Tommie

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I'm predicting there may a somewhat negative response, but......

Im a huge titanorak (fan of the titanic).
Thomas Andrews was the chief designer of the titanic but he was known as "Tommie" to everyone.

What do you think of using Tommie for a name?
I don't like using longer names with a nickname and I dislike Thomas.
The other name I like is Jacob. So maybe Tommie Jacob or Jacob Tommie.

I like Tommy, spelt with a Y.
Jacob Tommy and Tommy Jacob both have a nice ring to them.

No. He'll spend a lifetime correcting the spelling

The spelling is awful sorry. As pp said he will spend his life correcting people.

Don't like it, sorry. I do like Jacob though and Tommie is fine for a mn.

How about Andrew or Drew?

Tommie looks very babyish ( I don’t usually think diminutives are a problem, but this one would be) and will end up as Tom somewhere down the line. Thomas would be fine with Tommy as a NN but it removes your reasoning. I’d look elsewhere for a name connected to the Titanic. Jacob is a good shout!

He'll go through life correcting people on the spelling, and constantly saying no, not Thomas.

If you dislike Thomas then using Tommie / Tommy is silly, as many people will assume that's his name.

Tommy is better. Will get shortened to Tom either way.

I agree that it looks incredibly babyish, especially with the -ie spelling. It's okay as a nickname for Thomas that he can drop when he's older, but as you don't like that idea, I'd look for a different name entirely.

I wouldn't use any name associated with the Titanic!

"Thomas Andrews Jnr, who was known as Tommie, was born on 7th February 1873, in a small town in County Down, Northern Ireland."

Hence the reason for using Tommie. Tommy would always be not quite right, as it doesn't reflect the person I want it to.

A bit strange to name your child after someone who designed something with such incompetence that hundreds of people died

I don’t get why people ask on here. You’ll always get people saying they hate it for one reason or another. If you like it use it.
You’re child will grow into the name and it won’t seem wrong as they get older.

sluj the Titanic would have been fine if they hadn’t crashed it into an iceberg!

Tommy would always be not quite right, as it doesn't reflect the person I want it to.

But your son is his own person. If you truly wanted to honor Thomas Andrews, you could call your son Thomas Andrew. He was only known as Tommie by his friends.

I would expect a girl bcos of the ie spelling if I saw it as a full name. If you want that spelling then use Thomas as a full name then tell everyone Tommie it will be easier for him and he can change it if he prefers the more usual spelling as he gets older.

Tommie is rather feminine; if I saw it written down I would think it was a girl and short for Thomasina.

PeppaisaBitch my Tommy is in his late teens now and has fully resisted any attempt by us to shorten his name to Tom. He is a Thomas though.

How do you know for sure he spelt it 'Tommie'? It was probably never written down back then but he was just called it in everyday life so who ever has written that information may have just spelt it Tommie rather than Tommy. I would say using 'ie' is more feminine and he will have to correct it a lot. FIL is Tommy, Thomas on birth certificate and never thought of it as being childlike. Reminds me of Thomas 'Tommy' Shelby from Peaky Blinders

No, it looks weird and sounds babyish. And why would you name your child after someone linked to a terrible disaster? Could be damaging.

Yes, I opened this thinking it would be "Thomasina nn Tommie?"

Why don't you call him Thomas? Tommie spelt that way doesn't look right and he'll always be correcting it.

The spelling has come from historical records.
Thomas Andrews didn't just design the Titanic, but also a number of other White Star Line ships too.
I'm a huge fan of the titanic and its history. Hence why I'd like to use a name inspired by the titanic.

Was going to say similar to what Grimms said. His name was actually Thomas. I would officially name him Thomas, and he might well have Tommy as a nick name. They still sound the same.

There are an abundance of names associated, why not Edward, John, Bruce, Isidor? I’m a fan of Titanic history too, but I think you’d be taking too far to essentially create a ‘Thomas Andrews’ and decide on ‘Tommie’ and only that spelling.

Go for it if you like it!
If it was me, I would have spelt it with a ‘Y’.
Above you’ve stated your reasons for the ‘IE’, your baby you’re choice. Tommie/Tommy is a lovely name. Doesn’t have to be Thomas, many people have nn’s as their babies full name now a days!

Basically I can see it becoming a story that doesn’t need telling. No one needs to know that his mum loved the titanic despite it being a hundred years since it sank and tried to recreate the passenger list. But you and he will end up explaining the whole thing when you inevitably explain why Tommie is spelt that way.