Vintage Nicknames

maltwin1

A lot of people on this board (including me) want to use girl names that will grow with them into adulthood, but I love cute, girly-sounding nicknames. I was wondering if any of you had considered using some of the older, more vintage nicknames for classic names even if they don't necessarily sound like the original. For example:

Margaret nn Daisy

Mary nn Molly or Polly

Sarah nn Sally or Sadie

Charlotte nn Lottie

I think several of these are adorable but I'm curious to see what y'all think.

newportbride715

I really like Daisy, Molly, Polly and Sadie.

I also love Maisie (another nn for Margaret.) I wish it could be a nn for something else b/c I just don't like Margaret. Sometimes I think about using it a a nn for Mariana but I'm not sure if that is silly.

snowday!

I know a Margaret who goes by Maggie.

Thought of Dot for Dorothy.

I also know women who go by Kitty and Cookie, but I have no idea what their real names are...

DarcyLongfellow

I love nicknames like that.  I particularly like Maisie or Daisy for Margaret, Lottie for Charlotte, Libby or Lily for Elizabeth (not quite so old fashioned, but still unusual), Kitty for Katherine, and several others that I can't think of now!  Too bad DH does not see the point and hates all of them.  :-(

I'm also a fan of little girl nicknames that don't necessarily have anything to do with the given name -- Bunny, Kiki, etc.  They usually outgrow these, and they generally aren't used outside the family, but I still like them.

Temp950106187509203

I adore all of these.  I'd add Cricket for Catherine or Christina.  Also, Betsy is my favorite Elisabeth nn, and I think it has a more "vintage" feel.

AllThatGlitters101

Mildred or Amelia nn Milly/Millie

Mary nn Molly 

Elizabeth nn Beth 

Susannah nn Anna 

KappaUCF20

rosenjoe:

I adore all of these.  I'd add Cricket for Catherine or Christina.  Also, Betsy is my favorite Elisabeth nn, and I think it has a more "vintage" feel.

I knew a Cricket once, but her real name was Virginia.  I always thought that was odd.  I'm generally not a fan of nicknames that don't appear to have any kind of relationship with the real name. 

tpandr08

I LOVE Ameila nn Millie.....have to approach DH with this one!!!!

mrs_tacos

I also like the idea of Maisie for Margaret. Not a fan of Maggy, for some reason it reminds me of macaroni and cheese.

Also love Molly and Sadie. 

Cordelia nn Cora

Eleanor or Elizabeth nn Elle or Ellie

Priscilla or Marilla nn Rilla

Penelope nn Penny

Theresa or Contessa nn Tess or Tessa

Winnifred nn Winnie

 

smismar

I love cute "little girl" nn's like this with the option for a "real name" when she gets older.  I have an Aunt DeeDee whose real name is Dianne and DH has an Aunt Cookie whose real name is Dorothy, but they only use the nn's within the family.

juniper19

I named my dd Sadie - not as a nickname.  I also know an adult Sadie (nn for Sarah) who is a senior executive at Goldman Sachs and makes a lot of money, so clearly that name wasn't too girly for her to be taken seriously in a professional environment.

maltwin1

juniper19:

I named my dd Sadie - not as a nickname.  I also know an adult Sadie (nn for Sarah) who is a senior executive at Goldman Sachs and makes a lot of money, so clearly that name wasn't too girly for her to be taken seriously in a professional environment.

I don't think anyone was implying that giving your child a nickname as a full name would keep them out of the corporate world.

I was just saying that I like the older nicknames that you don't hear as much with an option for a longer full name.

BeanieWeanie

I had no idea that those were nicknames for the names you mentioned, with the exception of Charlotte/Lottie. They're all cute, though I prefer Molly to Polly and Sadie to Sally. I think my favorite is Lottie. I also like Kittie for Katherine, as one of the PPs mentioned.

seniah_05

rosenjoe:

I'd add Cricket for Catherine or Christina. 

I'm a Cricket (Christine).  My mom (Kathleen) was called Kitten by her father as a little girl and Tiger as a teenager.   (a couple of fist fights sticking up for yourself will do that). 

And I am a big fan of the "vintage" nicknames - especially Sadie.

Chrisy-Wyobride

I LOVE them obviously since both my girls them.  I really like Lottie/Lotta & Sadie as nicknames.

mfransdell

We have considered Mary Kate (calling her Molly).

c446784

I love Betsy and Maggie

We are naming our daughter Charlotte and my husband wants to call her charlie. That is how I got him to like the name. he wanted a name with an EE sound at the end. But I am going to call her Lola.

What about Emmy for Emelia ?

PK2

My name is Polly and I love it! Yes, I heard "Polly wants a cracker" growing up but after 3rd grade that stopped. I love having a unique name and so far it has worked well for me professionally (having a unique name)

AllThatGlitters101

I've also met a Virginia nn Ginny.

wheelenl

newportbride715:

I really like Daisy, Molly, Polly and Sadie.

I also love Maisie (another nn for Margaret.) I wish it could be a nn for something else b/c I just don't like Margaret. Sometimes I think about using it a a nn for Mariana but I'm not sure if that is silly.

One of my friends uses Maisie as a nn for Elizabeth Marie. 

Jermysgirl

I like Betty for Elizabeth and we have a family friend whose name is Virginia and everyone calls her Ginna. 

Sweden+Canada

I know a little girl called Peggy (nn for Margaret)

ShianneKrogman

We are almost completely basing how we name our LO on her possible future nicknames.

(Granted we actually haven't agreed on a name yet ;-)

But I LOVE Sadie, and my husband does too, but he wants it as a nickname, but I am not crazy about Sarah (sorry to any Sarahs out there) Mercedes can go with Sadie as well, but again, not crazy about it.

 We are considering Katherine for Katie, Samantha for Sam, Josephine for Jo . . .  I could go on and on.