Alexandra shortened?

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We have a baby Alexandra, we love the name and it really suits her

Inevitably friends and relatives are calling her Alex already but I quite like Ally instead (if it must be shortened!)

Would love to know which you prefer?

I like Ally

Ra-ra.

Because you can’t control what people will do with your name

Ally is nicer, I know an Alexandra shortened to Aly. But most of the Alexandras I know are either Alex, Lex, or Zsa.

Not a fan of either, but that's why I wouldn't use Alexandra as a first name.

I like Sasha as a nn, but it's too contrived in the UK etc.

I think you'll have a very hard time getting people to call her Ally when Alex is the default shortening for Alexandra (like Liz/Lizzy for Elizabeth or Maddie for Madeleine).

Ally or Lex but not Alex

I'd prefer Lexi tbh to eight.
Not a big fan of Alex but I think it's inevitable that she'll be called that by most people.
Ally is a nice nickname though. If you introduce baby and use that nickname it'll catch on with friends and family. However I'd say acquaintances will naturally shorten it to Alex.

Ally is lovely, I get Al from a very few people which makes me think I’m a throwback from a Paul Simon song.

Go with Ally now to set a precedent, I am known Alex which i like now but I HATED it growing up!

Thank you, just need to convince DH now! He likes her full name and so do I but if it must be shortened we might as well try to steer it as PPs have said

Don't like Alex but love Ally

My Alexandra has always been Alex, but over the years different people have created their own nn for her. DS has always called her Ali, and at work she's know as Al. She announced recently that she would have liked us to use Lexi as a nn, but I think we're a little too far down the road for that now!

I know a little girls whose Alexandra is shortened to Ale. I think it's v pretty.

I was at school with a Xa (pronounced Zaah) which I think is lovely.

What about Alexa? Ally is nice too

If you like Ally be firm. I use an abbreviation of my name which isn't necessarily the first one that springs to mind. People usually get it right once they have been told. One of my children has a slightly odd nickname based on his name and absolutely everybody uses it.

(I would use Sasha for Alexandra personally - I love it!)

Definitely Sasha.

I know a Xandi.

I like the full name.

If I had to pick a shortened version, I'd go with Xan (zan)

But I have a pet irrational hate about shortened names not starting with the same letter as the full name so I'd probably not.

I have an Alexander. He goes by Xandie or Al.

I have an Alexandra. She chose to go by Lexi at age 4 when starting school where everyone immediately started calling her Alex. She point blank refused to answer then to either Alexandra or Alex and has been stubbornly Lexi ever since! A few years down the line and I can just about get away with calling her Alexandra on occassion (I would have preferred Sasha but she doesnt like that either!)

Allie is my fave.

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She’ll be called both OP.

I don't like Lexi.

When my Alexandra was born, 18 years ago, people immediately started calling her Alex, which to me sounded like a boy's name. So I stated calling her Lexie and that's stuck. Now I notice people are calling their daughters Lexie as a stand alone name. Incidentally, we always both insist on the final e.

Sandra, but that won't be to every one's tastes, certainly nowadays.

Ally and Alex are both nice. It’s a lovely name The Alexandra I know is still called Baby, though