Name sorted, is this ok for nn?

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Hi, had lots of help on here before choosing names and we settled and are very happy with our choice for our girl ( due in 3 weeks )
She will be Cassie Ann T.
I have decided to use the nn Kitty for her as a baby, and then probably Cat as she gets older, does this sound ok?
We didn't deliberatly choose her initials to spell CAT, but i kind of think it's sweet.
DH isn't bothered, but i like it, what do you think?

I know a grown up Kat, it works well. (her full name is Katerina or similar, she's always Kat).

It's a really nice name, but why do you need a nickname for Cassie? It's already a short version of a name and nothing to do with Kitty (although I get the whole "Cat" thing.) Cassie is good on its own. I wouldn't have thought she needs 3 different names.

Sounds fine to me. My dd2 has two or three different nicknames as well as her full name, depending on what language is being spoken to her.

The cat thing, is probably because she may not want to be called kitty when she's older, and i do not like Caz as a nn.

When im talking affectionately to DS i use his nickname ( which has nothing to do with his name either ) and i when i talk to her now i say things like ' how's my little kitty doing?' as it just feels right IYKWIM?

Thank you for the imput, i just can't wait to meet her now.

I'm really confussed.

Why are you naming your daughter Cassie when you plan to call her Kitty and Cat? Wouldn't it make more sense to name her Catherine or something?

Stellan the 'Kitty' thing comes from the initials C.A.T.

Thanks, belgo!

I don't really think a name like Cassie needs a nickname - especially not one like Kitty... Same number of syllables, similar sounds... It's not like naming your daughter Elizabeth and calling her Libby (i.e. to give her options in the future); to me, it's effectively giving her two (nick)names!

I'd either name her Kitty or Cassie - there really is no need for both names.

Just have to say I love the name!!! Cassie is lovely needs no nn :)

:-) Stellan my birth name is a nickname of a classic and my family still shorten that, I guess it just works like that for us, they only use my nn when speaking to me at home, which is what I do with DS and will end up doing with this baby.

Thank you caffeinedrip! We think it's lovely to.

Sorry, I think it's a bit silly.

Cassie already is a nickname. How do you go from calling her Kitty as a baby to Cat as a girl? Where's the age cut off point? It all seems a bit contrived to be planning out different names for different stages of her life.

Just call her Kitty if that's what you're going to call her anyway.

I think you'll struggle to change her nick name when she's older. Just how old will she be when YOU decide this? If you start with a name, it will stick for life, unless she has a fresh start by changing schools (and friends), starts uni/work etc.
You can't just tell people to stop calling her one thing and start calling her another! What will you do if her frieds start calling her something completely different as a nick name? Nick names aren't really under your control!

I'm with everyone else here though. I love the name Cassie, and it is a nn in itself, so (although I prefer giving children "proper" names and then shortening them, rather than just giving them a nick name) I'd either go with Cassie, or Kitty (which I also like, and is a nn in itself too).

I think you're probably right about the nn Cat as she gets older, I won't be able to control that, and tbh I'm not sure what age I had in mind, I'm a planner so was overthinking :). But like I said, my name is a nn derived from a classic name and my family shorten that, I have a nn aside from what's on my birth certificate, so I'm not bothered about how Cassie is already a nn, I don't use DS nn unless we are home or being affectionate.

Cassie is a beautiful name I like your nn ideas too but then I was trying to get Callie from Charlotte

Can't see any logic in giving your DD the name Cassie and then calling her Kitty or Cat. It will be really confusing. And as others have said Cassie is already a shortened form. But in the end it's up to you. And you can't really control nicknames and shortforms. I found that out when DS was a few months old!!

I have to say I find all this mumsnet "her name is x, but we'll call her y" pretty strange at the best of times. But then to say "and we'll change it to z when she gets older" is plain bizarre, in my opinion.

Cassie on its own is a perfectly nice name. So is Kitty.

How about this for an idea? Choose whichever one you prefer, and name your daugher accordingly.

I never understand why parents try to decide what a nn will be, their friends will decide that! I don't get why you would call her Cassie if she will never be called Cassie??

I agree with bradbourne and ceeveebee I'd never heard of this planning of a nickname before. Why bother choosing a name at all if you're intent on calling the child a specific nickname (or two!).

I thought nicknames were organic things that evolved once baby had arrived/started school etc.

I'm befuddled! :)

Quite right ceeveebee - why name her Cassie (lovely name), if you're not actually going to call her Cassie?

Cassie and Kitty, both lovey names - just pick one :)

This makes no sense. Why use Cassie at all ???????

Why don't you call her Catherine (nn Kitty or Cat?) if you intend her always to be called Kitty or Cat?

Cassie itself is short for Cassandra, and the most logical further shortening would be Cass.

It seems a bit odd to me too. Why not just name her Kitty if that's what you intend to call her? Cassie is not shorter to say, or any more formal, so I don't see the point of using one then calling her the other .

I'm with everyone else. I don't geddit.

Cassie is the best name ever. My dd is Cassie and most of the time Cass.

Why oh why call her Cassie to then giver her Kitty or Cat as a nn???

Also, the initials thing is naff.

Agree with Cassandra and Cassie as nickname. Both much nicer than Kitty or Cat and less contrived.

Not everyone who likes Cassie is going to like Cassandra though.

I hate it and couldn't even bring myself to consider it for my Cassie.

It's too posh, has Sandra in it and always reminds me off Rodney's canoe-faced wife in Only Fools.

Nothing wrong with Cassie on it's own.