Names you can shorten to Annie

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We love the name Annie, but can’t seem to land on which ‘full name’ we like best - would love to get some ideas!

Annabel - current fave, but 2yo has a Baby Annabell who is very important to her, and not sure if this would be weird (admittedly it’s a short-term issue though, so not sure if I’m overthinking this!)

Anastasia - like this, but not sure if it’s a bit rogue if you don’t have any Russian / Eastern European heritage?

Anna - I like, but husband not keen

Annalise - we both quite like, but husband says it reminds him of Annalise Dodd

Any thoughts on these or other ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Anneli (anna-lee) Anna, Annabelle, Marianne, Antonia, Arianne,

I've never heard of an Antigoth at all tbh. My friend is Annie and she's knocking on 60 so perfectly fine as an adult name. If you use another " long" name it may not get shortened to Annie. For example Annabel couldn't up Bella etc

I have changed my username, but as my new username says my name is Annie

Its not short for anything - just Annie.

I'm in my 40s now and I love it. I work in a professional career and its not too "cute-sy" .
I think these days your name doesn't determine if you are professional or not.

The only issue is - and has happened on this thread - when I introduce myself to someone they always say "Oh, my great aunt/gran grandmother was called Annie" 😁
And I refuse to be called Aunty Annie, I feel about 102.

My niece is Annie and get full name is Anouska. And my Aunty is Annie and her full name is Anne-Marie xx

Just Annie works fine for me, do you have any middle names in mind?

Is it just Annie? Would Anna work?

Savannah and then shorten to Anna if you wanted?

Why do you have to have it as a shortened name? If you like Annie just use it.
I do like Anastasia and Annabelle though

Although Anastasia may get shortened to Starsi when she’s older by friends

I'd go with Anne or Anna and then nn Annie. All beautiful names

Annies I have known have been Ann or Anne. It could be a dim. for any An name; Annabel, Anastasia, Angela, Anamaria etc but I don't think it is needed.

Anouk
Anya
Antonia
Angelica
Angela

Howabout a dual-name? Like Mary-Anne or similar? I'd have thought anything ending in Anne could be Annie informally.

Ann
Annika
Annaliese
Anna-Lisa
Ann-Marie
Angelica
Angelina
Anoushka
Annabelle
Andrea
Andrina
Annette
Agnetha
Marianne
Antonia
Julianne

I know a little Aniela who goes by Annie too

Annabelle is lovely. I know a few and never associate it with a doll, I think that would be a v short term issue and only if you prefix her name with ‘baby’ when you’re talking about her. Annie is a nice shortened form but could also go with Anna, Belle or Bella if she prefers it when she’s older

What about Aniko? It’s Hungarian form of Anne/Anna.

Annika?

My name is Anita and all my family call me Annie ;) I like both but like to be known by my ‘grown up’ name by work and friends - it’s only the people who’ve known me all my life who use Annie.

I'm an Annie. My kids never owned that doll!

Annie, but give her a middle name like Catherine or Marina.

I know an Anya called Annie

Annie is lovely as is.

You should call your child Annie. The problem with picking a name and then always using an abbreviation, is that the child grows up constantly being given an unfamiliar name in official situations - school, hospital, work etc. So it’s better to call them by the abbreviation on their birth certificate. Like Tim instead of Timothy, or Ben instead of Benjamin.

@Bbq1 you can now edit posts, but only if you do it quickly

Anne-Louise