Hermione/ Marnie

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I love the name Marnie my partner loves Hermione do you think Marnie could be a nick name for Hermione or is it a bit of a stretch?

Sounds like a good plan to me. Nicknames don't have to be at all related to their actual names (ours aren't).

Yes. The only Hermione I've ever met in real life was known as Marnie.

Marnie and 'Mione sound pretty similar in my accent so I think it's fine.

Some people have nicknames that aren't related to their full name so I would still go for it.

Yes it works perfectly!

I know a Hermione nicknamed Minnie which I also think is cute!

It's a bit of a stretch to me. If you go for this, I'd make sure that you are happy if your daughter chooses to go by Hermione exclusively if she chooses to.

Yes love it!!! Really love Marnie.

I think it could work. Apparently Marnie was originally a nickname for Marina, which is a bit of a stretch already.

To me they’re two entirely different names. The sound Marnie isn’t in Hermione. It’s Her my nee, not Her marnie. I will say it’s one of my pet peeves that I basically only see on here and nameberry, when people can’t decide between two names so try to pretend Poppy is a normal shortening of Penelope so they can use both. It just seems a bit convuluted and daft to me.

I’ve heard Hermione pronounced Her-marnie many times. Not by me, but by many. I say Her-MY-uhnee. I can see it not working in rhotic accents, IE American and Scottish accents.

But, for example, if we choose to take into account only strictly traditional nicknames:

• Jack is a nickname for John
• Jimmy is a nickname for James
• Bill is a nickname for William
• Posy is a nickname for Josephine
• Libby is a nickname for Elizabeth
• Polly is a nickname for Mary
• Nancy is a nickname for Anne

To list just a few. So let's not all pretend that traditional nicknames always come from sounds that are in the original name! That's not how nicknames work.

And these are all traditionally accepted names likely originating from the fact that at one time popular names made up the majority of people, so it would be common to have several Margarets in the same family. Either way I find it convoluted to try and squeeze a name out of a completely different name. If you like Marnie and want to name your child Marnie and will always call her Marnie… why say you’re naming her Hermione? It doesn’t work for me - op did ask so presumably she’s aware it wouldn’t be usual to have a child and name it Hermione so she can be called Marnie.

And maybe it’s not ‘how nicknames work’ but I’m pretty sure choosing two random names and saying they’re both your child’s name is also not how nicknames work!

Not at all true? Pet names didn't come from having many in a family. That might be true in some cases but it's not a rule. Marnie seems like a totally natural shortening of Marnie in my opinion, far more so than, say, the traditional 'Peggy' does for 'Margaret'.

Choosing a beautiful name with a beautiful nickname option is surely what every parent tries to do?

*shortening of Hermione, I mean

Sure

Everyone’s a winner 😊

It’s not daft because it keeps both the OP and her partner happy.

And they are both nice OP

Choosing a nice name with nice nickname options, sure. Choosing two totally different names that sound a bit alike and saying one is a nickname for the other, not in my experience to be honest. I’ve worked with children for years and never met a Tessa short for Jessica or a Lola short for Penelope or indeed a Marnie short for Hermione. It feels like a convoluted way to have both names involved but really to me it doesn’t match. I’m just giving my opinion, which the op asked for.

I wouldn't have associated the two names. Hermione in itself is beautiful though. Marnie reminds me of the girl on Geordie Shore.

It works if you're posh, as Hermione sounds like Her-marnie in a plummy accent.