Nicknames as full names??

[Nelle]

I LOVE Will for a name, and wouldn't call my bub William I don't think. I also love the name Lucy...although I don't mind Lucille.

I think it's fine.

[Junglemum]

What about Jamie Durie Cally?

[Nelle]

For a moment there, I thought you were suggesting Jamie Durie Cally as a NAME!!

[Pandora]

I depends on the name. Some that I like are

Leo
Charlie
Archie
Will
Jake

but not necessarily the longer version of any of them.

[Astrid]

I personally prefer having a full name and using a nickname. I have done so with both girls, I like that they will have some choice as they grow up as to what they want to be called. If someone else prefers to just use the "nickname" on a birth certificate then that is their choice and I do not assume that it is short for something else. These days most people will ask something about their name no matter what you do. There are so many spellings of names used now that many people will no doubt be asking how their name is spelt.

[suse]

QM - I was getting really confused there for a second - because I've only ever known you as your aforementioned abhorred nickname without the 'y', it's how you introduced yourself to me!

We were contemplating Will - I like one syllable names or those which are unable to be shortened.

I also know quite a few girls whose full name is Charlie.

There will always be some people who will invariably stuff up whatever you call him whether it's short or long, common or uncommon, so go with what you like!

[Ginger]

i want to know what queenmab's name is now!!

well, you've convinced me. i'm definitely going ahead with the name now. i love it!

ange- i thought you meant i should call him jamie durie cally too. what a crack up!

qm-i loooove the name frankie for a little girl. it's gorgeous

thanks for all your replies everyone, sometimes you just need some confirmation from other people you know. phew, it's sitting heaps better with me now.
i think we finally have a definite name!

[Junglemum]

Wooohoooo!................. so jamie durie cally it is!

[tenar]

My mum's name is a shortened version of a longer name. She's told me that all her life she's wished she had been given the full name, instead of the shortened name. Some people consider nicknames to be diminutive (indeed some of them definitely are, though others not so much in my opinion). I can understand why Mum feels about her name the way she does, even though her name isn't one anyone would normally consider diminutive or demeaning. I can understand her wish that she had a complete name rather than just the shortening.

My sister is always called by the shortened version of her name. I don't think anyone would call someone who obviously like Alex, Alexander, or who obviously likes Jon, Jonathan, for example. I don't think that's going to be a problem at all.

I think that giving a child a "full" name rather than a shortened name gives them the choice, when they get older, of having more variety in what they are called. And I think that's a good thing. None of my kids will be called such nicknames - they'll all get the full names to give them more options when they are old enough to decide from themselves.

[mollycat]

My eldest son has a name that can be shortened but never has, not by family or friends, one of DH's aunties tried when he was little, but I stopped that straight up. It's only in the last twelve months that it's been shortened to the second half of his name, and that's only by the group the boys go camping with, Funnily, the shortened version is the same name as his great grandfathers name, which had nothing to do with the reason we used that name.

My youngest son is Alexander. When he was very young, we always used his full name, when he got to school, we had issues with teachers writing Alex on all his stuff, including reports, certificates, etc, I spoke with them over that, and now mostly it comes through properly. We usually call him Zander or Zandy, occaisionally it will be Alex but not usually from us.

Another issue completely OT, both my boys have two middle names, the schools do not recognise the second name and certificates come home missing them, I feel this is wrong as the certificate is in the wrong name, (obviously not belonging to one of my boys).

[smiles4u]

I have a friend named KRISSY ... and she often gets asked if it's shortened for something else like KRISTEN, KRISTINE, ... etc ... I know it drives her nuts at times

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

I know a Dan "as in tribe of" and not as in Daniel. It was an issue for about 1-2 months, then everyone stopped asking.

I'd rather someone said "Hi I'm Billy" and you could spell it rather than "Hi my name's Jaymz" or "I'm Phred" and are constantly hassled about the spelling. You get more grief over spelling than over a nickname.

I know I get more grief over Caryn not being spelt Karen (even though I don't pronounce it like that) than I do over people thinking it is really Carolyn or Cathryn. And no-one bats an eyelid when my dad tells them my name is Charlie Alpha Romeo Yankee November - they can spell that, who cares if my parcels are addressed to Charlie A XXX?

[Kirst11]

My parents were going to name me Kirsty, but decided on Kirsten because my mum didn't want me to be 80 years old with a 'little girl' name like Kirsty. So I got Kirsten, but the whole family called me Kirsty until I was old enough to tell them I hated it. Now it's just Kirst.

My aunt is a Judie (not Judith). My grandmother was Beth. We have a very good friend with a Sam and a Max (the joke was that she only had to learn to pipe 5 letters on cakes to cover both kids birthdays ).

The point I thin is (and this is pretty much what everyone has said) is that if you two like the name, and it's not hugely boyish, go for it! Who's got the right to disallow you?

[MistyFying]

We named our son Zeke. This is a shortened version of Ezekiel - it means the same thing and used to be the nickname of people called Ezekiel. However, we just liked Zeke.

[QueenMab]

I know a Jaime, used to be my boss, suits him perfectly & I never thought of it as a juevenille name.

I agree with most of the ladies on this one - if you like it - who cares?! I think you'll find that whatever it is will come to be the perfect choice & your child may even be protective of it, proud of it... happily correcting people that call him Gregory instead of Greg for example, all that does is make the person addressing him feel like a bit of a dork lol.

I am the opposite, I have a long name that can be shortened but I abhore the nickname these days. (Preffered it in my youth mind you!!) Long story short, you can't please everyone but the most important thing is how you feel about it, good luck coming to a decision!!

[Nelle]

I abhore the nickname these days.

I call you by aforementioned abhorred nickname all the time!! Well ladies and gentlemen, I, Nelle McNelle, will bear witness to the fact that QueenMab is very polite.

Shall I use your full name then, m'lady?

[Junglemum]

Punctuation was never my strong point Nelle, but Jamie Durie Cally sounds like a lovely unisex name to me.

[QueenMab]

Nelle - okay, I should have said I abhore one of the nicknames... THAT one is fine, just never, ever, add a 'y'.