does this nick name work?

[BeautifulStars93]

Lottie for Violet?
The accent where im from pronounces it more like vio-lot rather than vio-let.
Opinions?

[wesH]

It sounds forced. Go for Charlotte or something that actually has 'lot' in the name if you want to shorten it to Lottie. Otherwise Lettie makes more sense.

[JakeyBurd]

I can't believe how rude people are being to the OP, over both the term 'nickname' and the one she has chosen.

To all those insisting that Lottie can only be short for Charlotte - why are you saying it should be Lettie instead? That's an established short for Letitia. In your world, would Lettie not be 'disallowed' too? And I take it you wouldn't call your little Edwards Teddy, as that can only be short for Theodore? Lighten up, people. Short forms can be short for more than one thing.

As others have pointed out, lots of short forms are a step or two away from the original but it doesn't make them any less valid.

But is it a 'nickname'? I think that's the American term for short forms (I'm sure I'll be corrected if not!) and until recently I'd never heard it used in the UK in that sense. A nickname always used to be something like Titch, Squidgy, Pongo, Tubs, etc. Short forms were always just called 'for short'. The proper word is hypocoristic, although it sounds a bit pretentious to use it!

So in the sense above, you can't choose a nickname in advance, as they evolve themselves. But you can choose a hypocoristic, and if the chosen name has a lot of short options e.g. Elisabeth, then deciding which you'd prefer in advance is not silly.

Go for it, OP, and ignore the naysayers!

[AwfulBeryl]

Ah I thought so, I like the sound of Jos the Boss. It's a cool nickname.
Congratulations

[WorldsBiggestGrotbag]

I'm not denying it happens, I've just never known anyone who has done it.

[BreeVDKamp]

Beryl it rhymes with 'boss' a la Jos Buttler the cricketer and Joss Wheedon the screenwriter. No-one has had any issue with how to pronounce it from seeing it written down yet to my knowledge!

I fully expect his nicknames be to plentiful and along the lines of Joebot haha :)

[DramaAlpaca]

OP, if you like Violet with Lottie as a diminutive, then go with it. It's fine.

[Thurlow]

We did. In a perfectly normal example like I gave above - chose Katherine (example) but knew she would mostly be Kate.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

World we did with all our children. Announced the full name and middle name along with the name we intended to use.

[reuset]

To me, Violet with Lottie for short, is the same as Violet with Becky/Emma/insert random name, for short.

Not when you think about how you get Peggy from Margaret or Polly or Molly from Mary. Lottie from Violet evolve in similar fashion

[WorldsBiggestGrotbag]

Thurlow I know babies/children with nicknames, of course I do. I just don't know anyone who named their child one thing but decided on a nickname before birth, and the baby was announced as it's name plus nickname!

[ScrambledEggAndToast]

To me, Violet with Lottie for short, is the same as Violet with Becky/Emma/insert random name, for short.

Lottie just doesn't go with Violet. If you like it then just choose it as her first name. You can't determine what people will call her anyway.

[reuset]

Yep, and despite the first glance meaning of the word, diminutives can be, and often are, longer than the actual name.

[reuset]

I know some people pronounce with the two syllables, but it does have three in written form. I also suspect three syllables is most 'correct', as Viola (violet comes from Latin Viola) is certainly three syll pronunciation. If you care about such things

Although how are people pronouncing the 'let' part. I don't ever hear it pronounced and emphasized strongly as 'e' in egg and get, but as a slight uh sound. So Violette or Violetta works better for Lettie I think.

Waffle over

[Thurlow]

How on earth some people seem to exist in a world where they don't know anyone called Ben, Kate, Joe, Becky, Suzie is quite baffling.

It's a confusion over the word nickname - but why get your knickers in a twist over what an OP clearly means is a diminutive.

Perfectly normal for people to decide they'd like a Tilly, Ben, Joey, Lottie etc but then put a fuller name on a birth certificate. Might not be something everyone agrees with, but it's still perfectly normal.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Do you say Vi-oh-let? I say Vi-let.

I think it works better cor Charlotte. Would prefer Lettie as previous posters suggested for Violet.

[BeautifulStars93]

She would be Violet but Lottie for short.
VIOLET being 3 syllables LOTTIE being 2.

[SoozeyHoozey]

why not just call her violet? It's a lovely name and not very loop.

[hoarseoldfrog]

It's totally fine. Do what you want.
This was a really important factor for my husband when choosing a name too 'it must be able to be shortened to something cool' so much so that he started suggesting really gross names which had one cool syllable.
The baby has a name I love, we call him a short form. Our families have totally ignored us because they prefer the longer version (which is only 2 syllables anyway!) But it meant finally getting a name we both loved for 5 day old baby!
Just be prepared for everyone to ignore you a d call her violet!

[AwfulBeryl]

How to you pronounce that Bree? My lovely nephew is Joseph, but he is a Joebot.

[BreeVDKamp]

I mean saying 'I have a Bean' is different - that's a nickname, Lottie is a shortening. Although I do know a Bean but her name is Sabina.

[BreeVDKamp]

Aw poor OP! I've just named my newborn son Jos, but he'll be Joseph on the birth certificate. Isn't that just the same as having a Benjamin but thinking he'll be a Ben, or a Steven and thinking he'll be a Ste not a Steve? I know two Stes.

I think it's just fine! :) and it may have developed naturally anyway so I don't get that argument. And I always thought nicknames were different to/sillier than preferred shortenings :-s

[MerryMarigold]

I knew a Miriam who was Miri for shor. I loved it and it was a factor in deciding dd's full name. Sadly, we got her home and ds1 couldn't say her name properly which then led to a nn completely unrelated to her name. On the other hand, I choose ds1's name need on the v obvious nn as Dh and I could not agree any name except I liked the established nn and Dh liked the full name.

[PandaNot]

I have a 'John, known as Jack' and it was always planned that way because of both his grandfathers being called John. It's never been a problem. If you want a planned nickname go for it.

[Costacoffeeplease]

I have never understood this mumsnet obsession with nicknames - as pp have said, they evolve naturally, they're not decided before the child is even born! Name him/her what you want, but to try to force a clumsy 'shortening' is just ridiculous

[Whiteshirt]

I wouldn't base a name for daily use/short form on an unusual regional mispronunciation of a given name.

Also now intrigued as to where Violet gets pronounced Violot. The only variations I've come across are, as a pp said, whether it's given two syllables or three.