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Help us name our dd2..wanting a pretty old fashioned unusual name that has a cute nn.

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loubuch09 · 19/01/2016 19:38

Please help...I am nearing last weeks with no name picked out....
Lots of my name choices has not got hubbyss approval.
Not a fan of anything too popular generally.
Our daughter is Kathleen known as Kitty and is a famiky name have found nothing that I like anywhere near as much.
Names that have not had hubbys approval are Florence, Saskia (sassy) Ada,Aurora mm Rory. Beatrix...
Things we are considering..Bonnie (Bea) for short, Penelope (worried too popular?nn Penny), Truly nn Tru, Elizabeth n Liza, Martha (family name like mimi as nn but maybe too similar to Kitty/Kit) love Martha May but apparently that's the griches gf name!? What is your fave/ opinions...any other suggestions?
Tia

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 20/01/2016 12:05

Josephine Josie
Winifred. Winnie, Freda
Beatrice. Beatie
Vivienne Vivi
Margaret. Maggie
Agnes Aggie
Florence Florrie, Flossie

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 20/01/2016 12:06

Patricia. Patti, Patsy, Trisha

regularbutpanickingabit · 20/01/2016 12:15

Miriam/Meredith - Mimi
Cecilia - Cece

I think Bonnie Valentine/Tuesday both make her first name more like the adjective 'bonny' but Rosa sounds good.

Martha Bonnie sounds lovely!

SquadGoals · 20/01/2016 15:17

Agree that Bonnie sounds too much like an adjective with Valentine and Tuesday.

I also keep singing My Bonnie Valentine instead of funny, but that is actually quite cute.

Lambbone · 20/01/2016 15:22

Mirabelle nn Bella or Miri
Fiona nn Fi
Vanessa nn Nessie

BrushtheHeat · 20/01/2016 15:27

Temperance- Tansy or Tempe. Outing myself but it's my dd name. I'm still in love with it! Delilah or Dinah? Congratulations!

SquadGoals · 20/01/2016 15:32

Brush - I know an adult Temperance nn Perri.

I've always loved it!

BrushtheHeat · 20/01/2016 15:34

Ooh Perri! Thanks, I like that. Smile DD is being called Templeton (made up) at the moment which isn't so snazzy.

barleysugar · 20/01/2016 15:35

Penelope - Penny or Nellie

loubuch09 · 20/01/2016 16:42

I Love temperance and know of one actually but wasn't sure of nn..mind up when calling the girls together would be'Kitty Perri'...your gonna hear me roar!?
Also love tuppence!!
Martha Bonnie may be a winner 💞
Also like Penelope Pearl or rose and could use Posey?xx

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loubuch09 · 20/01/2016 16:44

Love Delilah..hubby doesn't..May just bank all loved names n pull em out once been through the certain trauma of 2nd labour!!

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HollyBen · 20/01/2016 16:50

Cassidy or Casandra nn Cassie

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FedUpWithJudgementalPeople · 20/01/2016 17:45

Bridget - Bridie

There is an actress called Tuppence I think

Loveleopardprint · 20/01/2016 19:01

Yes Tuppence Middleton. She is in Dickensian at the moment.
( In our house " tuppence " means a girls bottom Blush)

itsbetterthanabox · 20/01/2016 19:14

Eugenia- Genie

wizzler · 20/01/2016 19:19

Madeleine = Maddy
Bridget = Bridie
Sarah = Sally

Blowninonabreeze · 20/01/2016 19:20

Dorothy (dotty/dot)

Margot

Blowninonabreeze · 20/01/2016 19:21

Sorry posted too soon, maggie as nn for Margot

HelenaJustina · 20/01/2016 19:32

If I was to have another which I am not I would campaign hard for Bridget nn Bridie or Biddy

I think your suggestion of Penelope Rose nn Posey/Posy would be lovely. Kitty and Posy sound great together!

blueteapot · 20/01/2016 19:44

My grannys real name is Annie, but it shortens to 'Nan' which shes been called since she was a baby :)

Frankmonkey · 20/01/2016 19:47

Temperance sounds like something from a Toni Morrison novel (not a bad thing necessarily)

Tuppence is a fanjo.

Suzannah/susie

chocoLit · 20/01/2016 19:55

Beatrice nn Bea
Cordelia nn cordie or delia
Deirdre nn DEEdee

Miriam nn Mirry

chocoLit · 20/01/2016 19:56

Tabitha nn Bitsy
Clementine nn Tiny or Cleo

Sallyhasleftthebuilding · 20/01/2016 19:58

Harriet - Hetty
Madeleine - Maddie
Annette - Netty
Dorothy - Dotty
Eugene - Genie