Would u just have a nick name as a first name?

[Emmiedarling]

....Freddie...

Originally going to have Frederick, but in reality I just like Freddie & it goes nicely with my chosen middle name (Richard) (my fathers name)

Thoughts?

I much prefer full names, with a nickname for short.

The purpose of a nickname or "diminutive" is to have an affectionate, informal version of your name which your good friends/family may know you by.

This distinguishing aspect of nicknames will be lost if they're just absorbed into the pool of full names.

If a name really and genuinely had any effect whatsoever on where a person ends up on life than we'd all be calling out children the equivalent of AwesomeMcAwesomeness.

I have never had a life changing epiphany where I realised my life would've been so much better if I was called Bob.
Equally I have never sat smugly upon my many achievements and thought thank goodness I wasn't called MoonBeamButtSock, or this would never have happened.

Freddie will just be that dude that does what Freddie does, and so will Frederick.

Bill Clinton was always Bill, not William Jefferson. :) Even though as Lisaro points out that's an American.

I don't like shortened names for real names...I wanted to call DS just Sam but couldn't bring myself to do it; he is Samuel on his b.c. and I love it now. :)

Yeah but Bill was from Arkansas...

what Badgerina said.

Also...Freddie Flintoff

......Goes off to drool.... :)

Frederick is a lovely name! Elegant, masculine and strong. Sounds great in most languages e.g. French, German, Spanish, English.

I'm not keen on Freddie (other than perhaps a nickname for a younger boy).

If you like Freddie then go with just Freddie. The "30yo Freddie" argument is moot to me as by the time our kids are 30 there'll be all sorts of names and variations and will more than likely be many just Freddies out there.

My dd has what other people may consider a NN as her fulk name but imo its a name in its own right. And I dont give a shit what others think so that helps.

"And I dont give a shit what others think so that helps."

But the OP seems to care, hence she's asking for our opinions.

Thanks for all your varied responses!

It is absolutely not the case that I dont like Frederick - I do!

I was unsure of Frederick Richard.

I can see the idea that giving him the option is maybe worth it, but i really do imagine he will be Freddie. Even into adulthood!!!! And no matter his chosen career!

I can't stand nicknames being official names. Really makes me wince.

If you're not keen on Fredrick, use Alfred.

You might picture calling him Freddie forever, but he may well not like it. Give him the option.

Your son may well prefer his full name, Frederick, when he's older. Give him the option!

It would be Frederick - Alfred not for me!

I could call my son John and he may well prefer Robert or Simon or Theodore when he is older....you have to draw the line somewhere people.

I don't know why I dislike it so much, the whole nicknames on birth certificates thing. I just do!

I knew a man who was Billy, just Billy, and he put William on his wedding invitations even though that was not his name.

They don't always. I knew I'd call DS1 Oz (he's an Oscar) and everyone just adopted it.

In my brother's case, everyone calls him Olly, but my mum was determined we wouldn't (in what I now recognise to be late-pregnancy-hormonally-induced "preciousness" )

I'm another vote for Frederick. I wince a bit at the current trend for diminutive names. I think it will be the Tracy and Sharon of the noughties/whatever we call this decade & will age badly.

I'd go with Fred on the certificate but call him Freddie. Definitely not Frederick. We did something similar with my DS. We call him both names he can choose himself when he gets older.

Fred is not nice IMO and reminds me of Fred West.

I also think this current cutesy nickname trend will fall out of fashion soon as people look for more solid names.

This is my favourite name ever. Sadly couldn't use it for my Dcs.

I like full names on birth certificates and use them when the Dcs have done something naughty and are in big trouble

Frederick is so much nicer, stronger and more classic than Freddie imo. Freddie might be cute for a little boy but please give your son the chance to use his full name if he prefers to.

I also find it a little odd to choose a nickname if you don't like the full name - to me they are the same name.

Lots and lots of them!