Susie????

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Hi my DH and I are struggling with baby names for DC2. We are finding girls names particularly difficult. What are people's opinions on Susie Alexandra? Our DD has a short name and we are not sure if a long first name like Susanna goes.
Thank you

Argh no! But that's just my opinion. Susie Sheep

I love love love the name Susie and think Susie Alexandra goes perfectly!

I also taught a little Siouxsie who was adorable and makes me think all Susie's would be lovely!

Love it! I know a fab little Susie - a cool little tomboy.

I think Susie is adorable! Also loving Suzanna (nn Suzi)

Susie is fab. I know I Susannah nn Susie.

I love Susie but I prefer it as a nickname for Susannah / Susanna

My sister's name is Suzanne which I think is pretty, we were just discussing the other day how it doesn't get used anymore. She gets called Suzy for short by her family and old friends, but I know she prefers to be called Suzanne now (she says Suzy was more when she was little but she likes having the option of her full name now).

Like others said, it would really be better to name her Susanna/h and call her Susie for short. Susie is very cute for a little one or young girl, but imagine when she's 40 and wants to be taken seriously in a profession? I don't think it matters if your other DD has a short name, your DCs names don't have to be matchy-matchy, do they?

Similarly I have a friend Katherine who was known as Katie as a child, but no one calls her this now (except an aunt she doesn't see very often) and she wouldn't want them to, as she says Katie is very 'little-girly'. Susie is kind of the same.

I like it whn used as a NN for the longer versions. It's unusual now too. I think Suzanna is my favourite.

Also think Alexandra is beautiful.

I really like 'Susanna(h)', and I prefer it with the 'h'.

Moreover, I really dislike 'nickname-names', so really dislike 'Susie'. If you want a short name, why not 'Susan'?

I'm a Susannah, nn Susie. Tbh, I think Susie is a bit too nicknamey, but also it doesn't fit everyone, so I know an Anna, short for Susannah and so on. Also, I tend to find people assume the spelling is Suzy or Suzi.

I personally would use Susannah with the nn Susie.

Wrt to the surname, if she's called Susie then 90% of the time she'll be called Susie surname. My dd has a long first name that is shortened (think like Elizabeth to Libby) and she's known the equivalent to Libby surname all the time. Her first name only ever gets used on certificates and official documents.

I also had a long first name, and long surname (married now though). It was never a problem, so long as the two names go.

I really like it.

Great name. I know sisters called Susie and Sammy (both under 10!)

So cute. Someone suggested Angie on a thread the other day - also cute.

Why Susannah? I count a nn as something like 'pops' or 'Dot' not 'Suzie; 'Annie'; 'Betty' 'Maggie' etc

In my opinion, Suzie is a perfectly valid complete name - If that's what you love, pick that.

If she wants to be super serious as an adult, then she would be 'Sue'? I think you just become your name anyhow - I hardly think if she turned out to be a high achieving academic, Cambridge would turn her down on the basis of her name...likewise if she fancies being a prim or proper accountant who enjoys collecting cat figurines - she will just be Suzie the accountant/cat lady - it really won't dictate her passage in life to any huge extent.

I wouldn't be saying this if you had suggested 'Florida Posy Pants' or something but for the beautiful names you suggest - no issue on the crazy name front!

imagine when she's 40 and wants to be taken seriously in a profession?

Um I'm a forty-year-old Susie who is taken very seriously in my profession. It's not like being called Trixie Boobookins or something.

OP it's a great name (obviously!

I'm Suzanne, most people call me Sue (decided that for myself when I was in my teens), but my DH and some of his mates started calling me Suzie which I don't mind. At home my parents called me Suz which I never liked. My Mum actually wanted me to be called Suzanna, but Dad said it was like old Joanna how played the piano.

Love it.

Yes, of course if she wants to keep Susie, then that would be fine. But if she doesn't want to, then she hasn't got many options. However, Sue is one alternative I guess.

My DD has a formal name, and a cutesy nick name, that some people use as a name in its own right. However, my DD has already said her name is babyish, and when she goes to secondary school she will request to be known by her full name, and not the nickname. Her name, her choice.

Maybe I'm biased because I hate my name, and am known by a nickname (chosen by me and I do like that!) but I personally believe that whilst you bequeath a name, you don't own it, so choosing a name to me is about the responsibility of giving an appropriate gift, rather than just thinking "I'll name the child what Iike". When choosing a name, I personally would choose something with options, so that the child can choose a nickname, use the full name if they consider the name to be a bit babyish / old fashioned ... Whatever the complaint may be!

I think it's lovely. Slightly retro and traditional in a children's book type way, if that makes any sense.

I love Susie :)

I really like Susanna/h, but I'd not opt for Susie on it's own. I really like names with flexibility, both my children have a few name options and have used them too. Likewise I have my family name and my grown up name (as well as nicknames) and always liked having that boundary between friends and teachers at school.

However Susanna Alexandra might be a bit of a mouthful!