Poppy as NN for Penelope?

[Cleo2628]

Too much of a stretch?

I know a Penelope who's always known as Penel. Poppy could work though.

I have a friend with a baby Penelope nn Pippi as in Pippi Longstocking?

Oh it just gets on my tits, this fashion for naming a child and coming up with a completely different “nickname”.

“Her name is Annabella but her nickname is Jane”

“Her name is Emily but we call her Lucy.”

You are all fucking nuts. Want to call her Poppy/Jane/Lucy? Well call her that then. Not some long name that you are never going to use. It makes you look like tossers.

'I know a Penelope who's always known as Penel.'

Gosh how unfortunate

@mrsschadsnfreude wow okay you seem to feel unusually passionate about this 👀 P-en-el-OPE to poppy isn’t the same as Emily to Lucy

MrsS

Absolutely

Elizabeth - Betsy
James - jimmy

Etc

I’m not “following a trend” there’s loads of longer names that have multiple nickname options

I think it's perfectly fine. Nicknames are nicknames. You can have anything.

I know a Penelope who has been Poppy since she was tiny because it’s how her brother said her name.

I also know a Nelly, short for Penelope, as well as a handful of Pennys.

I feel like I know an unusual number of Penelopes.

I think it's a lovely name and a great idea.

Why not try it out for a few days, see if it sticks?

Poppy is a very popular name. It isn't usually short for anything else.
But you can call your daughter anything you like.
My DH has a friend called Graham. Apparently it's a nn for John. (His actual name is John). So Poppy as a nn for Penelope wouldn't be outrageous, just unexpected.

What about nel?