Names that can't be shortened !?

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I really like Joseph, Hugo, Samuel, Francis, Tobias, Benedict, Thomas

Buuuuuuut I Loathe Joe, Hugh, Sam, Frank, Toby, Ben, Tom !!

Would reeeeeeeally appreciate any suggestions for names like these, that can't be shortened.
So I don't have to spend my life correcting other people!

Baby is due any time, am becoming a bit demented with it all !

Thank you :)

Fraser?

I know a Fraser who gets called Fraz.

BIL3 is called George. His mates call him Gee.

If it's a common name like George they might also end up being "big George" or "little George"

DD2 is "big her name " because a family friend has a little her name

I also know a SarahWithA"H" - everyone in her family calls her that, all of it, apparently goes back to her birth announcement and the full sentance stuck

Fred

Miles, Bryn, Ivo, Jago, Niall

It's really strange that none of my boys have ever been called by shortened versions of their names except by me! Their friends all call them by their proper names. They must have unimaginative friends!

And anything short will be lengthened hughey, johnny, lukey. It just happens. You can enforce it while they are little but once they get to school you haven't a hope - plus, they may well have their own preference which may or may not be in line with yours.

I'm wracking my brain and I can't think of a single name that there's no short/familiar form of. Maybe pick a name with more than one short form so you can at least have a preferred option? So Daniel could be Dan or Danny, Katherine could be Katy, Kat, Kath, Kathy (you get the idea)

My colleagues brother is called Hugo and they calls him Hugs.

DS is Eli. So far it has never been shortened or lengthened.

Aaron
Clark
Dylan
Evan
Finn
George
Arthur
Luke
Miles
Owen
Seth

My Luke is a Lukey to us lol! Although I have an Oliver that we do not shorten, although some of his friends do at school. We just use the full version at home. We have insisted his teachers keep it to Oliver as he doesn't actually like it shortened but it is up to him to correct his friends if he wishes to. Basically what I am saying is you can use what ever name you want, stick to it at home and allow them to use their own version when with friends.

I think any name can be shortened and people will call you what they want, I have a long-ish name () shortened to (*). However I always get called B

Miles, Giles, Milo, George, Ralph, Kit, Theo, James, Jago, Jon,

Blake
Blaize
Jack
Jake
Glyn
Finn

Roy Max Simon Finn Brian Paul Jamie Cian Adam Kyle Eoin Tadhg Cody

My mum tells a story of when she was a teenager, friends would phonr the house asking for het by her shortened name. Apparently her mum used to say "There's nobody here of that name" and put the phone down!

Rory,Iain, Euan, Ross, Saul,

I have a Joseph and a Hugo and neither has been shortened so far (they are both in primary school)

Just go for whatever you like. My parents picked names that they didn't think could be shortened but both my sister and I have managed it

I had a schoolfriend called Mark who ended up being called Johnny after a condom incident.

Johnny Clueless was his full name.

It stuck and he still refers to himself as that!

DB and I both have "unshortenable" names.

Nope. Children do what they like.

Kay and Jay can't be shortened.

Pretty much everything else can be.

I went to school with some children whose parents chose their names because they couldn't be shortened. Unfortunately the children at school had other ideas and actually lengthened their names think Ann turned into Fanny Annie and later just Annie. The parents were disgusted and always made a fuss which no one listened to. In fact one sibling actually goes by the longer nick name now permanently.

Go for the names you like no matter how long.

Hugo is lovely

Ludo is posh and generally not messed with.

It is also a fairly dull board game :o