Is this too weird?

silverwood

For a long time now I have been fond of the nickname Cass for our boy. I eventually put the idea away because I didn't care for any of the names it might be short for such as Cassidy or Casper. Today though, I decided that we could name him Charles, a family name, and call him Cass for short. I don't know why, but it sounds so nice to me. This way he gets a cute nickname, but still has a strong, classic name. My brother goes by Charlie, so it would feel weird calling my son Charlie. Cass is not a traditional nickname for Charles, but I like it. Any thoughts? 

holocene

Cass from Charles does seem like a bit of a stretch... Casey maybe?

Knottie1442268460

It's nice. How did jack come from John, after all?

silverwood

Baby'smom said:

It's nice. How did jack come from John, after all?

  Haha. That's funny. John is my oldest son's name, and we call him Jack. I guess I have a thing for nicknames. 

SmrBrd2012

Chaz is a nn for Charles so I think Cass works as a nn too.

penelope4612

Nicknames can be whatever you want. They don't have to match the child's given name.

SherlockedMom

There's Castiel!  (Obvs. I'm a Supernatural fan LOL)

Bringmemylongswordho

penelope4612 said:

Nicknames can be whatever you want. They don't have to match the child's given name.

Winner winner chicken dinner.

Sure, Cass is a stretch, but it's a nickname so it doesn't really matter.

groovylocks

silverwood said:

Baby'smom said:

It's nice. How did jack come from John, after all?

  Haha. That's funny. John is my oldest son's name, and we call him Jack. I guess I have a thing for nicknames. 

Yeah I think you can get away with it. I was thinking the same thing - actually I was thinking about Mary = Polly and Margaret = Peggy for some reason.

groovylocks

For the record, our kid's nickname is Guido. She was born early and wee and has a back covered in lanugo. From the back, she looks like a 40 year old Italian guy. So we call her Guido. Her name is Olive.

Her other nn is "Feather" - as in "featherweight" - and we call her that casually.

So don't worry too much about it.

jmesue1030

Charles is a family name for us too and we have guys who go by chuck, chip, chase, Charlie, and chuckie.... (The only one of those I like is Charlie) cass is super cool and I agree, nn's can be whatever you like!

eileenmcgoo

Charles works, but Cassius is another option too.

g8trkim

I think it works fine. I love the Cassius suggestion though!

jessicarose0602

First thing I thought of was Cass from supernatural. (Castiel) just recently became a fan, haha.
But anyway, I like it. Nickname doesn't have to be in any way associated with the actual name given, like someone else mentioned.