Lottie or Charlotte?

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We both really love the name Lottie, but after some Google searches to find a middle name, lots of people seem to be suggesting that it would be best to go with Charlotte as her official name / name on birth certificate.

We don't dislike Charlotte, but also don't also love it. Do you think Lottie is too 'cute' for an adult? Thinking of application forms / interviews etc in the future?

We would only ever call her Lottie.
She would either be,

Lottie Elizabeth (Elizabeth is the name of both of our grandma's)
Lottie Florence
Lottie May

Our last name is Jamieson and we already have a daughter named Evelyn (Grace)

Thanks x

I agree with the point about the other child having a 'mature' name.

Although Lottie is usually short for Charlotte you could look at other names, maybe Loretta, or Carlotta.

I'm Lottie. I do always use Charlotte for official things. It shouldn't happen, but I'm treated better with a more formal name. It was particularly noticeable with mental health workers, social services and benefits workers. The addition of Mrs and a nice, middle class name made an enormous fucking difference. You could hear and see their voice and manner changing. Which is shit, but true.

Go for Charlotte (which I love and is timeless) and then call her Lottie. It gives her a chance to choose when she is older. Personally I don’t like shortened names on bc, don’t know why, maybe it is because they can sound a bit childish for grown ups.
A friend I went to school with was Jamie until he was about 20 then decided he preferred James- fair enough, and nice that he was able to do that

I would put Charlotte on BC. Charlotte Elizabeth is lovely.

I know a little Lottie who is just Lottie, but her sibling has a similar nickname name, think Reggie not Reginald.

As your eldest is Evelyn rather than Evie on her BC I would go Charlotte on BC known as Lottie.

Otherwise Lottie may wish she had the option to be Lottie or Charlotte when she's older, as Evelyn has the choice of Evelyn or Evie.

All the adult Lotties I know have Charlotte on their BC.

Charlotte is beautiful. Lottie is cute for a baby and child but a bit twee for an adult.

Charlotte is lovely, I know two, one went by Lotty as a child then Charly as a teen and now she's reverted back to Lotty as an adult. The other is in France, friends call her Chat (pronounced like the French for cat).

Charlotte and Evelyn are lovely, and can both be shortened to Lottie and Evie which are cute, but still have the option to use their full names if they think it necessary as adults. I always get the childish shortened version of my name, but use my full name for more formal/professional occasions. I've found it nice having both.

My Charlotte is mostly called Charlotte, occasionally Charley or Charley Barley! She does not remotely suit a Lottie. I do know 3 Lottie's and 2 are Charlotte on birth certificate, the other is just Lottie and she's 10 and actually sometimes calls herself Charlotte as she wishes it was her name

I dislike pet names used as the official name. Charlotte is beautiful, I know two, both adults , one who has been called Lottie always, but her full name is Charlotte.
Also gives your dd the option later, to use the full name if she prefers it.

Thanks everyone. I tbi j

Sorry - I pressed send by accident! try again!
We have decided to have Charlotte on the birth certificate and announce her name as Lottie.
We considered choosing a different name altogether, but I think we'd regret it if we didn't have our Lottie, and to be honest we probably prefer Charlotte over other name choices anyway.
I hadn't really thought about having a mature name like Evelyn and then a 'cute' name like Lottie.

When Evelyn was born we always intended to call her Evie, but haven't since she was a few weeks old. It confused people as to how we wanted her full name pronounced (Ever-lyn rather than Eve- Lyn) and she has been Evelyn ever since!
Thanks again