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Sylvie or Sylvia?

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Porkpienessie · 26/08/2015 12:22

Sylvie is one of the names we are now considering however not sure whether to use Sylvia with nn Sylvie...What to you think? Views much appreciated, thanks!

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Kintan · 26/08/2015 12:49

I would say Sylvia with nn Sylvie. Sylvia sounds a bit more 'grown up' and she might appreciate that as an option when she is older.

Squooshed · 26/08/2015 13:24

Sylvia.

More elegant and has a bit more oomph.

DramaAlpaca · 26/08/2015 13:26

Sylvia, for all the reasons others have said above.

Squooshed · 26/08/2015 13:27

I went off Sylvie when someone said that in France it's considered hideously dated in a Mavis kind of way.

mabythesea · 26/08/2015 13:28

I much prefer Sylvie.

Sylvia is as dated as Mavis too Grin

Squooshed · 26/08/2015 13:31

Damn you mabythesea!

Don't try and take Sylvia away from me too.

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 26/08/2015 13:57

I like them both. Don't really get giving Sylvia to be known as Sylvie though. Neither sounds like the 'cute for a little one' nn - like calling a Thomas Tommy. Just use the name you want her to be called. Smile

CakeRattleandRoll · 26/08/2015 16:50

Prefer Sylvia.

Sophronia · 26/08/2015 16:52

Sylvia

mrstweefromtweesville · 26/08/2015 16:52

Sylvia. Or another name entirely.

SmugairleRoin · 26/08/2015 17:04

Sylvia.

FuckOffHacker · 26/08/2015 17:05

My Mums name is Sylvia, she gets it changed to Sylvie sometimes.

lurkymclurkerson · 26/08/2015 20:39

My grandma was Sylvia, she used to get Sylvie or Sylv as a nickname.

Daphnedolittle · 26/08/2015 20:58

Sylvia. My mum's a Sylvia, she sometimes gets Sylvie or Sylv. Lovely name.

triathlon · 26/08/2015 21:02

I like Sylvia. Sylvie is relatively faddy.

Secondtimeround75 · 26/08/2015 21:05

Love Sylvia

Sylvie meh , not feeling it.

RiverTam · 26/08/2015 21:17

Sylvie, Silvia sounds very old-fashioned to me and not in a good way.

SerenaVanDerWoodsen · 26/08/2015 21:42

I went to school with a Sylvia and her nn was Sylvie. Lovely girl, lovely name.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 26/08/2015 22:16

I prefer Sylvie. It's more pretty and girly.
But why not put Sylvia on her BC and she can decide for herself what she wants to be called.

Dancingquality · 26/08/2015 22:23

Sylvia, I prefer an a at the end of names like for instance Sophia not Sophie or Julia not Julie or Diana not Diane. I think perhaps it sounds less harsh to the ear for me.

TheDovefromabove56 · 26/08/2015 22:26

Sylvia is lovely (Sylvie too. I want to put it on our girls list in honour of Sylvia Pankurst but DH has an awful Auntie Sylvia who he couldn't bear to excessively please.

Sgtmajormummy · 26/08/2015 22:27

Sylvia, mythical queen and mother of Romulus and Remus, girl of the woods. Nickname Forrest Grin.

Sylvie....Marceau?

mrssmith79 · 26/08/2015 22:28

Sylvie (purely cos Sylvia's the name of the tart my dad ran off with when I was young).

AwfulBeryl · 26/08/2015 22:29

I prefer Sylvie.

manicinsomniac · 26/08/2015 23:35

Like them both. Sylvia is elegant and Sylvie is sweet.

I'd go with Sylvia though because then she can choose between full and nickname. If you call her Sylvie she can't really go by Sylvia instead.

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