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Thoughts on Lottie

55 replies

Alcoholfree1 · 16/02/2022 23:02

For a girl

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Ylvamoon · 17/02/2022 17:54

I know 3 dogs called Lottie.... 🤔

Wedonttalkaboutboris · 18/02/2022 22:56

I love it

SatinHeart · 18/02/2022 23:20

I like Charlotte but to me Lottie is very twee and I'm not keen at all.

FantasticFebruary · 18/02/2022 23:22

Another who likes it as a NN for Charlotte.

CharlieBoo · 19/02/2022 00:15

I love it as a nn for Charlotte x

FinallyFree2022 · 19/02/2022 00:19

Tweee. Charlotte is fine though.

Starlightandsparkles · 19/02/2022 00:22

I am a Charlotte and hate being called Lottie-my auntie used to wind me up by singing ‘Lottie,lottie sat on her potty,she was a bit snotty’

Every other Charlotte I’ve ever met hates it too

Blubells · 19/02/2022 06:21

Lottie isn't nice or classy.

Charlotte is beautiful. It's also 2 syllables and just as easy to say. Charlie as a nickname.

Blubells · 19/02/2022 06:23

I don't really understand how Charlotte (with the emphasis on Char) shortens to Lottie anyway. It's not a 'natural' shortening.

SuPerDoPer · 19/02/2022 06:28

I like the name Charlotte and if you want to use the nn Lottie I guess that's OK for a little girl. Not as a name on its own though as its not great for an adult. Its also pretty posh, if that's the vibe you're going for?

SweetPotatoDumpling · 19/02/2022 07:00

@Blubells

I don't really understand how Charlotte (with the emphasis on Char) shortens to Lottie anyway. It's not a 'natural' shortening.

It's not a 'shortening'...it's a nickname. Not the same thing. Like Charlie/Charles. 'Charlie' being 2 syllables so 'longer' than one syllable 'Charles'...both with the same number of letters!

There are lots of nicknames that sound nothing like the name...Betty for Elizabeth, with its hard 'tty' instead of soft 'th' on the end, or Billy for William.

Some are far more obscure but still nicknames...Daisy/Margaret 🤷‍♀️ (because the French word for 'Daisy' is marguerite...so 'Daisy' became a common nickname for girls called Margaret...my Nan was one such!)

cptartapp · 19/02/2022 07:58

Charlotte is lovely in its entirety. Lottie is contrived and infantile. And yet another name to add to the millions ending in ie, boring.

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Alcoholfree1 · 19/02/2022 08:24

I don’t like the name charlotte
I just like Lotie i also dont like nicknames or shortening ect
Everyone is so focused on charlotte lol

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FinallyFree2022 · 19/02/2022 09:02

Anything with an ie ending is twee imo. Many will disagree.

Lottie is a nickname/shortening for Charlotte that's why everyone is mentioning it HmmHmmConfused

RosieRoww · 19/02/2022 09:29

Lovely!

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Alcoholfree1 · 19/02/2022 09:31

I know it can be a nickname but im not interested in peoples thoughts on charlotte
Just Lottie as a name…

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dmb91 · 19/02/2022 09:36

I love Lottie! (It's very high on our list) But I hate Charlotte. I don't understand the culture of giving someone a longer name but only calling them by the nickname.. just name them the nickname.

Thefaceofboe · 20/02/2022 11:19

Lottie is lovely. My baby has a nickname name and no one even asks me if it’s short for anything in real life so I wouldn’t worry.

Fedupsotired · 20/02/2022 11:42

I love it and wanted to use it but my dh didn't like it. I taught a lovely Lottie once 🤣. Being a teacher really reduced the names I can use!!

ThatsNotMyGolem · 20/02/2022 22:40

Horrible!

Februarymama · 20/02/2022 23:34

We have an Ottilie nn Lottie, just as another idea if you did want a more formal name.

LondonQueen · 20/02/2022 23:44

Lovely name, girl in the school I work at is called Lottie and she is a great kid.

greenteafiend · 21/02/2022 01:17

It's twee and awful, sorry. I don't know any Charlottes who choose to go by Lottie, so that should be telling you something. If you must, go for Charlotte as a full name so that at least she has the ability to dump Lottie later on.

AuntTwacky · 21/02/2022 01:40

Sweet

oncemoreunto · 21/02/2022 01:43

Lottie is fine as nickname for Charlotte.
I wouldn't restrict a dc to just Lottie as a full name, it isn't very grown up.