Did you always plan to shorten bubs name?

[Maruschke]

We didn't, because we couldn't think of a shortened nickname for Xanthe. She nicknamed herself Zee and that seems to have stuck.

[Epacris]

Our DS1 is Angus and when we named him we were sure we’d call him Gus. We called him Gus in our BA email but we’ve never called him Gus since, he’s always Angus. We call our DD Harriet, Harri all the time though (and Big Bad Barry sometimes too).

[helle]

I don't think we did intentionally (We have a Jackson and call him Jack, orginal huh? ) But we have a girls name picked purely because I like the nickname that goes with Jack, iykwim ><;

[Olive]

DD2 is Mill1e..DH and i argued over Amelia and Amelie but we knew we'd call her Mill1e so just decided to call her that

[Aligater]

My DD2 is Susanah we always call her Susie

[Kazzo]

No, when we told everyone what DD1 (Ameli@) name was going to be, I constantly got, you can call her this or that and so on. I said nope I wont be shortening it to anything and so far although a few have tried she still gets called her full name. If anything she has 2 nicknames that have nothing to do with her name that get used.

DD2 (M@cey) has a name that can't really be shortened although FIL seems to add a letter to her name that irks me to no end

[Olive]

i hate when people shorten Mill1e to Mill....grrrrrrrrrr! i made it known when she was born that she wasnt to be call Mill, but occasionally people still do

[Traveller]

With all of my sons they have a formal name that we have never used since birth. We always intended to use a shortened version, therefore giving them the choice of two (or more) names as they get older. Only my daughter is known by her full name.

[Kazzo]

The other thing I hate is when people say melia and completely drop the A. It is just one of those names I think.

Olive I like the fact that you knew you would call her that so that was what you did. If we can have a Kevin for PM then why not a Flick or a Mill1e.

[Astrid]

I always like Maggie, but went for Margaret so she would have some choice as she gets older. We were also thinking of the Prime Minister thing as Maggie is quite informal.

With Evie, I did also like Evelyn, so it was a no brainer. She is mainly Evie, but getting Evelyn a lot more since there are 2 others at childcare and 1 with the same initial. I had to pick a name that was nowhere, to suddenly the top 10 in the district the year she was born.

[ladybirdflies]

We named our children names that are hard to shorten until the last one. She has a 9 letter name and EVERYONE is desperate to shorten but we don' t want it shortened we chose it because we love the full name. She is 18mths old and still has not been shortened in name. I prefer nicknames for my kids that don't require shortening their beautiful name, we use these nicknames and very close friends and family started using them also!

[BlackCat]

DD2 (M@cey) has a name that can't really be shortened although FIL seems to add a letter to her name that irks me to no end

This ^ We deliberately chose a name that couldnt be butchered, and yet still people are very determined it would seem, including their Godmother!! Drives me batty!

[feeb]

My kids both get there full names and not shortened!
DS2 both SIL shorten and it IRKS me no end as thats not there name!

I do have a friend who has shortened all 3 of her kids names and that is all they are known as.

[Jellyfish]

I actually do wish I had thought more through the possible nicknames but when I chose my daughter's name (Imogen) it was because of the full name. She gets Immy from most people, I usually just call her Im if I don't call her Imogen these days; the nicknames have grown on me though.

I love the name Allegra for this baby but not really keen on Ally as a nickanme... maybe it will grow on me too!

[RhiChiChi]

No, not at all

[blessedatlast]

We chose names with the twins that couldn't be shortened and this time our boys name can't be shortened either. DF wants it to be called Maddy if she's a girl, but if I do agree to Maddy, she will be Madeleine, just called Maddy. I too think Maddy is too informal for when she gets older.

[Ginger]

we did the exact same thing as Olive. liked the shortened name, not the formal name so just ended up calling him the shortened version.
we've had mixed reactions to the name tbh, but it really does suit him.

[Teeki]

We chose Annabelle because we liked how it sounded for now when she's a baby, and when she's older. We didn't consciously choose a nickname when we chose it, but we always call her Belley - seemed to fit when she was in my belly! I realise it's a name she might not like when she's older, and she can always ask to go by her full name, Anna or Belle.