Makes perfect sense to me and the answer is "Yes"! We called DS2 Zander, which is traditionally short for Alexander but not in our case! We call him Zander and Zan for short...
Ok, thanks for replies....it might help if I come out & tell you the name LOL! Was going to keep it secret but I love getting everyone's opinions.
The name is Lottie, commonly a shorten version of Charlotte. Thing is I am not going to use Charlotte as we already have a Charlie (also a known nickname for a girl IYKWIM)....so it's either Lottie or another name. I've been in love with it since I saw it but just not sure what others will think. I did think it could be a short version of Violet, which I love also but DH does not.
I don't think there is anything wrong with calling your baby the shortened version. That way your little one gets called the name that you picked out .. not the long version .. you wish people would shorten!
Last edited by Bella's Lullaby; July 28th, 2009 at 08:06 PM.
I like Lottie but I really like having options so personally I would try to think of another name that it's the shortened version of - if not Violet, what about Violetta?
After much head-scratching, I called DD Katrina. Initially, we called her Kittykat, after a few months she graduated to Kitty and now at nearly two, we're thinking about using her full name. But when she's older, she can choose to use Kitty, Kat, Katie, Trina or Katrina or maybe even Rina. But that's just me, I'm a bit addicted to having options!
I'd go with Lottie. I know Dr Katie who never uses Kathryn an Dr Mandy who is NOT Amanda really. People either like their name or they don't and giving a child a name but never using it seems a bit of a waste of time to me. I use DS's full name - all six syllables (yes, those include his middle names) a lot, and not when I'm cross with him either! I love DH's name, but everyone else (including DH when not at work) uses a nickname. Not always DH's chosen one either (my grandad comes up with some corkers for him!). If you want the short name, use it.
Like the name Ellie. We liked that name. But DH wanted a "for long" name. He hated all the "for long" names I could find. Ellie was no longer girl's name #1 on the list. OK so Ellie Zaidie would have sounded a bit daft, one reason I wanted a "for long" too, but DH hated them all even if he was never going to say the name himself!
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