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Longer name for Lovey

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erint09 · 01/07/2024 15:08

We LOVE the name Lovey for a little girl, but obviously for more professional circumstances/later life it wouldn't be appropriate. Any ideas for what Lovey could be a nickname for?

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DinnaeFashYersel · 01/07/2024 16:22

KnittingKnewbie · 01/07/2024 15:10

You could call her anything at all and just use Lovey the same way you'd use Honey or Sweetheart.

In fact, I call the children I teach Lovey now that I think of it. Especially if I'm supervising in a room of younger children and I don't know all their names

This.

mydamnfootstuckinthedoor · 01/07/2024 16:22

Lovelace
At the same time, I agree with others who say just give her a real name and use Lovey as a pet name

fancystrawberries · 01/07/2024 16:22

FlyingHorses · 01/07/2024 16:21

I knew a little girl called Lovica.

That’s a type of glove.

FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot · 01/07/2024 16:23

erint09 · 01/07/2024 15:08

We LOVE the name Lovey for a little girl, but obviously for more professional circumstances/later life it wouldn't be appropriate. Any ideas for what Lovey could be a nickname for?

Lovey?!

What about calling her 'Dear,' 'babby,' or 'Mylittleswampduck.'

Lovey indeed!

FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot · 01/07/2024 16:24

erint09 · 01/07/2024 15:26

We currently have Lala (Larissa) if that helps

po lala GIF by KiKA

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TheRozzers · 01/07/2024 16:26

Clover is actually quite lovely.

Mitsky · 01/07/2024 16:29

In my head it rhymes with Bon Jovi

which I know it doesn’t.

Also Lovey and Lala? They said like an early draft of the tellie tubbies.

SlightlygrumpyBettyswaitress · 01/07/2024 16:30

Just pick a proper name that you like? Nicknames are exactly that.
It's like someone saying I want my child to be called Moo.

EarthlyNightshade · 01/07/2024 16:31

Lovejoy?

magentarain · 01/07/2024 16:31

Lowena

Mouldiwarp1 · 01/07/2024 16:33

Loveday is a very old English name. I rather like it.

BluPeony · 01/07/2024 16:35

erint09 · 01/07/2024 15:26

We currently have Lala (Larissa) if that helps

Are you from the Eastern bloc?

oakleaffy · 01/07/2024 16:35

Theredfoxfliesatmidnight · 01/07/2024 15:13

On Reddit, they call these types of name a tragedeigh.

Loveigh would definiteleigh be a tradgedeigh.

Jimberleigh would be preferable.

oakleaffy · 01/07/2024 16:38

BluPeony · 01/07/2024 16:35

Are you from the Eastern bloc?

Lala sounds like a euphemism for a ladygarden.

fluffiphlox · 01/07/2024 16:40

UnbelievableLie · 01/07/2024 15:11

Lovey? Loveday?! Fucking hell, this is a person not a pet bird.

Loveday is a name.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loveday

modgepodge · 01/07/2024 16:41

There’s a character in the TV show You called Love. I thought it weird at first but I guess it’s no different to Faith, Hope, Peace, Patience type names?

Buffypaws · 01/07/2024 16:42

the longer term for lovey is lovey dovey. Still, looking at the letters…

Viola
Violet

Evelyn
Levi /Levina /Levinia
Lavinia

ihatecoffee · 01/07/2024 16:42

erint09 · 01/07/2024 15:26

We currently have Lala (Larissa) if that helps

The short version of Larissa is Lara!
They are both beautiful names.

Lala sounds like a fucking Teletubby and Lovey is a sick joke

FlyingHorses · 01/07/2024 16:44

fancystrawberries · 01/07/2024 16:22

That’s a type of glove.

Well it was also this girl’s first name.

Lucy is the name of a brand of bin…
Stella is a type of beer…
So what?

She asked for name suggestions not judgey comments. Have a great day.

Autumn1990 · 01/07/2024 16:45

I call my dd honey often, the whole family refer to her as honey. When we are our old ladies strike up conversation with her after hearing her called honey and almost exactly two sentences in they ask her what her name is. She replies Maisie. I’m sure they just checking she’s got a proper name!

3luckystars · 01/07/2024 16:49

Loveisblind

Feelsodrained · 01/07/2024 16:49

Yikes - Lovey?? As others have said, do you hate your unborn child and want her to get teased?

FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot · 01/07/2024 16:51

TheRozzers · 01/07/2024 16:26

Clover is actually quite lovely.

Really?! 😆

Longer name for Lovey
carparker · 01/07/2024 16:52

Loveness.

I once worked with someone called this, I thought it was a beautiful name.

pontipinemum · 01/07/2024 16:53

My sons NN is nothing to do with his real name. It is just what I called him as newborn. Call her what ever you want then nn her Lovey yourself

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