rosie - would she need a "full" version?

[umptydumpty]

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?

Thank you all for these thoughts. I will ponder further - still a few months to go! (Though i’m beginning to wonder if thinking too much about a name can start to turn you off it!)

I have a Rosie, not short for anything, if she really wants to call herself something else when she's older she can do but I know of several grown up Rosie's who manage perfectly well.

I think Rosie is fine on its own but have you considered Rosalyn / Rosalin

Rosalie is just beautiful

School shouldn't be a problem either way as registration forms usually have a space for 'preferred name' and that will then be used on the register etc. The NHS is much more likely to use the legal name only, at least on initial contact. I remember discussing this with my parents as my father has always been known by his second name, interestingly he was not at all bothered by sometimes being called by his first (but never used) name and obviously was happy to recognise it as his name too but my mother hated it.

We were going to name our youngest Rosie if a girl. I never honestly thought about a more formal version.

Both the young Rosie I know go by Rose now they are a little older (5 and 8)

I think I'd go for Rose or Rosa with Rosie as a nn.

I was at school with a Roselyn who used to get called Rosie though she calls herself Lyn these days.

I think "just" Rosie as a fairly well established name in its own right nowadays, but for what it's worth, my favourite name that could be shortened to Rosie is Rosalie.

If you do use Rosie, could you use a middle name that has a slightly more formal/serious feel? Then she could use it if she ever desperately wants to have that kind of name. Rosie Elizabeth, Rosie Catherine, that sort of thing.

The Rosies I know are just Rosie.