Nickname for Phoebe?

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Does Fifi or Bee work?

I don't like Pheebs. Will this be inevitable?

Why on earth do you need to shorten Phoebe - it is easy enough to say imo.

Fifi is as long as Phoebe and sounds almost exactly the same. Can't you just call her Phoebe?

I like Bee.

Bee is cute, but all the Phoebe's I know just end up Pheebs.

I actually think Fifi is harder to say than Phoebe. Bee is ok but would be a shame to shorten such a lovley name to a letter sound imo.

I teach three Phoebes. Two have managed to remain Phoebe but the other, to children only I must stress, is known as Flobs!

Bee or Beebee (at least when DD is little) are very pretty nicknames. Agree that Pheebs is not nearly so nice!

mine is either Fifi, Fee or Bee but that's just in the family

I think no one else (at school etc) shortens it at all.

The only one I know is called Fobs at school!!

Bee is nice. Fifi is a miniature poodle's name. I expect many Phoebes end up with Feebs as nickname though.

I wouldn't worry-she will choose her own-it is pointless trying to work out nicknames, you have no control. Stick to Phoebe.

Beefy or Feeble, according to the only one I know.

Beefy, unfotunately.

What's this MN thing of trying to come up with nicknames before the child arrives? Don't nicknames just come along naturally?

It's so twee choosing a nickname - the whole point is that they evolve naturally. I like Phoebe and think that if you choose a nickname, another naturally evolved one will come along anyway. Personally can't stand choosing one name and then choosing a derivative - why not just choose one name?

I know a little phoebe. She is 6 and her friends call her 'pheebs and fifi'

To me she is 'phee-bee-boo'. Not such a nickname, but more my pet name for her

the only one I know is called Pip by all her friends

I know a Bibi who started off as Phoebe. Bibi was a mixture of Phoebe and Baby mispronounced by her older sister as a toddler.

DD2 knows a pair of sisters who are 'Sofa' and 'Phobia' (Sophie and Phoebe).

Our dear wee friend is Fee. Unfortunately that does translate to alot of adults assuming her name is Fiona rather than Phoebe

yellowraincoat I think it's more that people worry about choosing a name they like with a common nn that they aren't so keen on. So knowing that there are alternatives is reassuring. No guarantee that your prospective ds/dd's friends might not opt for the nn you don't like, or indeed that they themselves might like it, but still good to know it's not inevitable.

my ds called his sister Bibi for ages - we all started using it too. Unfortunately it progressed to Beebles too. No saying what her nickname will end up being - I suspect it is school friends who will determine this, although she will have some very strong views. i don't like Pheebs either, and one of my adult friend insists on calling my dd this!