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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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FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot · 01/07/2024 16:53

carparker · 01/07/2024 16:52

Loveness.

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

???

GetThatBloodyFaceOff · 01/07/2024 16:53

UnbelievableLie · 01/07/2024 15:11

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

Correct

HeapsOfStuff · 01/07/2024 16:59

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buttnut · 01/07/2024 16:59

What about a normal first name and Love as a middle name. I think it’s a cute middle name.

understatedeleganza · 01/07/2024 17:02

We call each other lovey in our house. I don't think it needs to be related to our actual names. It's like calling a child sweetheart or darling or dear or bubba

muddyford · 01/07/2024 17:02

Reminds me of Blackadder, where Captain Darling is always called Darling by senior officers.

muddyford · 01/07/2024 17:02

Reminds me of Blackadder, where Captain Darling is always called Darling by senior officers.

understatedeleganza · 01/07/2024 17:02

3luckystars · 01/07/2024 16:49

Loveisblind

🤣

MerryChristmasToYou · 01/07/2024 17:02

Lovey-McLoveface

understatedeleganza · 01/07/2024 17:03

I know a child with loveday as a middle name. That would be fine

MerryChristmasToYou · 01/07/2024 17:04

L'euveigh

MerryChristmasToYou · 01/07/2024 17:05

Loveheart
Loveliness
Lovehertz

BarHumbugs · 01/07/2024 17:05

Lavinia maybe, or just use it as a generic nickname as other people have said. although, people may end up calling her lavvie no matter what you chose!

MerryChristmasToYou · 01/07/2024 17:07

Lovisla

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 01/07/2024 17:07

She’ll hate it. It’s just awful.

Moonshine5 · 01/07/2024 17:08

Don't do it.

Moonshine5 · 01/07/2024 17:08

If you and your DH love it, change your own names 😂

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 01/07/2024 17:10

Yeah, Lovehoney.
Or Lovey-dovey
Loveslabourslost

AuntieDolly · 01/07/2024 17:13

Lowri?

Abouttimeforanamechange · 01/07/2024 17:15

Loveday is a very old English name.

Cornish, actually.

Just done a quick scan on FreeBMD, and the majority of Lovedays born 1837-1900 were registered in Cornwall or Devon. There are a few most years down to the 1990s, so while it's not a very common name, it's not completely out there.

But I agree with everyone else. Call the child Elizabeth or Charlotte or whatever and keep Lovey for a home nickname.

Wishimaywishimight · 01/07/2024 17:17

I always imagine this person introducing themselves in a new job; "Hi, I'm Loveday". I just couldn't do that to a child.

Tilly22222 · 01/07/2024 17:18

Love is a great middle name, as in Jennifer Love Hewitt or Thomas Love Peacock.

menopausalmare · 01/07/2024 17:19

I'm not calling a student Lovey. Especially if she's a stroppy madam.

SaveThisUsername · 01/07/2024 17:21

I used to know a doctor called Lovey. I think her full name was Loveness.
How about Lovita?

WirralCyrille · 01/07/2024 17:21

Loverpool. With Anfield as a middle name (nn Annie).