Boys names which can't be shortened. Help!

[phantomhairpuller]

Really struggling to come up with a name for DS2 (due in a few weeks)
I like slightly older names, as does DH. But I've got a real thing about people shortening names! DS1 is Harry and there are a few people we know who insist on shortening it to Har it drives me mad! So we're after a similar name for DS2.
Any suggestions welcome

[CheeseStrawWars]

will lengthen

[almostanotherday]

Zac

[seeker]

Impossible. And anyway, you only have any control over your child's name for about 2 years, so I would just choose a name you like, use it yourself and let the child and it's friends and relations get on with it!

[vamosbebe]

We also have an Oscar and no one has shortened it.
My DSis has a Katherine which can deliberately be shortened to a hundred different names as they're in Oz and every name gets shortened, even something like Ted or Keith!
You might find you'll have zero control on whether it's shortened or not, especially school friends.

[amck5700]

Keir/Ciar
Iain
Stan
Fred

[amck5700]

Max
Bob

[Eskino]

My brother is called Joe. My mum thought it couldn't be shortened but his friends call him "J" ( as in 'jay', not 'juh')

If someone wants to shorten a persons name, they will. There's nowt you can do about it.

[jellybeans]

Zac, Flynn, Finn, Luke, Blake

[CheeseStrawWars]

Zac will get "Zee".

[PanpiperAtTheGatesOfYawn]

Miles or Guy. Try shortening those

[scaevola]

Godfrey?

[rockinhippy]

Agree DDs friend Dylan is known as Dyls, I wouldn't be too pleased if I were his mum.

Cousins son Noah is now known by his friends as No, or No,No & James obviously is Jimmy/Jim -

Owen, Rhys/Reiss, Jack, Mark, Joe, Lloyd, Dan are the ones we know that don't get shortened, everything else pretty much does get shortened or lengthened - Johns become Johnny etc etc

[WormCanner]

I know an Ossie who is really Oscar.

Godfrey, haha, very good. Except I know a Godfrey who is called Geoff.

[fedupwithdeployment]

i know a Dylan, known as "D" by mainly his parents. How about Tim? Don't think I have seen that on the list.

We wanted a short "strong" name and called DS Joss, but he is christened Jocelyn, very rarely called by full name! Lots of people call him Jossy, but suspect "y" will be fropped as he gets older.

Probably outed myself now!

[LittleBoxes]

Joel. Though my DH is one and he gets lengthened to 'Joely'.

[PassTheTwiglets]

Max. Will.

[CityDweller]

Nick

[nectarini1983]

All names can be shortened or have something added on unfortunately! Luke can be Lu, Jake can become J etc. My name is Amber and people have tried to call me 'Am' and 'Ber' over the years much to my annoyance!!

I think the key is for you to be firm in correcting people if they start shortening it and nip it in the bud that way!

[ItsallisnowaFeegle]

I also have a Jude. He's 12 weeks old and I'm terrible for calling him rudey dudey Judy

[daisy74]

Corey

[AlmondFrangipani]

Just to say that our dog is called Finn and we call him Findus . I think whatever name you pick people will shorten or amend.

[fabbadabbado]

they all get shortened or expanded! eg Max is Maxie

[getmeoutofthismadhouse]

I have a jack he never gets his shortened. What about Max , Will, Ben, Luke

[PipkinsPal]

Cy

[FruitOwl]

Joel, Kit, Chris, Sven, John, Paul, George (Ringo..?)