Nickname for Ditte

[pippra]

My husband and I love the name Ditte after my grandma who im very close with. She has the nickname 'Didi'. Are there any other names you can think of that if we had a Ditte she might get shortened to? My grandma is well known as 'Didi' so unless we can find something different we will have it as a middle name.

Thanks in advance!

Tea or Dot?
I knew a Dot (20 ish) it suited her

Sorry I've never heard of Ditte, how's it pronounced?

Phonetically it's DEE-TAH x (My grandma is Danish)

Like both of these! Funnily enough my partner and I are both obsessed with tea and the nickname for the baby at the mo is 'Dot' as our scan picture was so early, all we could make out was this tiny dot! Thanks for your thoughts xx

Just Dee.

Dee?

Behindthename.com suggests that Ditte is itself a diminutive of Edith or Dorathea. So lots to work with there.

Edie?

I'd forget abput the nickname. Ditte is fine.

Agreed, might not need it! Just don't want it to be called 'Didi' x

Nicknames are natural, not contrived.

I don't get why people plan their child's name around a potential nickname.

smiles reading this.. My grandma was Edith known to all as Ditte its a fantastic name in its own I wouldn't change it to a shorter version.

You could always call her little Didi if you wanted.

Aw thank you, you have just made me smile :) Ditte is the danish for Edith and Dorothy

Dot or Dotty would be a super-cute nn.

I know a Ditte. The name is just fine as it is without a diminutive.

Edie?

Never heard of the name but I'm assuming it's a version of Dita?

Dee, Deedee, Ditty, Ditzy, Da, Tata :)

Ditzy is cute !

If you love the name why don't you just use it? I wouldn't give a name I love but then call her something else

I really like Ditte. It’s so short she might not get a nn. Didi isn’t any shorter.

But nicknames aren't necessarily shorter than the actual name, are there? Rose -> Rosie, Anne -> Annie, James -> Jamie?

No Ditzy isn't cute really, given it's meaning a bit silly/stupid!

Anyway, I've found both my children have grown out of their nicknames and ask me not to call them them in public now!

Ditte is a lovely name IMO and doesn't need a nickname.

No that’s true, but it’s inevitable that long names get nns but shorter names don’t always.

Tatiana

I suppose :) even people with short names get nicknames / petnames in my family but I guess that depends on the situation...