I feel a bit silly asking this as we're still probably about a year away from trying for another child, but I'm getting myself stuck in the mind-set that we can't have another child because I don't think we can do the same thing that we did with naming the first child and it's not fair to any others... I freely admit that is an irrational thought!
To explain... Our surname begins with an M. Before we'd even discussed names together both DH and I had the same idea completely separate to each other. If we had a boy, to name him Samuel and give him a middle name starting with an A so that we could call him Sam and his initials would also be SAM. And so we did - Samuel Angus. The fact that both names have significant meanings to us also helped.
Do you think it would be possible to come up with another name where the child's nickname could be their initials as well?
And I apologise in advance for the number of names I will reject through family or friends already using it or because I just plain don't like it!
We can't use Ian as a middle name as it's a BIL's name and I'm determined not to use any family names at all. I suspect that rules out any of the XIM names for boys as I can't think of any other decent boys names that DH would agree to starting with an I.
Close friends have also taken Tim and Tom, and if we go for Jim from James - well, that's another BIL's middle name.
Kim from Kimberley wouldn't be too bad, I'm just not a big fan - comes down to one of the pitfalls of being a teacher.
We have thought about this too, but only with girls' names, as our surname is an A name.
You could probably do it, but I wouldn't go wasting your life with worry if you can't! PAM? DOM?
The nickname doesn't necessarily have to be an abbreviation of the first name, either. It could just be an alternative for a nickname. Thinking like that, you could do a lot, like JEM, NIM, ROM etc.
DOM from Dominic was a favourite when naming Sam - but a close friend called their son Dominic and we see them often enough for it to be weird, I think. The same friends called their second son Liam - which is a shame as I could go with that one! Name thieves!
Pam... pass... unless you can come up with something other than pamela that starts the same way!
Audax, you can come up with some really nice names there... I can see why you'd only do it for a girl, though.
Obviously coming up with some sort of name where this will work isn't going to be the deciding factor in whether or not we have a second child (more likely to be whether embryos defrost or not!), but it's been a weird stress bugging me lately and I do need to make it go away.
i had a friend whos initials were SCAM but it probably wouldnt be a nickname i cant do it with my last name coz it starts with an F DS's initals are JKGF so yeah no sense in that
I was about to suggest Cam . Sam and Cam kind of sound different - the emphasis on the "am" sounds slightly different (well I think so anyway LOL). Samuel & Cameron sound fine together
For a girl - Tam could be short for Tamsyn instead of Tamara?
I always wanted to do this (from along time ago with a previous boyfriend who had a B surname) anyway now we have an M surname and might well do it with any future children. Did not do for DD - is more difficult for girls as you say. I can't think of any haven't already been mentioned. Tamsyn is a good one. Cameron can of course be used for a girl as well.
Oh and just thought of another Simone for a girl, SIM.
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Do you think we could do it again?
PAM? DOM?
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