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Calliope/Callie
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I LOVE the nn Callie, but not so sure about Calliope (Kah-lye-ope).
Is Callie an acceptable nn for Camille?
WDYT of Callie as her first name, not her nn?
Thanks! 
ETA: FWIW I have two older boys named Cooper and Chase.
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Re: Calliope/Callie
This. I know a little girl named Callie, not short for anything. I think it is kind of a stretch for Camille, and Camille is so pretty I wouldn't want to shorten it. I like PPs suggestion of Calla.
I personally love Calliope. As for the pronunciation, I do believe its said Kuh-Lie-O-Pea. When I hear Camille, I think Cam, Cami, and Millie as NNs, not Callie.
If you love the name Camille along with Callie, I don't see why not. There is the possibility of Callie as a nickname for Camille not sticking through her schooling years and whatnot, so that is something to consider; I know sometimes us mommies get upset when the nickname their child ends up with wasn't the one we originally "planned on". :P
I find Callie to be a perfectly acceptable first name all on its own.
gl & happy name hunting!
I say Calliope as Kuh-Lie-O-Pea too. I've never heard anyone say it with Lee in the middle as opposed to Lie/Lye sound!
Anyway... I don't really love Calliope. I like Callie, and I think it's fine as a standalone name. I don't think it has to be a shortened version of a longer name. (Though I will say, I see a lot of people on this board say they really don't like Callie. I don't understand why, though!)
There were a lot of opinions yesterday on the same name, linked just so you have it:
https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/74807985.aspx
I also never really understood the hype of Calliope. Maybe, it's because I never really understood how to say and I was afraid others would mess it up too! haha!
I think Callie is fine on it's own. I do like Camille, but on it's own. I think Calla is a beautiful name too.
It's pretty but I think she would end up correcting people ALL the time, as someone who had to do that, it's ANNOYING.
I like Callie, I have a friend who named her daughter Hallie, it's not short for anything.
I know a girl named Callie.
Calliope makes me think of Cantaloupe or Antelope.
Right?!?! Calliope Is terrible. Am I missing something? Because it sounds like a version of Penelope. I thought I was pronouncing it wrong. In all honesty, she is going to hate you, her name. Some of you are off your flippin rockers with this one.
I'm a fan of Calliope. (Kuh-LIE-uh-pee. Ends like the ending of Penelope.) And I think Callie is a cute nn.
I like Camille, but prefer Millie as the nn for that.
I just want to give you a world as beautiful as you are to me.
I agree with these two. It's an awful name. I saw it seriously thought it said cantelope. Ugh. Callie is great.
Calliope makes me think of the book Middlesex (really good book - really would not use that name ever after reading it...)
I like Callie and I love Camille. I have a friend Camille who goes by Cam not sure if Callie would be a strech.
Have you consider Cayleigh. I think Callie would be a good nickname for that name.