That is her name...please call her by it.

EVA116

With all this talk about names on the board...I thought I would share a problem I am dealing with. We named our DD Annabel. Since her birth my family and his are insistent on us giving her a nickname. I don't want to. I named her Annabel and that is what I want her to be called. My mom thinks I am being ridiculous. My family has taken it on themselves to call her what they want....i don't want her growing up and having people call er a million different things...ann, annie, bella, bell, annie rose, bells, anna banana, anna...these are just some of the names she has with family. What should I do? Should I do anything?

RoninSirPuppyPup

I would think of a ridiculous NN and call them by it. I'm a jerk like that.

Otherwise just stand your ground. Her name is Annabel. 

daisygirl2010

I understand your frustration...but honestly, there's probably not much you are going to be able to do about it.  People will always give a kid a nickname.  Especially with a name like Annabell which lends itself well to nicknames.  I don't think you are being ridiculous, it would bother me too.  But unfortunately it is probably going to keep happening.

 

o2bme

Everytime they call her by a nickname correct them and hopefully by the ten millionth time they will learn you mean business.

starsmaycollide

It's fighting a losing battle to make a big deal about it. I would just keep calling her Annabel, and always write it that way. 

MelbaToast37

I have an Annabelle as well, and frankly, you're going to have to deal with it.  It's a long name with two distinct parts - nicknames are going to happen.  Personally, I call her Annabelle or Bananas (or a separate nickname totally unrelated to her actual name), but her grandparents call her Ann, Anna, Annie, Annie B, BelleBelle, Bella...  It happens.  The only ones that really bother me are the first three, but I'm not going to tell her grandpa how to speak to her.  When she gets older, she can decide what she wants to be called, and we'll go from there.

amanda@anbcomp.com

I know exactly what you mean! We named our son Nathan (though his legal name is Nathaniel). My mother-in-law wouldn't stop calling him Nate, even when I was pregnant. I nipped it in the bud though and told her that since his name was already shortened, I didn't want her to call him Nate. She finally stopped, but she updates her FB page whenever Nate Schierholtz does something impressive under Nathan's name. Drives me CRAZY!

TobleroneBar

Shrug, I think you're going to have to deal with it.  It is what it is. 

 I called Elizabeth, Elizabeth until she got older...now I myself will call her Liz, Lizzy, Elizabeth... she really doesn't care what she's called (so she says)  With Jacob I'll call him Jackoby, Jake, Jacob, and Jacobee I have yet to call him JD.  I usually only call him Jake when he's being a stinker though.

I wouldn't let it bother you...you're the one who just ends up looking silly.

PS I hated a lot of my nick names...  Staffy, Snufanie, steph, snuffleufugus, step on me, stephanie

Quesera

I think that whatever you call her on the regular will stick, so they can call her what they want. Your word is the last word!

NewFamily09

We have the same problem, mostly with my parents.  We named our son Jameson and my mom keeps trying to call him Jamie.  It makes DH's blood boil.  I think she's losing her marbles a little in her old age.  I've corrected her many times and she still does it. I can't wait til I can teach him to say, "no Nana that's not my name."

adoubleu12

I think you destined her to have nicknames when you named her Annabelle.  I love the name, but there are a lot of nicknames associated with it.  My girls are destined to have nicknames also.  There is not much you can do about it

FTR, I didn't ever like nicknames either, but people still called me them.  luckily none of them stuck. (Ally, Al, Alibaba, Ali B,  Alice, Allison Wonderland, and my least favorite, Allycat) 

Jenniferk08

I wouldn't stress it too much.  People give each other nicknames or pet names all the time. 

Titts McGeee

I'm sure you have bigger things to worry about than this. You can't control it, so just let it go.

jocass

My friend's DD is Catalina, and she was afraid everyone would call her Cat. So she decided that she will simply tell people her name is Catalina, not Cat or Caty or any other variation. And then when Catalina is older, she can correct other people.

RayRay007

When we were choosing names, DH kept saying "what will his/her nickname be?" and I was like, I'm naming them X because I want them to be called X. If I wanted them called Y, I'd name them Y. I understand there will be nicknames in school, sports, etc., but I think your family should for the most part respect your name choice. BUT, if they insist, it's not worth fighting over, IMO.

Spin313

It's going to happen with many names.

I have a Matthew and an Alexandra. I hate when anyone calls Matthew "Matt," but we've called our daughter "Lexie" from the beginning.

HUrquiza

In my experience, I'd say just let it go. My mother calls my son "Xavis" (Cha-viss). His name is Xavi (Cha-vee). I hate when she does it because it sounds like Travis to me... and I HATE that name. However, when I told her that I hate when she does that, she laughed at me and said "People will call your children whatever they want...get used to it."

If your situation is anything like mine (and I hope for your sake it's not!) then let it slide... its probably not worth the aggravation. 

LynsiBHM

I think if there's a particular nn you don't like, you may be able to get some fam and friends to avoid it, but really there's not much you can do. I don't understand people's obsession with nicknames for kids.

My son's name is Paxton. We call him his full name (first and middle, or just first) or "Pax" and expected that to be his nn, however, people call him Pac, PacMan, Paxy... it's weird. My MIL hates his name and asked if she could call him Tony. Ummm NO! (but thanks for asking?)   Our sibs have even called him baby PFunk, P-Mike (his mn is Michael) and PMoney...?  Apparently he's destined to be a rapper?  ugh.

SerenityNowInsanityLater

LynsiBHM:

 My MIL hates his name and asked if she could call him Tony. Ummm NO! (but thanks for asking?)  

Wow.  Do we have the same MIL? Mine HATES the name Daphne, and kept asking to call her Sarah.