personality of names?

[Eleta]

Do you think the name you give you child has any influence over their personality? I hve a Charlotte who is very strong willed and come across others who are the same. I also have a Molly (which I think is a softer name) and she is alot more laid back. I am now 15 wks with number three and hoping for a calm one!

The only girls names DH and I agree on are Lucy and Matilda which are quite differant types of name.

What do you think? Which goes best with surname Newby and with my other daughter's names?

I love Matilda but worry alot of people will hate it so honest opinions please

I, like Eleta, also have a Charlotte and likewise, she is strong-willed which is actually a characteristic I associate with the name. Would be interetsed in thoughts on shortening names - if Charlotte is to be shortened, I would prefer Lottie to Charlie, but neither seem natural to us - she's just Charlotte. What I'm worried about is when she starts school - will other kids automatically call her Charlie in which case, should we jump the gun and start "Lottie" at home or hope she just sticks to "Charlotte". What do people think?

I don't know...I've got a friend called Charlotte and I've never known anyone shorten her name at all. Admittedly we met at university, so she had more say over things - she made it clear when asked that she doesn't like being called Charlie - but it's more just that she's a Charlotte, not anything else, if that makes any sense - there is no compulsion to shorten her name. I don't think other kids will necessarily call your kid Charlie, so I wouldn't shorten it yourself unless you want to.

My friend Charlotte?s name is shortened many ways, depending on mood. Charlotte, Charlie, Char. Never Lottie though? never thought of that one. Gonna try it next time.

Love Matilda , very sweet go for it !!!

Just call her what you call her, sazzlesb - she might get a different version at school, she might not, she might object to it vociferously, she might suffer in silence, she might like it, she might suggest a short form or nickname herself ... anything!

I know full well that DD's name is shortened at nursery, she is nonetheless known by nothing other than her full name at home (first forename that is, not the whole lot!) I doubt I will ever use a shortened form, unless she insists, and DH would have to have a gun to his head before he used the particular form they use at nursery (he hates it).

I certainly wouldn't think 'they're bound to call her this at school, better start using it'.

I've got a sister called Charlotte and I call her Lottie, I think I it started to annoy her but it stuck. I think she quite likes it now!

love Matilda, and the shortened Tilly or Matty actually

Lottie is nice !

Her middle name's Elizabeth so I sometimes call her Lottie Liz.

We have a Theo and a Lottie and could not agree more with Sniffy Hock Theo-lovable tearaway-exactly and we also notice that at any playground or anywhere else you hear a lot of theeeeo s as in theeo come here, theeo stop that. So I think in that case is a real name thing.Our Theo was named for his great uncle who also fulfilled that role. Think both Lucy and Tilly are lovely prefer Tilly cause I like children to have a "proper grown up name" as well as a sweet one but thats just me.

Thanks for the good advice and I agree that we should just call her what we want to at home and not worry about school! So Charlotte it is!

Haven't read whole thread but I think Matilda Rose (with your surname) is completely gorgeous FWIW

Although Matilda Alice is a gorgeous name, the initials with your surname spell MAN!

Yes, I thought that after typing it! Ok if she is very femenine but maybe not a great idea. I now have three girls names (so it's prob a boy!) DH has finally said he quite likes Alice also (another name I have loved for years) I don't know why I keep thinking it's a girl. ALl down to old wives tales really, but I am really sick like with my last two and craving the same type of foods again, but maybe that's just how I am pregnant.

Sazzlesb: My Charlotte started School in Jan and so far her name hasn't been shortened. I think she would just tell them her name is 'Charlotte' if anyone did. She used to get annoyed with her little sister when she couldn't say her name properly!

Friends of ours have a Max and he lives up to his name so much that the father says he will call his next child Minnie in order to ensure life is a bit calmer