If your name is 3+ syllables

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How do feel about having a long name?

Do you go by a diminutive form of your name?

Did the length of your name influence the names you gave to your kids?

I have 4 syllables.
I use all of it.
I didn't get to name my kids.

I don’t mind it. Surely the majority of 3 syllable names gets shortened?

Who named your kids??

Their birth Mum. We adopted them.

I like my name and yes, it gets shortened which is fine. It had no bearing on my childrens' names.

I love a long name - mine is 3- though people have pronounced it as 4.
I wanted long names for my children

i like long names, I know someone though who has given her children double barrelled first names and last names like Evangelina-Alexandria Bollingovina-Williamson which is a lot in my opinion.

@User13579367337 I find a few longer names really appealing, but I tend to prefer the full versions. For instance, I prefer "Louisa" compared to "Lou." I'm just thinking in such cases, is there any point in giving your child a longer name if they are unlikely to be called by it?

I have a 4 syllable name but known as a 1 syllable name, only my mum when she was alive used the full name

I have 4 syllables. I have used shortened versions at various points in my life but also use the complete name.

My kids have a mixture of syllables in their names. Longest is 4 syllables (gets shortened to 2 syllables) and shorted is 2 syllables. I chose names I liked and didn't worry about syllables at all.

If you don’t shorten it then most people you know won’t, it’s when they go to school and friends shorten it. Although saying that, my brother who had a normal name, say Joseph ended up being called Dave for no rhyme or reason and he’s been Dave for 35 years - lots of surprises people at his wedding when his actual name was said!

Four syllables
I don't use a diminutive
Yes, I made sure my daughter has a similar name

How do feel about having a long name?
I have 3 syllables, I don't think it's long. Middle name is 4 syllables.

Do you go by a diminutive form of your name?
No

Did the length of your name influence the names you gave to your kids?
Not consciously. They are both 2 syllables

My name is three syllables (with several different spelling options) and I am almost always known by a shortened two syllable version. My middle and maiden names were also long and it was irritating having to constantly spell it for people. I have to admit it was nice when I got married and took my husband's much shorter, easier to spell last name. I don't think it had much impact on my choice of names for my DC, but it might have done if they had my maiden name.

My name is 4 syllables, I prefer and always use the full version but 90% of people automatically shorten it. We gave our kids 1-2 syllable names for this reason.

4 syllables, always gone by a cutesy diminutive, feels very weird being called by my BC name. All DC were given 1-2 syllable names intentionally.

Having said that I know an Italian woman with a very long name and it's just beautiful I can't imagine her going by anything else.

I have a three-syllable name, although I've never considered it to be a long name before. It was shortened when I was at school, but rarely since. I prefer the king version, unless it's someone who I know well. When clients call me the shortened version, I don't like that. Two DC have two syllable names and one has three syllables, the number of syllables wasn't a conscious decision when naming them.

Long * not king

Various groups know me by different shortenings but i usually use the full version of my 3+ syllable name. I think it did influence naming my kids, who have short names!

I have a 3 syllable very old fashioned name. I get a mixture. In work I am always my full name, friends it is a mixture according to when they met me. I have a very specific shortened version that my closest family and husband calls me. I have another short version that my oldest friends use. MIL tends to use full name or the short version my friends use.

Our kids both have 2 syllable simple names. Partly because the surname requires spelling every time, partly because my husband is dyslexic, partly because we just liked the feel. I don't have any objections to longer names. Both our kids have very affectionate short names that have nothing to do with their name and they both have shortened versions they sometimes get from friends and each other but they are still quite young.

I have a 3 syllable name that I'm generally called. It's easy to say and imo nice sounding

Our kids have 2 and 3 syllable names

My name is 3 syllables, it doesn’t feel particularly long but I do go by a shortening instead. I wasn’t particularly influenced by the length of my own name. If anything more influenced by DH’s name being just the short version which he doesn’t like so actually influenced more towards longer/full names for that reason.

I do think it also depends on the actual number of letters as to how long the name feels. Evangeline feels longer than Victoria to me even though it’s the same number of syllables.

I have a 3 syllable first name, a 3 syllable middle name and a two syllable last name.

My kids have:

2/2/2
1/3/2
2/2/2.

I have a 3 syllable name and it gets shortened to a 2 syllable nn.

I suppose it did influence my decision in naming my children because I didn't really want them to have names that will defo be shortened

Nope. I hate my name and never use it. I'm always startled if they call it at the Doctor's or somewhere like that.

I'm Hatty to everyone. Birth name is Henrietta and it doesn't feel like me at all. It feels very old fashioned (even though I'm quite old). I don't think it influenced me in naming my DC however.