https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:06:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426824 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:24:22 +0000 lovehoneybee 426824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Haha Eleanor was on my short list for the same reason (well, I also liked Eleanor a lot, but she would have been Ellie or Nora). </p> <p>@sarac: BTW, I LOVE Beatrix. Such an awesome name!</p> <p>DS doesn't really have a nickname...or at least not a shortened first name one. Ev I guess? Van? Meh. If he decides to go by his middle name he would have more nn options (like Charlie!) His nicknames currently have nothing to do with his name (like Bubby, or Little Man). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426820 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:19:45 +0000 Mrs. J 426820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrstiz: at first I thought you wrote Kaitlyn, which is my name! My family calls me Kaite, and there are few who call me Katie. I've never liked it, but I allow it.</p> <p>I don't think I'd mind if we picked a name without a nickname...I'm sure someone would come up with one anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426806 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 12:12:10 +0000 heffalump 426806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It wasn't a factor when picking a name,but she does have a nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426665 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:33:26 +0000 sotomorrow 426665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: We have an Eleanor (named after my husband's grandmother) but we call her Nora to distinguish between them, even though his grandma is deceased. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426571 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:45:33 +0000 travelgirl1 426571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I love her full name. We discounted a lot of names based upon what their nicknames would be. On the day she was born my mum asked what we'd call her for short and DH and I both said at the same time 'Ariela'. If other people shorten it there's not much we can do though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426563 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:40:06 +0000 lomom 426563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our names both have common nicknames but I'd still give my children the formal name on their birth certificate. So Robert will probably get called Bobby or Robby growing up but when he's a successful doctor or something, he'll have a formal name to use, should he prefer. I'd much rather my child have that option, instead of naming them Maggie, not Margaret. I love the name Maggie, but I'd never put Maggie on the birth certificate. LO might want the option to use Margaret someday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426557 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:02:24 +0000 loveisstrange 426557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH goes by a nn and has his whole life. My name has a common nn but I have never allowed anyone to call me that, I only answer to my full name. </p> <p>Cs name has several but we dont use any of them yet. I'll probably end up using Charlie when she gets older though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426522 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:10:05 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 426522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm huge on nicknames too and only considered names that had shortened names that I would like. I nixed some names because I didn't like the potential nicknames. </p> <p>I also chose a name I thought would be "resume-friendly"! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426501 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:32:45 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 426501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess that never really was a thought for me. My full name is usually a nickname, and my mom named me it because she thought that if they were going to call me it, they might as well name me it instead of confusing me later on. </p> <p>When DD was born, I had several people ask me what her nickname would be and I was confused by the question. I guess I'll need to think about that w/ #2 ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426458 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:54:13 +0000 sera_87 426458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yep! although I don't think we'll ever refer to LittleBebe by a nickname, the option is there if his friends do. </p> <p>All our other name choices for future LO's have nickname options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426456 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:53:56 +0000 Mrs. Pen 426456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: we actually named DS Jacobi FOR the nickname Cobi! It was a name on my shortlist but DH wanted a more formal first name :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426454 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:52:48 +0000 Mrs. Pen 426454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! each name I choose has to have a nickname... there is one exception and that's because a name in consideration is my maiden name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426449 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:46:46 +0000 junebugmama 426449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is Jackson, but we've been calling him Jax from the 2nd week he was here. I was totally against it at first, but now it has stuck. The oldest is Jacob, but we never call him Jake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426442 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:41:58 +0000 lawbee11 426442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I totally agree about having a proper name for a resume even if we only call LO by his/her nn. That is definitely one of our requirements! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426429 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:33:05 +0000 sarac 426429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's a little silly to give your child a name without expecting people to use the nickname - they'll just do it anyway. My daughter is named Beatrix, but we usually call her Bee, or one of a thousand sillier nicknames. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-426237 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:48:16 +0000 mrsmate 426237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dislike nicknames in general, but DD seems to have several anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424707 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:55:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 424707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: That was me! My mom always planned on calling me by a certain nickname-- I have never once in my life ever been called it. There is one nickname she swore no one would ever call me because it sounded like a bimbo name (think Three's Company) but sure enough, sometimes my family call me that. They are the only ones allowed to, though. Otherwise it's just my full name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424699 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:52:44 +0000 SugarplumsMom 424699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also chose a name with a nickname that I like, but now that she's here, I never call her that. I only use her real name. It's a little strange because I was certain I'd use it, but I think her whole name fits her more (at least for now). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424692 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:50:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 424692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would never choose a name that had a common nickname I didn't like. You're just signing up for a lifetime of "It's Joshua!" (Friends, anyone?) But I also have a weird pet peeve about nicknames as proper names-- even if you never use it I feel like you should have a proper name for a resume. I've ruled out names I love as nicknames because I didn't want their full name (Love Maggie, but don't love Margaret). </p> <p>When we talk about names, we always say the name and what we would call them. Our boy name has a nickname, our girl name probably wouldn't be shortened but we'd come up with silly nicknames. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424691 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:49:45 +0000 JerricaBenton 424691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely - our name choices were all about the nicknames. I also said no to names I liked but they had a nickname I didn't like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424686 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:48:26 +0000 Andrea 424686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we're big on nicknames. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424657 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:40:15 +0000 rawrasaur 424657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have liked the option of a good nickname, but the name we ended up choosing doesn't have one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424645 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:36:30 +0000 Alivoo01 424645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup!! We've only considered names with cool nicknames. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424639 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:34:07 +0000 autumnlove 424639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: Oh, I love Katilyn! :-)</p> <p>I really wanted to name LO Eleanor but only call her Ellie...DH didn't see the point of using Eleanor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424630 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:27:39 +0000 mediagirl 424630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I named her a name that I would prefer she is called by. I don't' want it shortened to a nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424628 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:26:52 +0000 hilsy85 424628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's the only thing I don't like about LO's name--it doesn't have a nickname! :( We'll just have to make up our own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424625 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:25:58 +0000 pastemoo 424625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: Yes, We call our Gabriel Gabaroo, and other non-"Gabe" names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424620 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:24:18 +0000 MrsTiz 424620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the opposite! If I know I want to call my son Matt, I will name him that rather than Matthew :)</p> <p>I'm Katilyn who was called Kati since birth, so my decision comes from a place of annoyance over my own name. :)</p> <p>If I give LO a nickname, it won't be a short version of their name. Does that make sense? Lucy vs Lucille, Alex vs Alexander. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424616 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:23:32 +0000 prettylizy 424616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, she has sooooo many nicknames. We also threw out names that had nicknames we didn't like since we knew it would happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-want-your-los-name-to-have-a-nickname#post-424612 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:22:29 +0000 autumnlove 424612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will only consider names that have common nicknames that I like! </p>