Evangelia - nn help!

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Our DD will be named Evangelia for family reasons. I know it’s a long , non British name and so I need help!

I want a nice nn that could work with Evangelia as a full name but not an Eve, Evie, Eva etc. as they are all so overused.

I am also not a fan of Angie, Angela, Angelina, Lina, Lia!

Would Lily work?

The letter of Evangelia I like are E-A-N-L-I !

I need some inspiration please!

I like Vanna or Vee.

If there are people horrid enough to bully you over a name, they’re likely to give the ‘rightly named’ one preferential treatment.

Eva (with the Eh sound) is nice but I absolutely think you should not burden your daughter with this tradition.

If you go with Eva it will be pronounced Eeva, and she’ll still end up correcting everyone. What are you trying to achieve with the nickname? Something you prefer, or something that won’t be constantly mispronounced? Or both?

If you want something ‘logical’ but ‘easy’, how about Ava? Not as overused as Eva, Evie etc, and pronounced correctly for
her actual name, even if the spelling is incongruent with her full name.

Or Evvy. We have one in our school, I think it’s cute. No idea what it’s short for, if anything - I’d probably assume Evelyn.

Eva (with an E as in egg) , I know two, (Polish parents) or Evvie ( or even Effie at a stretch)
Vanna

Evvi
Lia
I think the NN needs to be clearly derived from the actual name.

I'd just see what naturally happens. Nick names aren't predecided or forced, they're an evolving thing.

I think nicknames jusy evolve naturally and cant be planned tbh. My sons couldnt be further from his name and has no association, like lots of people i know. A nickname will just come or not come?

I'd go for Vani.
I work with one (full name not Evangelia) and I think it's a pretty name.

I like Vania, Vangie, Vangel, Ellie, Vellie and Gelli.
You could also call her a nick name from her initials or her second name. ie:
Evangelia Mary - Emmy, Eva May, Mary, Molly
Evangelia Nancy - Vancy, Nan
Evangelia Sarah - Essie, Sarah
Evangelia Rachael- Rach, Evra
Evangelia Rose - Rosee
Evangelia Catherine - Evercat, Catie, Angelcat
Evangelia Beatrix - Etrix, Trixie

Normally I'd agree with this, but OP has been bullied into giving her baby a name she doesn't like and wants a NN to use from the outset.

Lia is beautiful
Vani is pretty or Vania
Gia is nice

I'd go for Lia - love that name. (I also like Eva but it is very popular

If you don't like the name, can you use as a middle name or use a similar name, like:
Evangeline, Angela, Angelina, Angelica.

How about Anya or Anna as a NN.

You don’t get to decide what shortened version of a name you adopt once a child starts school. Don’t like the full name then don’t use it. If people bully you over that then go NC. Put you and your child first.

That's not true @Wolfiefan . For DD, we said in birth announcement (not real name) 'This is Katherine May Brown ("Kitty" )'. We did this so that people wouldn't start to call her Kate, Katie, Cathy...

She is 'Kitty' to everyone and always has been.

Vanna

Honestly, I'd just give her middle name I loved and have her be known by the middle name day-to-day.

All school registration forms ask for the "known as" name now.

So it's a piece of cake to have a Mathilde on the school register as "Tilly" and always called that. Or a Winifred Mary, known as "Polly". Easiest thing in the world. The other children will never even hear the official full name during primary school.

@JeandeServiette they still have the choice about what to be called. And kids do share their actual names. Plus at secondary school you have no say at all in how your child chooses to be addressed. Why saddle a child with a name you hate?

You go lucky though. I've taught so many children who have had contrived nicknames before starting school or made it to 4/5 having never had their name shortened for it to all change once they got to school. Nicknames are often given as a form of affection and as children grow obviously they rpo make decisions on the name they would prefer. If your Kitty wants to be a Kate then there's not much you can do about it.

Anyway all of this is irrelevant because the OP is focusing on resolving a problem she shouldn't be giving in to and should instead just choose a name she likes to begin with.

I can't see any issue with using a middle name. Lots of people do it. Including secondary students.

OFC, just putting the disliked family name as the middle name would be even easier, but OP seems to few she's under irresistible duress.

I wouldn't mind if Kitty wanted to be Kate, it just hasn't happened. Same with her friends too.

Lia

Parents don't chose nicknames. We thought we could with DS. We still call him that name. None of his friends do. None of them.

To be honest I think that if for example an Elizabeth is known as Beth from when she was a newborn by everyone it’s highly unlikely that will change. If her parents though called her Elizabeth as a baby and then let the nn evolve then they don’t have much of a say. So , in my opinion it depends on when and how strongly the nn is used and whether the full name has been ever used over the years.

So, how would you pronounce Evi? Would that be Eh - vee or Ee - vee ?