Longer name for Lovey

[erint09]

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?

Exactly.

Give the person a dignified name.

Nickname it within the family/its childhood as you see fit.

Despite what you may think, Loveday is a name, once popular in the south-west. Whether you like it or not is a different matter.

Any links or fondness to Wales? I'm Welsh and know a few people with the name Cariad which is the Welsh word for love.

I love the Welsh! They call everyone 'love.' They even call other men 'love!' So endearing. I don't live in Wales, but I do live close to the border, and travel into Wales fairly regularly. So I meet/know quite a number of Welsh people.

Cariad as a name sounds daft to those who speak or understand Welsh.

It's what you call your nearest and dearest, like 'dear', 'darling', 'sweetheart'.

It's also the word for boyfriend/girlfriend.

Babies called Cariad in England & Wales since 1996 (darkgreener.com)
I'm surprised it's that popular, it's blimmin' awful.

Another option could be using a name that mean love from another language... like Amora etc...

Hmm.. still blimmin awful. Depending on the language you might get it wrong.

What language is Amora from?

@FeelingHotHotHotFeelingHotHotHot thank you love 😉

LOVE in different languages: 134+ Translation & Listening - Translate.How

Gifty IS a name, it’s Ghanaian.

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@erint09 love, just call her Love. It's a name.
Babies called Love in England & Wales since 1996 (darkgreener.com)
or you could use Lovely Babies called Lovely in England & Wales since 1996 (darkgreener.com)

MN likes lots of nn possibilities so why not use Loveliness. Unique and could be Love, Lovey, Lovely or Nessa, or all of them. Sorted.

Ariola?

My husband’s colleague had a Lovey who would be primary age now. It’s not short for anything, just Lovey. Her sister’s names are quite out there too.

Lola, Lara and Lucy are nice L names. Wee Lola Lovey etc could work as a cute nickname without it needing to have letters LOV.

Have you never watched Corrie OP? “Give us two o’them barm cakes would ye lovey.”

Oooh I was going to call my daughter Loveday and lovey would have been the nickname. We chickened out ( husband said there was a LIMIT) . I regret it. My daughter would have totally suited Loveday . However, we chose something along those lines and its original but old, and mentioned in this thread.
Go for Loveday ! It's so pretty

Oh Lordy just read through all the responses . Clearly this is a regional thing- Loveday is an old West Country name . It's not made up . It's certainly not used anymore, but it IS a name.

Lovey can be a nn for anyone.. I personally think it's not a good idea, when they grow up and get a job they'll have to change their name.

I've thought of another possibility.

Lovage - it's a herb.

If we can have Holly, Hazel, Willow, Rose, Violet, Poppy, Daisy, Iris, Heather, Lily and especially Rosemary - and Basil for a boy - why not Lovage?

There are some ignorant people on this thread - yes, Loveday is a name.

My GF used to get called Lovey as a joke by his inlaws - his second name was Lovedon, a family name (with various spellings - I'm never sure which is the correct one!)

I've taught two Loveys, both of whom were travellers, so I assumed it was a legitimate name within the traveller community.

I'm surprised that some people are unaware that Loveday is a legitimate given name. I guess that's the way it goes give it half a century, and people will think names like Nevaeh and Muhammad are quintessentially British.

Good one, @Chersfrozenface . An interesting herb too. Nobody would bat an eyelid at a Sorrel or Saffron, so why not Lovage.

Please don't backwards engineer from a pet name to a real name. Give her a name for life in the world and call her Lovey 100% of the time if you want - just make sure she knows whst her official name is!