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We are still deciding on names at the moment and we are having alot of trouble this time around and it is mainly because we are very aware of how the name with be shortened and therefore the nickname our DD will have, so...
Annabelle
What is your first thought of the shortened version/nickname?
Thanks!
Bella.
there are two ways this name could be shortened- Anna and Belle. Well that's what i would think anyway.
Anna, Annie or Bella
this is a name I love
Anna
Annie
Bella
Belle
Bellie
Elle
Ellie
... I can't think of any really problematic shortenings. It's a beautiful name. Totally kwym about the concern around nicknames. DH and I really liked the name April but decided against it as I was so concerned that she would get called 'Ape'!!
My first thought would be to shorten it to Anna. But Bella is lovely too :)
I ended up going with Isabelle because I didn't want Annabelle shortened to Anna. Wouldn't have made any difference because I always call her by her full name, her friends call her Bella (yay for Twilight! :rolleyes:). It's not like Anna is a horrible name anyway, it's rather sweet.
I love love love Annabelle and sometimes wish I stuck with it, mainly since Isabelle went and got all trendy :doh:
In LONG - I'd say don't worry about either nickname because they are both lovely xoxoxo
Ok so heres the deal, I am such a picky picky person :lol: when I name my children I want them to be called the name I have named them, in full. If they have a nickname, I want it to be the nickname I have chosen, I completely understand that once friends get involved I will have absolutly no say as to what they are called but I was kind of hoping that I could drill the 'nice' nicknames into them before this happens :lol:.
So anyway, when we named Matilda we thought that it could not be shortened to anything that we did not like, but it did, and I hate it! So I am trying to avaoid this happening again.
However I love Annabelle but I am not much of a fan of 'Belle' or 'Bella', I think it is pretty but I do not want to use it and I have a funny feeling this is the first thing people will go for, I LOVE Annie though, I would love the name Annabekke, shortened to Annie if it must be shortened.
Ok I think I have got it all out. I am just being silly!
I found people followed my lead, I always called her Isabelle and others did too. WTF did people come up with for Matilda?
I call her Matilda, I never shorten it to anything but there are a fair few people on both sides of the family that call her Tilda, actually this is the only thing that people have ever shortened it to and I really do not like it :( but oh well.
Mind you I do not mind if her grandparents use it so much but it seems everyone does!
Oh jeez. Think I'd prefer Tilly over that. How hard can it be to stick a Ma at the start of it? lol
Id shorten it to annie!! i love annabelle!! it also depends on how you spell it, i prefer Annabel
I know a little girl called Annabelle & it hasn't been shortened by anyone yet at 6.
I guess Annie or Belle would be the obvious ones. Ann, Bella, Anna. Don't think there are any others.
Yeah I really like the spelling Annabelle, but I think you are right, with the full spelling of Belle it is really putting it out there. I do like the name Belle, but I prefer not to name my child it if you know what I mean.
I LOVE Annie and it is part of my reason for choosing the name Annabelle as I think Annie is a bit incomplete and I do not DH would go for just Annie either where as Annabelle is really growing on him :D.
OMG I absolutely love annabelle!! DH thought it would be shorten to Anna and I thought Bella. I hate it how everyone always has to shorten names. People are at us at to what they can call William. I said how about William - you know his name!!
I adore the name Annabelle and would use it if I ever had another girl. I would shorten it to Annie, so cute! Though I have known two Annabelle's and both have been shortened to Bella. But in saying that I would think that people would follow your lead and call her what you would call her??
Other 'ana' name I love is Anneliese and one I heard not long ago and thought was pretty but different is Anazandra.
If you are persistent enough people should get the point. My DS is Alexzander & we have told people right for the start that he is not to be called Alex, it is Alexzander or Zander, nothing else. My FIL kept calling him Alex & we corrected him every single time until he just got sick of us correcting. I ignore any strangers calling him Alex & wait for them to use his full name, for example doctors are bad for assuming so if they call Alex I don't move (neither does he cos he doesn't realise ;)). People probably think I'm odd not answering but sometimes I just don't hear it, Alex is not my son LOL!
