giselle?

[lovelysongbirdfliessouth]

what do you think?

i like it but nt sure about the shortneing

of gis or gissy.

i think theres nowt wrong with calling your daughter giz

i think her second name should be face

i wouldn't call her gizzy, only giselle.

but the thought of others shortening it to gis puts me off.

dh said no one calls it giz anymore.

i like giselle.but not shortened

i only like the name gislle too, bit do you think others always shorten names

absolutely not. Gism. Sorry. I don't want to be crude. But you are forcing me.

What about Zelda? Some of the same sounds, no smutty inuendo, and it's a bit clahahahasssssier in my humble opinion.

Oh dear - came on to say love it, but obviously haven't thought the shortening through. I guess you could shorten it to ella in a desparate attempt to pre-empt the horror....??

Shorten it to Elle?

do you think people always shorten and mess about with names?
or would you always be going its not gis its giselle

zelda but wacky for my tastes but thanks

elle would be ok

Yes, people nearly always shorten names (ime). Which doesn't mean that YOU will as a family (my mum stilll calls me by my full name, but she is now the only person...
Unfortunetly, I don't think you have much control over shortenings, but if you get something in fast, I reckon it gives you a fighting chance.
I'm assuming you know the beautiful ballet connotations as well?

Yes it doesn't go terribly well for the Giselle in the ballet though...

Very true, katisha

yes i know the ballet.

and i love the name giselle, just don't like it shortended

is there a giselle in some disney princess movie too?

A gorgeous name. No need to shorten it, really, although I quite like Gigi.