Connie.

[mrsnec]

DH bought up the subject of girls names yesterday. For dd we discussed Connie as a possibility. He loves it I'm not sure. It's too much of a nickname. He refuses to have Contance on the BC. Also she would have to have a middle name and I'm completely stuck for anything that goes with either.

Do any of you know any Connies? Is it also short for anything else? What are their siblings called?

My other reservations are that neither really go with dd's name and there would be alliteration with our surname which I'm not sure about either.

Thanks everyone.

Consuela is a bit too Latin for us!

It sounds like Constance will sit better with dd's name so I might have to work on that with dh.

I'd never thought of Connie as being masculine either!

And I definitely prefer it with a shorter middle name. Elizabeth is my middle name and I'm not keen on it.

Now my reservation is that there is no letter c in the alphabet here so it would often be written with a k. With dd I tried to give her a name that was written and pronounced the same in both languages and I managed it but it's very restrictive but still I'm not sure about the k thing.

My SiL is a Connie, just Connie. I really like it.

Would Carrie work? LOVE Carrie, but can give or take Connie. Only one I know of is Konnie Huq.

I love Connie. I know a divine ten year old Constance, who is sometimes called Connie, and I have a friend who is Connie-short-for-Concepta, which is not unusual for older Irish women (especially ones born around the feast of the Immaculate Conception! She hates her full name, but never uses it. Most people assume Connie is short for Constance.) And yes to whatever other Irish poster said Con and Connie are not unusual for older Irish men as short forms of Cornelius.

I'm pretty certain that the child called Connemara isn't Irish. As someone else said, it would be like calling your offspring West Midlands or Hampshire.

Oh yes, Konnie Huq.it is alright with a K but still not as a first name and I'm going off Constance now too. Saw a trailer for Lady Chatterley yesterday so now I'm thinking it's a bit period drama!

Not considered Carrie. On its own again it's too much of a nickname. What is it short for?

Dd's name has at least 5 different diminutives and I love that about it even though the most common one is hideous.

Carrie is traditionally short for Caroline, but Ms Bradshaw seemed to cement it as an a-ok stand alone first name.

What about Constantina nickname Connie!

Well that's certainly more in keeping with where we live but it hadn't occurred to me. I hear the male version all the time. In fact my consultant is Constantinos but the others I've met would shorten that to Dino or Dina here.

Not keen on Caroline. Do agree about Carrie Bradshaw though. And we definitely are influenced by fictional characters. I think Casualty started this whole thing off for Dh.

I feel you mrsnec. All my name choices are because I liked the character. DH is just as bad - he's lobbying for a son called Errol atm.

It's because Gregory is my first choice for a boy. It fits the same criteria as dd. Works here and with our background.

Lol at Errol! I vetoed Dana which was one of his helpful suggestions last time!