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rosie - would she need a "full" version?

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umptydumpty · 07/06/2018 10:41

Hi all. I love the name Rosie for our prospective daughter. Thing is, I don't like quite enough any of the longer versions that could go on the birth certificate (Rosamund/rosemary/rosalind/Rosalie etc). I quite like Rose, but it sounds daft with our surname to my ear, and the rhythm and sound of a name (both "formal" and nn versions) is important to me. Rosie works but Rose doesn't.

Of course, we could just go for Rosie on the bc. I see from the ONS lists that Rosie as the given name is pretty popular these days. BUT I have this sense that I shouldn't be giving her what is normally considered a nn/shortening as her full, formal name. I'm not really sure why... doesn't seem "proper" somehow. But am I just being prissy? I believe in the evolution of language and all that so should I just accept Rosie as a complete name in its own right?! Would you assume that a girl going by Rosie had something more formal on her bc?

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CourtneyLovely · 07/06/2018 16:09

Mountains Dame Rosie Winterton MP may disagree with you there.

CourtneyLovely · 07/06/2018 16:10

And yes, her full name is Rosalie but she's known as Rosie in the HoP

grasspigeons · 07/06/2018 16:13

I like Rosie on it's own or Rose

Rosalind and rosamund are often pronounce Roza with a short o rather than a long o

G1ggleloop · 07/06/2018 16:18

Can't she just be Rosie and if she wants a more 'grown up' name she can call herself Rose

Rapunzel26 · 07/06/2018 16:25

No Rosie is perfectly fine. If you change it you won’t love it as much.

MrsICantSayMyName · 07/06/2018 16:29

Mine is a Rosie too

MonumentVal · 07/06/2018 16:56

Rosetta, Roseanne, Rosaline

Ragwort · 07/06/2018 16:59

Use Rosie if you like Rosie, lovely name.

My DS is called a 'shortened name' - ie: Billy (not real name) - sometimes people say 'oh, is he William on his birth certificate?' and I just say 'no, he's Billy.'

My DB always calls him William for some unknown reason !

Dhalandchips · 07/06/2018 17:02

I have a diminutive on my BC, spent all my life pissed off at people assuming I'm called something else!

daisypond · 07/06/2018 17:42

I wouldn't put Rosie on the BC. I've got a diminutive for a name and I feel I "can't" use the the more classic name on which it was based - which I would like to. Whereas if I had been called the longer version, I could have shortened it if I wanted to.

Battleax · 07/06/2018 17:45

Rosa.

athingthateveryoneneeds · 07/06/2018 17:53

I don't like the trend of nicknames being used as the only name. Children grow up, and nicknames don't usually age well. Besides, it gives them options - there is often more than one nickname that can be made out of a full name.

muffinthepuffin · 07/06/2018 17:55

Would Primrose work?

wheezing · 07/06/2018 18:30

I think a full name on the BC would be better.

I also love Rosanna as has been suggested. Can be Rosie or Anna, which are both lovely.

Ragwort · 07/06/2018 18:53

daisy there is nothing to stop you using a 'longer name' if you want to, just tell your friends and family you want to be known as 'daisyette' .

For years I never used the name on my birth certificate, it was never as issue.

TatianaLarina · 07/06/2018 22:17

I can’t believe that Rose, Rosa, Rosanna, Rosalie etc all sound so much worse with your surname than Rosie.

OllyBJolly · 07/06/2018 22:25

I have a Roisin who became a Rosie almost immediately (It was very unusual outside Ireland back then, more common now)

She's not cute, twee or fat, but an intelligent, slim 6 footer who takes no shit from anyone!

Elisheva · 07/06/2018 22:35

I have a Rosie (who is not twee or fat), and I regret not giving her a ‘full’ name on her birth certificate. DH and I couldn’t agree on which full name to use, and she was always going to be known as Rosie. However I think it would have been nice for her to have options as she gets older.

Picknickers · 07/06/2018 23:21

My best friend is Rosie. Just Rosie. She's a powerful, artistic, successful force of nature. Older than me with 4 children and more energy in her little finger than anyone I know. She is not fat or ever has been and no one would ever consider her...or her name...childish once they had met her. Don't let other people's prejudices put you off. The name becomes the person imo not the other way round.

nooka · 08/06/2018 03:01

I'm sure your daughter will be fine with just Rosie, but personally I really like having a name with some natural options and so that's what both my children have. ds has stuck with the diminutive (he is now 19 so might go more formal once he starts 'professional' work or stick with his diminutive for everything) but dd decided to use her formal name at school and a different diminutive with friends in her early teens, partly so that she is the only Suzanne rather than Big Suzie, Suzie D etc and partly to mark out different relationships with people (she wasn't keen on teachers she didn't particularly like calling her by her 'family' name).

BedtimeTea · 08/06/2018 04:51

Rose Eve AKA Rose E. AKA Rosie

MrsDilber · 08/06/2018 05:27

Primrose is pretty.

I think just Rosie is lovely.

My friend has an Eleanor but is grown up and only ever called Ellie, which was my friends plan.

shouldwestayorshouldwego · 08/06/2018 05:57

Remember that whatever you call her on the bc is what medical personnel/teachers who don't know her will call her in class and some awkward ones who know she likes to be called Rosie but insist on calling her Rosemary because it is in the register as Rosemary . My dd is in secondary and she comments on how much her friends hate being called by their formal bc name if it is not what they are known as 'I don't know anyone actually called Elisabeth, why if parents wanted to call them Betty would they name them Elizabeth?' It's different if you love one of the longer versions but then use Rosie as a pet name, but why give a child a name you aren't particularly keen on? Every time she will need to explain 'My name is Rosemary but everyone calls me Rosie'. There will still be some people who insist on using the bc name however much you tell them.

If when she is 18 she knows she wants to be a hardnose business woman and wants a different name she can add some letters or take some away. To be honest though when you have others called Apple, Brooklyn or Blue Ivy, I don't think a Rosie will have too much to worry about.

Call her the name you want her to be known by and if she wants a more formal name when older then she can choose.

bonnyblithe · 08/06/2018 06:02

My full name is Rosie and I have what pp would probably think of as a 'strong power walking woman leader' job (not that I make a habit of saying that, obviously). And I'm neither fat nor a little girl. I absolutely love my name and people often tell me how lovely it is when I introduce myself.

Spam88 · 08/06/2018 06:16

I'm very much against diminutives as names (which irritated my DH no end when we were trying to choose names ), but I'd consider Rosie a name in its own right these days, like Harry and Jack.

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