Introduce with baby with nickname or full name?

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Random question, but this seems as good a place as any to take a straw poll. My twins are 9 months old and I often struggle with whether to introduce them by their full names or their nicknames. We picked their namesVivienne and Philippain part because the full versions feel quite compatible in style and length. I love their full names, though at home they're often shortened to Pip/Pippa and Vivi, which I also like as I feel they suit their baby selves a bit more than their very grown-up full ones. The trouble is knowing which version to use for a first introduction. Usually my default is to introduce them as Pippa and Vivienne as 'Vivi' feels quite nicknamey and Philippa feels quite formal. However, I get a lot of odd looks when I introduce them that way because I'm sure people are wondering how one twin got the flowery long name and the other got a nickname. I'm thinking I should probably choose either both nicknames or both full names, not just because of the odd looks but also because I'm a bit of a nerd and the asymmetry bugs me.

What would you go with? Is it weirdly formal to introduce with full names?

I think I would use the short forms of both for the same reasons you mentioned at the end of your post. I have all sorts of rules in my head about ways in which sibling names should be "equal", although I took my eye off the ball and broke my own number 1 rule by giving one child a shortenable name and one not - sort of like Stephen and Charlie.

Pippa and Vivi sound good together to me - both rather cheerful sounding!

Introduce them with the name you want them to be called. So mine have long names but I introduced them by my preferred shortenings.

My dd has a rather long name and she has nicknames at home and with family but if somebody asks her name its always the long version, because that's her name.

I wouldn't say its too formal because those are their names and friends/family know her well enough to shorten it.

Really lovely names btw

Use the nicknames, they are both nice. I have twins and the girl is always the shortened version of her name. My son has a short name but also has a nickname which I would never introduce him as, I just call him it sometimes

I introduce mine with their short names (I have a pippa too) and then can always add in after 'they're short for x and x'
I wondered if you're reluctant to use Vivi as an introduction as it's not immediately obvious what it's short for, unlike pippa so maybe that would help?

Introduce them by the names you'd like them to be called by.

I always have this dilemma. My two-year-old has a long name but is generally known by a nickname, which isn't an obvious shortening. So I end up saying: 'This is LONG NAME but we tend to call her SHORT NAME'. It's a bit of a faff but then people decide what to call her themselves and she answers to both. I love your twins' names. I think I remember a thread on here when you were choosing?

By the names you want people to call them of course.

EXCELLENT choices! (I'm biased on both )

My first hand experience with exactly these names is that you ought to introduce with the names you would like people to use. As there are various options for each, people often get muddled or trip over them not knowing which to use unless it's made explicit.

FWIW I now loathe being called one of the diminutives of these and have had to undertake a conscious campaign to stop people calling me it, but it's not been difficult and am grateful I have several other options from such a flexible name.

gorgeous names.

i;d go with the long, partly because they are so lovely and sound fab together, but also because in the course of your chats with whoever it is, you'll inevitably use their nn's thus giving the person the proper name and your preferred nn. 2 birds, 1 stone - job done!