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Ali398 · 11/03/2013 20:43

Hi

I have named my 1 month old daughter Sophie Isabelle. I know the names are very popular but they are 2 we always liked. But I really wish now there were fun nicknames I could use rather than just Soph. Would it be weird to use nicknames for Isabelle when that is her middle name?

Can anyone give me some good ideas on nicknames...I need inspiration!

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TheEasterQODdy · 21/03/2013 13:46

We call our 14 yr old dd Kevin

MorningHasBroken · 21/03/2013 13:55

Op, I know 2 or 3 people who use their middle names in daily life as they/their parents preferred them to their first names. with one of them, I didn't even realise until she did her wedding vows!

My son (7 months) gets called the lamb, partly because he used to bleat a bit and also because he was all snuggly and soft, nothing to do with his name at all. My sister's family nickname was a shortening of her middle name, even though we always used her first name the rest of the time.

Just use what you feel like but I think a nn is something that should come naturally, I wouldn't force one.

vladthedisorganised · 21/03/2013 14:07

I have a Sophie!

I called her Snuffles as a newborn and Scribble fairly shortly after, which has stuck as she usually has a pen in her hand. Mainly a personality thing. She may well be a Fizzer later in life.
FWIW her friends are called Banana, Chips, Noodle and Spider- none of which have any origin in their names.

Something will emerge Grin

RobinSparkles · 21/03/2013 14:09

I like fifi for Sophie. My DD1 is Isabel Sophia, so you have great taste Wink.

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