https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:58:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176266 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:13:47 +0000 lemondrop 176266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, for fun we do. Especially the pets, their names evolve into something entirely off the wall. Our dog Danny has turned into just G. Short for Danny G, Ghetto dog from when we lived in a less than stellar neighborhood. </p> <p>I already knew when we picked Cameron, that I would call him Cammy or Cam all the time. Somehow he has also turned into Booh-Bah, I have no idea how!</p> <p>Other than that, none of our families are big nickname people. I was the only one growing up who had one- Cheska, part of a much longer italian version of my name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176260 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:08:05 +0000 LuLu Mom 176260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess another point of view, I grew up with a nickname as a "real" name, I hated it!! I used to wish I had the full name just so I dind't have to correct people, most used to just assume my name was Jessica even thought it is just Jessie. Drove me bonkers! (Didn't help Jessica was top 3 the year I was born!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176226 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:32:16 +0000 Honeybee 176226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a million nicknames for my kids. :) They almost never go by their full, real names in my house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176201 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:17:02 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 176201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm big on nicknames. we ruled out names based on their possible nicknames, and we chose our name based on possible nicknames. i think nicknames are endearing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176181 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:05:32 +0000 Foodnerd81 176181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: Nicknames as full names are my name pet peeve. I knew a girl named Jessie once, not Jessica, and for some reason it drove me crazy. </p> <p>But, I love nick names. I never had one and always wanted one. When we talk baby names we always talk about the nickname options. I think it you truly don't want your kid to be nicknamed, you probably shouldn't give them a name that always is. It reminds me of the friends episode where Rachel tells the gang not to call her crush Josh. "It's Joshua." "What, he doesn't like Josh?" "No, I don't" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176165 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:53:38 +0000 DillonLion 176165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH goes by the long version of a name that almost everyone shortens (Bradley - Brad). The name we are throwing around for a girl has a shortened version that we both like and will probably regularly use (Charlotte - Charlie) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176150 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:42:42 +0000 Mrs. Pen 176150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a nick-namer.</p> <p>I loved the name Cobi - which I guess could be nickname or full name, but my husband thought it was too short. So we named him Jacobi, but we always call him Cobi. :) </p> <p>We have a million other names for him, little love, buddy, pickle butt, pumpkin head, lovey, Coco, Coco bee, Ja-co-co, little man and the list goes on ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176138 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:37:08 +0000 banana 176138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love nicknames. Probably because I never had one growing up. You can't really make a nickname for my name and I always envied girls who got cool nicknames! My husband and I actually came up with names for our kids that would have cool nicknames. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-176014 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:05:12 +0000 purrpletulips 176014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH goes by a shortened form of his birth name, I go by my birth name. LO goes by her birth name and DH corrects people who try to call her by a nickname. We however have pet names for her but tend to mostly use her given name except in informal written communications when we just refer to her by the first letter of her name (do the same thing with the dog though). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175982 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:46:57 +0000 ninja 175982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a total nickname person. Both DH and I go by nicknames of our longer names. Even our dog has about 20 different nicknames :) So, yes, our lo will have nicknames. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175958 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:36:41 +0000 JessicaMcB 175958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has always gone by the shortened form of his name (Ben) and as a child I used the shortened form of mine (Jess). Now the only people who call me Jess are DH, my sister, my childhood best friend and my mother because it seemed very "young" to me as I got older.