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Sister for Stanley

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Joeybee · 13/02/2019 02:06

I'm pregnant with baby number 2. I have a son - Stanley.
Violet is a strong contender for this baby if it's a girl. However my reservation is that I love names with nicknames to give the name more versatility. All I can think of for Violet is Vee, which I'm not keen on.

Any suggestions of nicknames for Violet? Be as creative as you like...oh and her middle name will be Elsie (if that helps).

Thanks!

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littlebillie · 13/02/2019 02:22

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AutumnCrow · 13/02/2019 02:46

Vi is old-fashioned and nice I think (pronounced Vie), and I like Lettie. Quite 1930s/1940s I suppose.

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 13/02/2019 02:51

I love the name Stanley btw and Violet is beautiful, you could call her Leti as a nickname

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 13/02/2019 02:54

Np more suggestions, but Violet is a beautiful name!

CaitlinsYellowSocks · 13/02/2019 03:31

Ettie or Etta? I like Lettie too.

Chottie · 13/02/2019 03:48

Girls names that go with Stanley

Hilda nn Hils, Hilly
Edna nn Edie
Iris nn ReRe

Sophronia · 13/02/2019 22:03

Lettie or Vi

Marmitebread · 13/02/2019 22:08

Alice - my Grandparents were Stanley and Alice :-)

DramaAlpaca · 13/02/2019 22:10

I like Violet with Stanley, and would use Lettie as a diminutive.

MikeUniformMike · 14/02/2019 19:30

Vio? (V-eye-o)

MikeUniformMike · 14/02/2019 19:32

Villy? Viola in the Cazalet Chronicles series of books was known as Villy. Viola is a pretty name. It would work with Violet too.

reallybadidea · 14/02/2019 19:34

Mabel

borntobequiet · 14/02/2019 19:35

Doris.

EatsFartsAndLeaves · 14/02/2019 20:53

I've got a Stanley, if he'd been a girl he would probably have been Hazel. Zee or Zizi or Ella or Zella for a nn?

Butterfly84 · 14/02/2019 21:14

I'm really not a fan of Violet. One letter away from violent. Some people pronounce it vio-let. And it's just such a wet name (sorry).

Names you might like:
Rose/Rosa
Edith
Dorothy (Dotty)

AdaColeman · 14/02/2019 21:18

Stanley and Lavinia.

Frouby · 14/02/2019 21:23

Stanley and Beatrice is lovely. Or Tabitha. Or Grace. Or Bronwyn if you are remotely welsh.

Love Stanley, I nearly had a Stanley. I have a Sebastian and a Francesca of that helps at all.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 14/02/2019 21:25

Avis
Clara
Mary
Edith
Hester

Violet is really pretty though.

Reccy2018 · 14/02/2019 21:26

There a Stanley and Alice I know who are siblings

PaulHollywoodsSexGut · 14/02/2019 21:26

I prefer Matilda or Mabel

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 14/02/2019 21:30

Iris

Lucy

Mabel

Rosie

BartonHollow · 14/02/2019 21:32

Sylvia NN Sylvie?

Hepzibar · 14/02/2019 21:39

I went to school with a Stanley, his sisters were Hazel and Pauline.

Baconislife · 14/02/2019 21:42

Edie
Elsie
Hattie
Thelma

Janleverton · 14/02/2019 21:57

Florence

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