NN as full names

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Hi! The names we loves the most are nn for more formal names. We already have a boys name but need help with girls. Names we like are Edie and Nell but need help! Thank you x

Edie and Nell are both fine as full names.

It’s perfectly okay to call your kids Nell or Edie, and not bother with a longer name on the birth cert. It’s always been pretty common thing to do, despite some people thinking it’s a modern affectation.

If you did want longer names, for Nell you could go with Ellen/Cornelia/Penelope and Edie could be short for Edith/Edwina/Eden.

One of my DDs is registered as a shortened form of Jennifer.

Edie and Nell are lovely. No need for anything else.

Thank you! For Nell would you have Nell, Nelly or Nellie? Big sister is called Romy x

Definitely, just Nell. Nell is simple and pretty but Nelly is clunky.

Nell and Romy sound lovely together.

Yeah I think I agree! Thank you x

Just Nell. If you want a longer name, you could use Eleanor or Helena, but just Nell is fine. Nelly and Nellie aren't all that nice.

My DD1 is Mimi. I didn’t realize until after she was named that it was often a NN.
Lulu, Tess, Betty, Ellie, Nina, Gia, Bette, Frankie

Both as fine as they are. And definitely just Nell.

I so wish my parents had thought to do this.

Nelly the elephant? Nell if you must, but absolutely not Nelly/Nellie.

Nell is fine I think (not Nelly!)

Edie is a but twee so would use Edith

Her full name is Mimi?!

Nell is ok, but could use Fenella, Penelope or Annelie as a full name

I don't mind shortened names as full names per se, but it's nice to have another option when older

it's nice to have another option when older

I never understand why people on MN always say this. When she’s older she can call herself whatever the heck she wants, it’s a free country - she doesn’t need to be stuck with a horrible name like Fenella.

@continentallentil Sure is. She is named after my grandmother too.

Fenella is nice, but it shortens to Fen not Nell.
I suppose you could use Prunella.

@KirstenBlest by your strange rules, Prunella will shorten to Prun.

Eleanor.

@PuppyMonkey , Not Prun, Prue.
Not my strange rules at all.

Why couldn’t someone shorten Fenella to Nell? That’s a very bizarre rule you’ve created.

Nell is much better than Nelly/Nellie. Makes me think of Nelly the Elephant.
My son has a one syllable name and his nicknames are all longer versions of his name. So you could use Nelly as a nickname but I think that Nell is best as the full name.

I know a Nell who's full name is Fenella, and I love both versions. She always goes by Nell though, but it's nice to have the formal version, as Fenella is such a pretty name.

@ReeseWitherfork , I haven't created a rule. It's just how names tend to be shortened.