charlie

bridexcite

So i have  been sold on Charlie Joseph Robinson for about 2 months now and DH had been telling me he was like 98% sure. Last night he said lets do it lets go with charile.  we would do Charlie as his proper name and i am really funny about no nick names and so help me god if some one calls him chuck....

So what do you all think - love it or keep looking? 

sleepingbeauty825

I think you should name him Charles, and use the NN Charlie. I guess I feel like that gives him an 'adult' option when he's grown.

Someone will call him Chuck. It will happen. Just correct them and move on, no need to get violent. : )

JLW10

Could you go with Charles and then call him Charlie?

eaglesfan700

Obviously, I loooove Charles Joseph.  We call him Charlie and no one has ever called him Chuck (yet)

BrideBuddies

Charlie is cute for a little boy, but when he gets older, he may want to use the more adult sounding Charles.   Don't take that decision away from him.

And the first time anyone tries to call my boy Chuck, I just say, "No, we're not using that nickname."  It's not a big deal, so don't make a production out of it.  It just makes you look like you're 10 years old.

And while we're going there, Charlie is a BOY's name, not a girls.  End of soapbox!

Under.the.Rose

sleepingbeauty825:

I think you should name him Charles, and use the NN Charlie. I guess I feel like that gives him an 'adult' option when he's grown.

Someone will call him Chuck. It will happen. Just correct them and move on, no need to get violent. : )

I agree with this

Charles (nn. Charlie) is an adorable name -- it was on our short list for a while!

HappyMrsK

I like Charlie, but it's a nn for Charles. Personally, I would go with Charles and call him Charlie.

brookandshan

HappyMrsK:

I like Charlie, but it's a nn for Charles. Personally, I would go with Charles and call him Charlie.

This!

k*princess

feffy11:

I don't think you should name him Charlie. It sounds childish.... I know a Bobby whose father named him Bob. Not Robert, BOB. (his father is Robert aka BOB and he's an alcoholic.....guess he didn't think that one through). When I tried to call him by a full name, he said, "No it's just Bobby or Bob."

So I ask you: why not Charles? You're "funny about no nicknames," but Charlie is a nickname.... It's not even like you spelled it Charley or something....

 

Yep... except don't spell it Charley, that looks bad to me! It does seem odd though that you don't want any nicknames, so you name your kid a nickname...

Go with Charles, and call him Charlie, even if you don't like nicknames. As an older, professional adult, he will thank you. 

TheSkimmy

No one called my son Chuck... he is Charlie and if he wants to go by something else when he's older he is more than welcome to. Charles looks better on a resume than Charlie also. :-)

MegZRN

My husband (and his father) are both Charles and they go by Charlie. My husband said he's never been called Chuck. I think if you call him Chuck, that's what he is going to ask to be called...if you don't then they won't.

And I completely disagree that it is "childish" 

bandwife928

Isn't there a singer named Charlie Robinson?  Married to one of the Dixie Chicks?

BrittRMere

While it would be different to name your son Charlie instead of Charles, I honestly think Charlie is one of those nicknames that can grow with a man.

I've known plenty of successful adult men named Charlie. It's not a cutesy nickname... or name...

If that's what you really have fallen in love with then, by all means, use it. I think it'll be fine.

ablou

Bean's name is Charles Stewart.  My DH calls him Charlie (and lots of people do), sometimes we call him Chuck, and quite a few of us call him Charles. My MIL calls him Chas-man.  And I call him Bean. A lot. 

Charles is one of those wonderful names that can be so many different things!  

Camok87

HappyMrsK:

I like Charlie, but it's a nn for Charles. Personally, I would go with Charles and call him Charlie.

dana1318a

Charlie is one of our top 3 for a boy..and I think the only reason it isn't #1 is because I would die if somebody called him Chuck lol...we actually are also thinking about using just Charlie & not Charles.  So of course I love it and I say do it!!

amg2007

My DS is Charles Scott. I call him Charlie about 90% of the time, otherwise I use his full name; Charles.  Once in a while freinds will jokingly call him "Chaz" or "Chuck/Chuckie"  b/c they know I HATE those nicknames, but it's all in good fun.   When I introduce him to new people they call him but what I introduced him as..Charlie, or Charles.

 It's a great name that has withheld the test of time.

forensicmama

Charles was also our favorite boy's name for the longest time and now my hubby is having second thoughts because he doesn't want people to call him Chuck. I still happen to really LOVE the name with the nickname Charlie. I'd say absolutely stick with it.

joanithegreat

I know that I am in the minority, but I like Charlie Joseph.  I don't see the need to name the baby Charles if you will always call him Charlie.

If anyone calls the baby Chuck, just correct them.