https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:46:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-772009 Thu, 09 May 2013 20:56:42 +0000 mrs. 64 772009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: @mediagirl: That's funny. That's my name too and my family calls me Meg but DH refuses because he hates it. It used to bother me that he called me my full name, but I've given up. I can't stand Meggie though, and I do get that from people occasionally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-771125 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:38:21 +0000 bpcmarj 771125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites: Our LOs have the same name, and we go back and forth pretty easily between her full name and obvious nn. The nn seriously fits her to a T. Some people call her penells, and my sisters lovingly call her peeny, which I don't like ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-771104 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:27:23 +0000 yin 771104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: Our boys share the same name! :) I never thought to give him the nickname Eli. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-771084 Thu, 09 May 2013 16:22:37 +0000 swurlygurl 771084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: HAH - my name is Katie and people alwayyysss try to call me Kaitlyn or Kathryn or Kathleen or something</p> <p>DD's name is Lyla - not really conducive to a nickname.</p> <p>I always wanted a nickname when I was a kid, but the only plausible one was Kate, and I didn't like that one. I like the sillier, kind of random nicknames. I REALLY wanted to name my daughter Chloe so I could call her Coco, but DH hated that name (one of those I-Knew-A-Girl scenarios) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770837 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:14:32 +0000 blackbird 770837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ella doesn't lend itself to a nickname, but we make up pet names to call her all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770712 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:56:51 +0000 Honeybee 770712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD has a nickname, but we use DS's full name; I really don't like the shortened version of his name. We do call DS "Firstname Middleinitial" a lot. That's actually how DD introduces her little brother! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770699 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:53:59 +0000 Koolbreeze 770699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't give DS2 a nickname, his name is Sawyer. But DS1 started calling him SawSaw (lol) and it kinda caught on with me and my SO. We call DS1 T or TT, his name starts with a T. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770673 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:48:57 +0000 LuLu Mom 770673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We call our DD by a nickname, and have planned to do so, but we also use her fullname. I was named a nickname (Jessie) and always wanted a fullname! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770667 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:47:10 +0000 fancyfunction 770667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really like shortened versions of names. Lady M's name is long so everyone always asks if we're going to call her by its nickname and my answer is always, no. I'm sure kids at school will call her that, but what can I do? I do however call her all sorts of random names, Lady and Miss being two favorites. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770656 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:44:50 +0000 looch 770656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We call our son by his given name, even though it can be shortened to an acceptable nickname. He gave himself a nickname and sometimes we call him that, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770651 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:44:13 +0000 rawrasaur 770651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD's name doesn't really lend itself to a nickname. We always call her by her full name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770647 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:43:21 +0000 mrsmate 770647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not a fan of nicknames. We chose a name that would be pointless to make a NN out of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770581 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:31:41 +0000 anbanan15 770581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS's name doesn't lead to a nickname and we haven't come up with any other nicknames yet. I thought about using his initials, but the nickname of them reminds me of Lauren Conrad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770575 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:30:47 +0000 Smurfette 770575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While I was pregnant we called her nugget, or Nuggs for short. That is her only nickname. There isn't really one for Reagan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770574 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:30:39 +0000 MamaJ 770574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. People always shorten my name and I hate it. So we purposely gave LO a short name that really doesn't have any nick names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770570 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:29:30 +0000 knittylady 770570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate the nn's for the name we're planning on using for LO. Like HATE. But we're naming him after my dad who passed away so that seemed more important than the chance that he'll choose to go by one of the nn's....right??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770566 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:28:58 +0000 BlueWolverine 770566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use her full name - Alice. My brother insists on integrating her middle name and calling her Ally Jo. It think it will be a cute thing between her and her uncle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770553 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:25:40 +0000 Running Elley 770553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son's name is Elliot and before he was born we thought that we'd call him Eli. Since he was born we haven't used it at all though. We call him other pet names but we never shorten his actual name. Maybe we will when he gets older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770550 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:24:59 +0000 loveisstrange 770550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: Thats my name too and I HATE being called Meg/Meggie. Really annoying. Pretty name, btw. :) You don't hear it much anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770547 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:24:26 +0000 .twist. 770547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our eldest's name cannot be nicknamed. </p> <p>Also, my name cannot be nicknamed! For a lot of years this made me sad, but now I'm quite happy that it can't. ONE of my girlfriends has made up a couple nicknames for me and ONLY she is allowed to call me those names because they are truly stupid. hahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770543 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:23:38 +0000 cheesetomywhine 770543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pretty much always call R by her first and middle name. Every once in a blue moon I call her nicknames of both first and middle. Her aunt calls her the nn.</p> <p>ETA-my DH calls her by her full name and pet names :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770522 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:18:16 +0000 MrsTiz 770522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're avoiding names that have built-in nick names, (Matthew - Matt)</p> <p>I am Katilyn who has been Kati since day 1 and it's always been annoying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770515 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:16:56 +0000 Mrs. Train 770515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband always laughs at me and says what if he decided to go by the nick name later in life. I just tell him. I am his mother I can call him what I like as long as I like! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770512 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:16:31 +0000 Weagle 770512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's name is only 3 letters. There's not really a way to derive a nickname from it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770510 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:15:38 +0000 mediagirl 770510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me. My daughter's name is Megan and I really don't want anyone calling her Meg. I know I can't stop her friends from doing so when she's older but it's not *her* name and we didn't plan for her to be called the shortened version. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770509 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:15:22 +0000 mrsjazz 770509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LOs name is a nickname. We always call her by her first name or sometimes by her first name middle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770505 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:14:39 +0000 loveisstrange 770505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C's name has several obvious and well-known nns and we call her by her full name. We decided that if we ever nn her, which one we would use... but we have yet to really use it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770502 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:14:19 +0000 travelgirl1 770502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't, I love A's name so really don't want to shorten it into something I don't like. It was really important to us when choosing her name that it wouldn't lend itself to a nickname that we wouldn't like.</p> <p>But we call her all kinds of other stuff, I call her treacle and a zillion other things :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770496 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:13:05 +0000 Mrs. Train 770496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sons name is James and I am not a fan of Jim as a jock name so he mostly just goes by James. My friend started calling him Jame-a-roo but that's about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/anyone-not-give-lo-a-nickname#post-770488 Thu, 09 May 2013 14:11:42 +0000 sunny 770488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use my LO's full name and don't use any shorter forms of it. However, we do call her all kinds of random names like munchkin, bug, stinker, cutie, etc. </p>