Did you always plan to shorten bubs name?

[kelsbels]

Did you name your baby with the intention to shorten the name or use a nickname?
Ie a friend of ours has a felicity but she was always going to be 'flick'. When they did their BA they wrote Felicity (Flick) ...

They don't like her being called felicity.

It makes sense so the child still has a 'proper' name to use. I mean hey, you can't imagine a Flick being elected prime minister can you? Lol

I'm not a fan of long names but don't mind some of them once shortened/nicknamed down.

[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

[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!

[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.

[SunnyRain]

My son's name can't be shortened and he doesn't really have a nickname. I call my daughter a whole lot of names (stinky baby, poopy pants, Dinopig, missy moo, Lily the pink, Lillian pinkerton...), but I never shorten her name.

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[Shades]

My DS's first and middle names were chosen so the initials could be used together as a nickname and that is what he's been called since birth except in formal circumstances.
So Cullen and Jett became CJ.
But when he's an adult Cullen will maybe suit better.

[Taurean]

We started with DD's nickname and worked backwards from there! She is mainly known by her nickname except for in 'formal' situations, when we are introducing her to someone or if someone asks her name, then we use her 'proper' name.

We love nicknames so it's important to us when choosing a baby names that they can be easily shortened.

[Frangipani]

Yes.

For DS1- I had loved the name Cameron since I was 13 years old for a few reasons with one being that i could nickname him Cam.

For DS2- I did have a list- though I think we were already set on his name but just wanted to have back ups just in case and they were ALL names that could be shortened. But of course we went with our initial favourite of Joshua will full intentions of calling him Josh [except when he is naughty of course :-) ].

I too still introduce my boys by their full name but don't mind if people shorten it (as long as Cameron doesn't get called Ronny....which a childcare carer does and I really hate it...grrr...she is not the regular carer though so its rare i hear it thank goodness).

However my favourite girls names (I have 2 that I've loved for as many years though probably unlikely I'll get to use them) are both names that can not be shortened at all.

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[Jennie13]

I didnt really mind, but I didnt think Freya could really be shortened, but she gets Frey or Frey Frey all the time from me or friends. She doesnt have a nickname yet