Baby Names
Good names ruined by nns
This is totally a random post.
I'm just lamenting the fact that perfectly good names like Charles and Richard and William have to be destroyed by awful nicknames like Chuck and *** and Bill.
Are there names you would consider using if the usual nn that people resort to wasn't awful?
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Re: Good names ruined by nns
I actually dislike names that have built in nns at all. I get that from my parents, My dad is Michael and thats what people call him, he doesn't look or seem like a "Mike"
p.s. I love the name Marek on your baby name list! So cool!
I do really like Charlie, but dislike Charles (a little opposite, like the nn, but not the real one.).
Like you said though, I hate the nn ***, Bill, Chuck, etc.
I drove my husband insane because I hate most of the nicknames for boys. I love a lot of the classic names -- Daniel, Edward, Thomas, etc. But I severely dislike most of the nicknames. I liked Ned for Edward, and that was about it. So we ruled a lot of names out.
Good thing we're having a girl.
I loved Gabriella, but decided against it because i HATE Gabby~!! I think it is a horrible NN.
Me too! I love love love Gabrielle or Gabriella, but I knew that she'd end up being called Gabby (as much as I'd dissuade people), which I hate.
I love Alison but really dislike Ali. I dislike most nicknames for some reason. There are a few exceptions.
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Honestly, it's not really an issue. You can pretty much nip in the bud any nickname you don't like and it's over with...
I am vehemently against Chuck, mostly because I knew a few growing up who were azzholes. So when my own mother asked, "Are you going to call him Chuck?" My reaction was "Helll no." She got it.
There've been a few other people who tried to refer to him as Chuck. I shot that down in 2 seconds and it's never come back again.
Charlie is just fine, tho. I call him that all the time. When he's older, he can decide what he'd like to be called. But it better not be Chuck!
My husband's name is Richard, he goes by Richard, although at work he goes by Rich.
I love the name Michael, but I don't like "Mike" for some reason.
I am a Michelle who never had a nickname, and I always wanted one. Shelly is awful. I will definitely think of nicknames when we have another kid.
DH is Nate but his mom, to this day, hates that she ever let anyone call him that, because she named him Nathaniel.
I'm not a nickname person, but I love long names and almost all of them have nicknames I hate!
Samantha- Sam/Sammy
Katherine- Katie
Elizabeth- I hate them all except for Beth
Victoria- Vicky, Tori
Rebecca- Becky, Becca
Joseph- Joe, Joey
Samuel- Sam
Patrick- Pat
James- Jim, Jimmy
William- Liam, Bill
My DH is Daniel and has always been Daniel, not Dan or Danny. My DS is Maxwell and we call him Maxwell, not Max. When people call him Max I correct them and he corrects people now too. For this LO, if it is a boy we are thinking of naming him Henry. I can't imagine that anyone would try to call him Hank. It is very old school and I just never hear that NN anymore.
As a parent, you can decide what people call your child. If my son wants to go by Max someday, that's fine and because it is the first part of his name it will most likely happen. I just don't see Henry someday deciding to go by Hank on his own, KWIM?
I seriously LOL'ed thanks for the laugh!!