the entire male population of ds's & dd's schools are some derivative of Benjamin. Honestly I know thousands of them. I don't dislike the name but it is just overkill.