Juliet

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Is Jules/Jools inevitable?

I love Juliet but really don’t like Jules/Jools…I think I probably need to let Juliet go but its so hard!!

I know a Juliet who goes by her full name. It's beautiful and easy to say.

Love the name Juliet it was on my list but I also didn’t want it shortening to Julie/jools etc!
The only alternatives I can suggest for a nickname is Ettie/Etta- but it’s a bit of a stretch!
Plus it’s out of your control what others shorten it too so I do think jools etc is inevitable unfortunately

The only one I know goes by her full name. Actually, I know two, and they both use their full name. Having said that, I don’t dislike Jules.

Juliette was my choice for dc2 (ds).

Absolutely love it!

The 2 Juliet's I know - 1 goes by her full name and the other is known as Etty.

No it's not inevitable. Most people will call you what you introduce yourself as. If not, a polite correction is usually enough. Very few people just insist on calling you a different name.

The deciding factor will be whether she prefers Jules when she grows up. If she starts using it then everyone else will too.

My second cousin is a Juliet , she dies get called Jules but isn't actually bothered by it

Most people will call you what you introduce yourself as. If not, a polite correction is usually enough

Exactly. Juliet is so easy to say.

@NuffSaidSam

No it's not inevitable. Most people will call you what you introduce yourself as. If not, a polite correction is usually enough. Very few people just insist on calling you a different name.

The deciding factor will be whether she prefers Jules when she grows up. If she starts using it then everyone else will too.

Agree with this.

I know two Juliets who’s both use their full names. I also know a Julie and a Julia, who call themselves Jules. My friend Rebecca has always used her full name - it’s perfectly possible, but many people like shortenings. This could happen with many names and as the parent, you won’t have much control over it. I know a few people who are known by a nickname which they picked up at school and is nothing like their actual name - nothing their parents could have predicted!

I have a Juliette - and everyone calls her Juliette 🙂 I don't think anyone has ever even suggested Jools actually!

I knew one that went by Jet

Lovely name.

I don’t think Jools is inevitable, but she might choose to be called it herself, so if you really have it I probably would avoid. I know a toddler Julia who is called Juju which I thought was cute.

Juliet is beautiful!
Always call her that and she will probably keep it, but there will be times that it'll be shortened. It will be up to your DD to accept it or not.
My sister is called Hils ( Hilary) by some deeply close friends and her DH. Hilary by others.
My DD has always been Imogen, though a few of her childhood friends called her "Immie" for a while. She always recognised herself as Imogen, though, and thus she is.
Be prepared for a shortening, accept it, but always call your DD Juliet, she will come out of it, I would say, and adopt Juliet as her adult name.
I love that name, go with it.

I have known two Juliets. Neither was ever called anything other than Juliet.

Jools doesn't even sound similar to Juliet. I wouldn't shorten it at all.

I'm a Julia and have never had Jules (I wouldn't object to it, but everyone has just always called me by the full name). The couple of Juliet's I know are both called the full version as well (or at least I've never heard them referred to as Jules). I don't think it's commonplace in the way perhaps most Samantha's are Sam's, Alexandra's are usually Alex or Lexi etc. BTW I love Juliet - underused Shakespearean elegance.

Absoultely beautiful name

Not inevitable, but will always remain a possibility. If you truly hate Jules/Jools don't go there. Yes, there are other nickname options. Yes, many women are known exclusively as Juliet, but you cannot guarantee your Juliet will be one of them. No amount of correcting friends/family as a baby will make a difference if at school she decides for herself she quite likes Jools, after classmates call her that.

It's not inevitable, but it is an obvious nickname. There's a not insignificant chance Juliet might want to be called Jules and there's nothing that you can do to stop that. Other posters talking about how they know Juliets who don't like or use Jules is kind of irrelevant, because your Juliet might like it.

The Juliet I know is never called a shortened version.

Beautiful name. The only one I know is always Juliet, no nn.

Gorgeous name. And it can be shortened to Jools, which is cool.

I also have a second cousin Juliet. Often Julie or Jools, but she herself mostly goes by Juliet I believe. Beautiful, brave lady I hero worshipped as a child, so I think it's a wonderful name, shortening or not!

Juliet is lovely.

Just call her by her full name. No need to shorten.