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What can Em be short for?

32 replies

Summerbluues · 06/08/2016 21:46

It may sound silly but I just love the nn Em.

I really like Emma but wanted some other options.
I like Emily as well but DH not so keen.

So what other names can Em be short for?

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SecretMongoose · 06/08/2016 21:46

Emmeline?
Emilia?

OlafLovesAnna · 06/08/2016 21:47

Emilia
Emmeline

Augustwedding · 06/08/2016 21:49

Emmy
Emmeline
Emilia

MrsJoeyMaynard · 06/08/2016 21:49

Emerence
Emerald
Emmanuelle

228agreenend · 06/08/2016 21:50

What about Gemma as an alternative?

ThinkPinkStink · 06/08/2016 21:50

Emery / Emory / Emer

villainousbroodmare · 06/08/2016 21:52

Anything beginning with M.

GinIsIn · 06/08/2016 21:53

Emeris, Emilie, Emer, Emerald, Emmanuella, Emeline, Emilia

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 06/08/2016 21:54

Emme

Emmaline

Anything beginning with an M

MrsJoeyMaynard · 06/08/2016 22:01

The first E in Emer is pronounced with a long E, so eee-mer, rather than with an "em" sound at the beginning.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 06/08/2016 22:55

Emily
Emilia
Emma
Emerald

CancellyMcChequeface · 06/08/2016 23:55

Emiliana

imwithspud · 07/08/2016 00:04

Emmy
Emilia
Emmet

ErrolTheDragon · 07/08/2016 00:12

Emmet? Fgs, that's surely not a girl's name, it's the Cornish derogatory term for a tourist, or an old word for an ant. Grin

Luciferbox · 07/08/2016 00:16

Emyr for a boy? A Welsh name.

MsVTired · 07/08/2016 00:21

I don't know why you would name a baby to just call it 'Em'...

DeltaSunrise · 07/08/2016 06:16

The Em I know is Ember but I love Emmeline

Summerbluues · 07/08/2016 12:24

MsVTired in the same way Katherine gets Katie, Alexander gets Alex, Jonathan gets Jonny, Camilla gets Millie, Stephanie gets Steph.. ?
Personally I am a fan of nn's. I know many people aren't. A friend of mine chose names for her 3 that are deliberately very hard to shorten or make nn's out of but I like them and I like Em.

Thanks everyone. Emmeline is lovely. I think I still love Emma the most but will keep searching for now :)

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EmmelineW · 07/08/2016 12:30

Go with Emmeline Grin

Notso · 07/08/2016 12:34

If you love Emma and Em why try and shoehorn Em into another name?

NapQueen · 07/08/2016 12:35

Ember

liquidrevolution · 07/08/2016 12:45

I have an Emma. We call her... Emma. No need to shorten it!

maggiethemagpie · 08/08/2016 21:14

I chose a long name for my son with the intention of always calling him by the shorter version. When he was born I announced it as 'Zac, Zachary for long'

Cagliostro · 08/08/2016 21:17

I saw the name Emrys on here recently which I thought was pretty but quite strong too

Cagliostro · 08/08/2016 21:18

It's welsh and means 'eternal'