That said I know when he is older it is likely to happen but I'll deal with that then.
I did suggest the name Anneliese, DH liked it at first then said no.
BIL's DD is Ella and I hear them call her 'Ella Bella' so I am hoping that this is a good enough reason to say please do not call her Belle/a as her cousin is Ella.
Just like Matilda cannot have the nickname Tilli because she has a cousin Milli.
Thankyou for your input everyone.
What about Annika?
Nicknames can come from anywhere not just a shortened version of a longer name.
As an eg, my DS is Lachlan and is commonly called Lochie. But I also call him Lockster, Lockabub, Mr Moo, Bubba, Beautiful Boy etc.
It could also be that a nickname used as a baby won't be the same nickname she will have as an adult. She could be Ella as a child and prefer to be known as Anne as an adult.
Have to disagree with you Sarah - I don't think a person should only have one nickname and that doesn't have to be set by one person (ie a parent). I think a different nickname could reflect a special relationship that two people have that isn't shared with others. Anyway, that's my opinion.
You should ask member Dedicated_Mumma (Kass) as her DD is an ANNABELLE :cheer:
I know one name she gets is Bella :D ... I nicknamed her Bella-Ballerina & therefore love to give her Ballerina gifts ;)
I realise this and it is not really my concern, Matilda gets nicknames that do not come from her name and that does not bother me, I am talking about when people shorten her actual name to something that I do not want.:
I realise that if I decide to call my DD Annabelle, when she goes to school children might be inclined to call her Belle, she will be old enough to decide if she likes it or she can say 'No, my name is Annabelle/Annie' that will be her choice.
I am mainly focusing on people who ignore what I call my child and decide to rename them! In hospital a particular nurse ALWAYS called Matilda,Tilli, each time I corrected her, her excuse was, oh its my cats name WTF! Just because you like it doesn't mean I do.
Hmm as I said I am a bit picky over these things :lol: I think it is alot about respect if people keep doing it when you ask them not too.
DD - My mum was the same when I was younger, wanted me to be what I was called, no Liz or Beth, or Lizzy... but nowerdays I prefer Liz over Elizabeth because of the fond memories of being in trouble and being called Elizabeth when I was!
Good luck on chosing a name :)
I think Belle...
Our Matilda is Tilda to everyone too - we never intended for her name to be shortened to that, but when she was born her older brother and sister had trouble with saying Matilda, they always said Tilda. So Tilda it was, pretty much from the day she was born. I don't mind it so much. She also gets Til, Tild, Matilda-bot (from DH), Tildie, and Mopsy (from her grandparents, because she had a 'mop' of hair when she was little).:
My sisters name is Kate and my mum drilled it into her that she is not Katie as my mum hated that name and cos she told her that I remember at school her telling kids "My names not Katie"
So I think in some ways you can control it a little...
I know a someone with a Thomas and he is not called anything else by family and friends but recently started school and one of his little friends called and asked to speak to Tommy and she told him he had the wrong number before she realised he was talking about Thomas LOL:lol: Thought that was kinda funny...
Hello! Just found this thread!
Im loving you hae chosen 'Annabelle' also with that spelling. Though Annabelle is a well known name its not common at all!
Its an old classic ;) As for nicknames, I figure people will call your baby what ever you introduce them as.
I introduce Annabelle as, Annabelle, therefore thats what she gets. The only people that shorten it are 'Smiles4u' and its a cute nickname ;) And my Europian side of the family call her Bella, on occasion. But then again they call all the girls in the family Bella:rolleyes::lol:
For Annabelle
Anna
Anne
Annie
Bells
Bella
Bell
I've known 2 Annabells and both have been very much Annabells with no shortening or nicknames.