</p> <p>We will probably call Emma "Em" alot because of our families and their propensity for shortening names, but I would fully support her if she made the same choice I did and wanted to be called by her full name later on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175946 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:31:01 +0000 MsMamaBear 175946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Her nickname is Maddie, but I call her Baby Doll. Came from me trying to soother her after our drive from daycare. </p> <p>Long as it's not something crazy, nicknames don't bother me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175887 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:01:39 +0000 heffalump 175887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a nickname for my lo. My name can't be shortened or made into a nickname, but I still like them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175882 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:58:37 +0000 LuLu Mom 175882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are actually planning on nicknames for our LO, since we have such a long last name, the shorter the first name the better for when she gets to school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175853 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 08:40:21 +0000 kml636 175853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on the name... some are horrid! Because of that, I'm definitely considering the nickname when naming this baby! I'ts either going to be a no nickname name or something where I like the nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175785 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:37:24 +0000 mamabolt 175785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH goes by a nickname and I go by both my full name and a nickname. We plan on giving our LO a name with several nickname possibilities (Eleanor) and will probably call her Nora most often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175784 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:36:39 +0000 Mrs. Blue 175784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have nicknames for virtually every person I love, so I'm sure our little ones will have a plethora of nicknames. I don't just shorten names though. As an example our dog's name is Roxie, but I call her Big Rox, Baby Rox, Baby Snack, Snack Pack, and Baby Beluga. I guess I'm just a nicknamer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175748 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:54:55 +0000 hilsy85 175748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love nicknames...that's a requirement for whatever name we pick--it must easily have a one syllable nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175746 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:36:05 +0000 looch 175746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't care one way or another, I call my son by his first full name, or what he calls himself, which is a shortened version of his name. I don't call him the standard nickname, though, but I am sure that will happen when he goes to school.</p> <p>Neither my name or DH's has an obvious nickname, so we go by our full name. My FIL is Max, not short for anything and it's a big trend around here to name your kid the nickname, like Mike or Kim, not Michael or Kimberly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175709 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:02:52 +0000 SugarplumsMom 175709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure yet, I'll have to see her first if a nickname fits. But I do love nicknames! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175708 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 05:01:30 +0000 Andrea 175708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love nicknames! I don't like when nicknames are the legal name so I would just avoid doing that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175664 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:32:31 +0000 BoogieBea 175664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have nicknames for our kids but their nicknames mostly aren't variations of their names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175662 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:07:28 +0000 loveisstrange 175662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH's name is one that is commonly shortened, like someone named Matthew being called Matt. My name has a common nickname, but I always refused to let people call me by it and made people use my full name (which my name is short and is already technically a nickname of another name so... yeah). </p> <p>LO is Charlotte and there are some people who already call her Charlie. Neither DH nor I do though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175655 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:31:46 +0000 autumnlove 175655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like nicknames for my LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175649 Thu, 31 May 2012 23:52:21 +0000 HLK208 175649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: I agree, I don't like nick names being the legal name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175643 Thu, 31 May 2012 23:26:10 +0000 His Barista 175643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh goes by a shorter version of his birth name. I have sometimes do but it is rare and usually only by family. I don't mind if she has nick names. We do that already, though. : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175636 Thu, 31 May 2012 23:16:48 +0000 cyneswith 175636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the nickname Nay. My husband is Kenny. Both of the names we picked out have almost half a dozen nicknames built in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175589 Thu, 31 May 2012 22:26:11 +0000 Alivoo01 175589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a fan of nicknames and so is the hubby. We're going to pick our future LO's name depending on possible derived nicknames (e.g. Zoey = Zoe or Z). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175580 Thu, 31 May 2012 22:17:06 +0000 Grace 175580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love nicknames. Like my cousin, whose name is Elisabeth and is called Lisa. What I don't like is nicknames being the legal name. Like Max instead of Maximillian. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/yes-or-no-to-nicknames-for-your-lo#post-175569 Thu, 31 May 2012 22:08:14 +0000 HLK208 175569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kind of go crazy with nicknames...I never thought I would until I saw my son's cute chubby cheeks for the first time. I think I called him snickerdoodle for quite awhile. Even real nick names, I don't think are that bad either--as long as the full name is distinguished so they can use that in the professional world later on.<br /> I do kind of have a pet peeve of guys who go by nick names that end in "y", most of them seem immature to me. Lol, DH goes by Ken or Kenneth but...he'll always be Kenny in my mind. </p>