Long name for Cuddy

[Janie8]

We're expecting our second baby and I am really keen on Cuddy as a name, which is usually a nickname for Cuthbert. We live in Northumberland so it has connection to St Cuthbert. But my husband isn't keen on Cuthbert, but only likes Cuddy if it's a nickname for something else. Any suggestions for what the birth name could be if we shorten to Cuddy?

https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/cuddy_n1

I mean, there's a rapper called kid cudi.

If you are set on it, maybe change the spelling and just use Cudi

Pokt · Today 10:14

Kirkcudbright”

Thats a place, not a name. Might just as well call the poor kid Auchtermuchty or Echelfechan .

Please don't.

Cody is a great idea. Koby is nice too.

Sorry I’m another one not keen on cuddy.

There is a Scottish surname of "McGillicuddy", but have never heard Cuddy as a first name. It does seem a bit unfair for the child.

That's the vibe I was going for

Cudhavehadanicenamebutsadlynot..
Shorten it to Cuddy...

Thirded. It's a great name and I've never met one (not an alive one, at least). I did know a Bede once though!

Cuddy is the Geordie word for a donkey. Just don’t!

It's the nm for a particularly spiky/ unfriendly cat called Mr Cuddles. Please don't call your DS buddy

MacGillycuddy's Reeks is a mountain range in Ireland 😀

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGillycuddy%27sReeks

The "cud" in Kirkcudbright is a "Coo" not a Cud though!
You can't call a child Cuddy whether it's a nickname or not!
What about Cody?

Balonz?

Seriously, do not do this

It's not really a name.
It just sounds like something that would have evolved through time as a family name.
18 Year Old : "Why do you all call me Cuddy?"
Parents: "Oh when you were a toddler you always wanted cuddles but couldn't say it properly and constantly called out I want Cuddy"
I call my daughter Moo Moo.
It's not on her birth certificate and isn't short for anything unless you count "My Little Miss Moo Moo" 😂

Cuddy is a horse. Cundy is a drain.

Reminds me of cruddy

What's with parents wanting to saddle their poor offspring with ridiculous names that will be a lifelong piss taking magnet?
What's wrong with Daniel or James, or even Henry or Charles?
Plenty of nice boys and girls names around!

Cullen is the best (or least bad) option mentioned. Cullen Daniel, David, Dominic, maybe?

It makes me think of Cuddy's cave - another North East connection. So by that logic I'd suggest Cave as a name.

Cuddy.
No.
Just no.

I mean if you really must can you have cuddy as the middle name and then give him a normal first name so that you can call him cuddy but then when he's older he can choose which he prefers

Cuddy? Really?

What cows eat..old cowy chewing the cuddy.

Cuddy? LOL I hope you never live in my area as that's what we call a horse! 😅

I'm struggling with the Mn obsession of 'setting' nicknames. Surely a nickname is a name that arises organically because of behaviour/appearance/inability to pronounce etc?

You can call your child Cuddy regardless of their first name. My youngest daughter is called Libby, which bears absolutely NO relevance to her first name (but only by me and occasionally one of her sisters. The others use a more obvious short form of her name).