Annabelle - What would it be shortened to? Nickname?

[DaintreeDream]

Yeah I really like the spelling Annabelle, but I think you are right, with the full spelling of Belle it is really putting it out there. I do like the name Belle, but I prefer not to name my child it if you know what I mean.

I LOVE Annie and it is part of my reason for choosing the name Annabelle as I think Annie is a bit incomplete and I do not DH would go for just Annie either where as Annabelle is really growing on him .

[Liviam]

OMG I absolutely love annabelle!! DH thought it would be shorten to Anna and I thought Bella. I hate it how everyone always has to shorten names. People are at us at to what they can call William. I said how about William - you know his name!!

[MrsFabuloso]

I adore the name Annabelle and would use it if I ever had another girl. I would shorten it to Annie, so cute! Though I have known two Annabelle's and both have been shortened to Bella. But in saying that I would think that people would follow your lead and call her what you would call her??
Other 'ana' name I love is Anneliese and one I heard not long ago and thought was pretty but different is Anazandra.

[{sarah}]

If you are persistent enough people should get the point. My DS is Alexzander & we have told people right for the start that he is not to be called Alex, it is Alexzander or Zander, nothing else. My FIL kept calling him Alex & we corrected him every single time until he just got sick of us correcting. I ignore any strangers calling him Alex & wait for them to use his full name, for example doctors are bad for assuming so if they call Alex I don't move (neither does he cos he doesn't realise ). People probably think I'm odd not answering but sometimes I just don't hear it, Alex is not my son LOL!

That said I know when he is older it is likely to happen but I'll deal with that then.

[DaintreeDream]

I did suggest the name Anneliese, DH liked it at first then said no.

BIL's DD is Ella and I hear them call her 'Ella Bella' so I am hoping that this is a good enough reason to say please do not call her Belle/a as her cousin is Ella.
Just like Matilda cannot have the nickname Tilli because she has a cousin Milli.

Thankyou for your input everyone.

[~clover~]

What about Annika?

[Saffi]

Nicknames can come from anywhere not just a shortened version of a longer name.
As an eg, my DS is Lachlan and is commonly called Lochie. But I also call him Lockster, Lockabub, Mr Moo, Bubba, Beautiful Boy etc.

It could also be that a nickname used as a baby won't be the same nickname she will have as an adult. She could be Ella as a child and prefer to be known as Anne as an adult.

Have to disagree with you Sarah - I don't think a person should only have one nickname and that doesn't have to be set by one person (ie a parent). I think a different nickname could reflect a special relationship that two people have that isn't shared with others. Anyway, that's my opinion.

[smiles4u]

You should ask member Dedicated_Mumma (Kass) as her DD is an ANNABELLE

I know one name she gets is Bella ... I nicknamed her Bella-Ballerina & therefore love to give her Ballerina gifts

[DaintreeDream]

Nicknames can come from anywhere not just a shortened version of a longer name.
As an eg, my DS is Lachlan and is commonly called Lochie. But I also call him Lockster, Lockabub, Mr Moo, Bubba, Beautiful Boy etc.

It could also be that a nickname used as a baby won't be the same nickname she will have as an adult. She could be Ella as a child and prefer to be known as Anne as an adult.

Have to disagree with you Sarah - I don't think a person should only have one nickname and that doesn't have to be set by one person (ie a parent). I think a different nickname could reflect a special relationship that two people have that isn't shared with others. Anyway, that's my opinion.

I realise this and it is not really my concern, Matilda gets nicknames that do not come from her name and that does not bother me, I am talking about when people shorten her actual name to something that I do not want.

I realise that if I decide to call my DD Annabelle, when she goes to school children might be inclined to call her Belle, she will be old enough to decide if she likes it or she can say 'No, my name is Annabelle/Annie' that will be her choice.

I am mainly focusing on people who ignore what I call my child and decide to rename them! In hospital a particular nurse ALWAYS called Matilda,Tilli, each time I corrected her, her excuse was, oh its my cats name WTF! Just because you like it doesn't mean I do.

Hmm as I said I am a bit picky over these things I think it is alot about respect if people keep doing it when you ask them not too.

[ElleJay]

DD - My mum was the same when I was younger, wanted me to be what I was called, no Liz or Beth, or Lizzy... but nowerdays I prefer Liz over Elizabeth because of the fond memories of being in trouble and being called Elizabeth when I was!
Good luck on chosing a name

[Daydream Believer]

For Annabelle

Anna
Anne
Annie
Bells
Bella
Bell

[Bea06]

I've known 2 Annabells and both have been very much Annabells with no shortening or nicknames.