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!

I work with an Annie - her actual name is Rhiannon

"Short" for Anne traditionally isn't it?

We know an Annasi (not sure on spelling but it's pronounced Anna-see). Very pretty. They call her Si-si but could be Annie too

The adult Annies I know are all Ann or Anne. The teenage one I know is Anya but always been Annie. It’s fine on an adult, my friends are both in their 50s and it suits them both

Anneka?

I love Anabel though. Don't let a doll stop you!

Just call her Annie

I don’t get why you would put a name on the birth certificate you Have no intention of calling then

If you like "Annie" and are going to call her "Annie" then that should be enough!!!

It's confusing when a child is named one thing and called and known by another name. Do you want people to use "Annie" or "Annabel"?
If you call her Annabel then medical appointments, official documents, school register etc will always be Annabel.

Anoushka, Angharad, Andrea, Anastasia, Antonia, Angelina, Anne Marie.

Anita
Annette

Hannah. Or Hanna if you want it to look a bit more like Anna /Annie.

My niece is Annabel and she was always Annie growing up however now she is 19 she has decided she wants to use Annabel again.

NC as vvv outing!

My DD is Annie short for Marianne.

Everyone calls her Annie, even school... just the Dr's who call her Marianne. I adore the name but she's just not very French and sophisticated and Annie always suited her more!!

My other DD has a name that's not shortened so it's not a necessary factor but Annie isn't a proper name imo.

Annabel is lovely too.
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Annabel ❤️

Thought of another:

Annunciata

Annie is a name in its own right.

My Grandmother was named Annie back in 1907.

Annie (on its own) was the 3rd most popular girls name in 1900
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2012/08/top-200-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-1900.html

@DDAnnie · Today 17:57
My other DD has a name that's not shortened so it's not a necessary factor but Annie isn't a proper name imo.

Annie is absolutely a proper name and was very popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

I'm sure that I used that in A level Chemistry many years ago!

My name is Anne but have always been called Annie by friends and family. Professionally I go by Anne

Rosanna

Roseanne
Rihanna
Rhiannon
Breanna
Carianne
Deanna
Diana
Joanna
Leanne
Marianne

I know an Annie whose name is Anaïs.

Lilianna /Lilyanna

DRUM ROLLS!!!! My changed user name says it all.

So, I 100% qualify to comment and sorry only read the 1st page as I got excited ;-)

Yup, I agree. Do NOT call your girl Anna. Anna means 'kindness, generosity, nurturing, gracious/ grace etc' which I (and my mum the owner of the name) are to a fault- my mum especially. You just could never meet a kind person like my mum. And that tells you a lot as she is now nearly 90 years old and never once lost her cool- she is so calm.

Right, I don't like the name. She didn't like that DAD gave me the name although hse appreciated the gesture after having produced 4 kids by that time ( I am the 5th and was an 'accident' but a much celebrated and loved accident to this day.)

Right mum says it is an old name. Yes, it does feel old. However, as I am an unassuming person ( I am a barrister), the name works for me in my profession as people 'naturally undermine it, including my first appearance ( I am soft-spoken, feminine and really kind' until they get a shock of their lives when my unperturbed steely determined quest for real justice, fairness, accountability, compensation etc for my client starts slowly but surely showing and close in a way that no gap has been left for a come back other than an admission/ compromise. Sometimes it shocks the judges who sometime, would interrupt me relentlessly ( I am calm so don't react) for a couple of hours until, they finally (through my efforts to just be heard) click that Anna is onto something and then they take it over to finish it offf and site me throughout their judgement.

Anyway, enough about me. I do have a gorgeous, exotic, unique ( why I can't post it here) which I love giving out socially. However, it is also the name (second name) I use as my email address to pay tribute to it as it is just different.

So, go for Annie, Anna-Mary; Anne-Mary; Angelina (sounds powerful).

For her part, mum asked me to write all my names in all official certificates like national (final) exams, etc and I think was a lovely way of getting around it and I am grateful. Of course, I love my name Anna because it is my mother's so I never had to really feel that I would have preferred something else. It is more her, who felt her baby was saddled with 'an old name'.

My brother named his daughter after me and we call her Grace. She is Anna Grace and all my middle names. Lovely tribute and Grace is a gorgeous name.

I’m Welsh so maybe not the kind of name you’re looking for but round here lots of girls/women who are called Angharad go by Annie. One of my best friends does, in fact. Both lovely names.

I also wouldnt like Annie as an official name.

One more I can think of could work is Ariane.