Nicknames for Lyra

[Literaryseed]

Hello,

I'm a believer in nicknames coming quite organically but I'd love to hear from anyone with a Lyra or who knows a Lyra what nicknames they use? Nothing is springing to mind.

Disclaimer- I'm not actually pregnant. I'm 2.5 years in to secondary infertility and recurrant miscarriage but a girl can dream.

Lyz
Liar

Lycra .........

Ly.

just probably isn't really a nickname name...

sorry for your struggles though.

I know a Lyra, and she's not really called a nickname, apart from by my DD, but those names aren't really related to her name.

Lulu?
Lyrie?
Rara?

obvs these are made up off the top of my head...

I know one little Lyra and she doesn't have a nn. I think it's one of those names which doesn't really need one. It's such a lovely name, I think a nn would spoil it. My top choice is currently Imogen - loads of nn options but none I like, prefer the full version.

Sorry to hear about your fertility struggles. It took 2.5 years to conceive my first, so I have some understanding of how rubbish it is. Best of luck x

I don't think a two-syllable name needs a nickname, but FWIW, I call my daughter Anna "Piglet" or "Piggy". Because she started insisting she was a pig a couple of years ago. My son, we used to call Goose (no idea why) but he asked us to stop, so we did. Nicknames really can't be planned for in my experience!

Lyre is a beautiful name btw

I don't think a nickname would come from Lyra, with it being a short name (and a lovely one).

Kids nicknames for each other usually come from their surnames or their personality traits. Nicknames from their parents can sometimes come from what they called them in the womb... my friend's DD is still "squidge" at 17!

You never know what will inspire a nickname and will stick!

Ira?

Ly-ly

It doesn’t need a nickname, it’s 2 syllables and 4 letters

But her organically arising nickname will probably be Tiddles or Sausage or Marvin - completely unrelated!

I love the name Lyra it was my first choice but was vetoed. We went with Lara instead, no nicknames us such here unless you count Lara Lou, squiggles and squirrel!

Why would an already short name need a nickname? Surely the point of a nickname is a shortened version of their actual name?

Ly ly? As @HumpHumpWhale said, often nicknames are not even related. It made me smile that your Anna is piggy, my Annie is often called birdy!

Stretch!

@Mamamamasaurus

Why would an already short name need a nickname? Surely the point of a nickname is a shortened version of their actual name?

Not at all, @Mamamamasaurus.

'Nickname' is what MN call pet forms of a name (e.g.Liz/Beth/Betty for Elizabeth etc).

A nickname IRL is a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name (e.g. Curly nn for Norman Watts, Tiger nn for Eldrick Woods, Buzz nn of Edwin Aldrin)

A Lyra I know is called Lyra-Lou by close family

Why does a 4 letter name need a nickname ?

Maybe name her Lyralina and then shorten to Lyra?

I know a Lyra who gets called “Dobbo” by her friends

Nicknames can’t really be prescribed…

Thank you to those who suggested ideas and were sympathetic.

I know it doesn't need a nickname or that nicknames can be prescribed (you'll see thats the first thing I said in my OP) I was asking out of curiosity. If you read why I'm asking and what we've been through I really can't understand the snarky responses.

Pan short for Pantelaimon, Lyra’s daemon in Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman

Good idea to check for nn. My uncle is a Neil but all his mates call him Nelly.

My Lyra is called Looby Loo, Dizzy and Scribble! I'm interested to see that there are a few Lyra-Lous in this thread, I wouldn't have expected it to be a common nickname!