Nickname GiGi

TUGOsQueen · July 2011

What are your thoughts on Gigi??

I would never use it as a real first name. I have good associations with it and with our girl name pick now, she would have the initials G.I.

We've always loved Gwen/Gwyneth and would go with Gwyneth. We just bought a farm and our now neighbor (and will be a life long neighbor since none of us are going anywhere) is Gwen so I thought it would be odd to call her the same.

Would Gigi be acceptable for a young girl and then she'd have option later on as to what she wants to go by?

KearaD · July 2011

It's WAY to cutesy for my style, but I have heard plenty of worse nicknames! I do really like Gwyneth, though, and would just call her that!

moxie9 · July 2011

I like the nickname GiGi, but I don't think Gwenyth is the most obvious choice for that (my name starts with a "d" and I am most definitely not a DeeDee if you know what I mean).

KtB0605 · July 2011

I think Gigi is fine for a young girl. I definitely wouldn't use that as a FN in any means, but I think it's an okay NN.

I do love Gwyneth/Gwen. I still think it'd be okay to call her Gwen, even though that's your neighbors name.

miababy · July 2011

All the woman I know called GiGi are called that as a nn for Grandma. It's hard for me to picture it on a child.

magsugar13 · July 2011

I call my daughter GiGi sometimes...her name is Gianna

rubyjem00 · July 2011

I like the name Gigi but to me, it is pretty young sounding so I certainly prefer it as a nickname. I immediately think of Georgia when I hear Gigi but that is likely thanks to the Gilmore Girls.

Melony380Tabi · July 2011

magsugar13:
I call my daughter GiGi sometimes...her name is Gianna

I think of the name Gianna for the nn GiGi.

MandyWes · July 2011

My DD calls my mom Gigi so I think of a grandmother. Like Gwen though!

mamaofboys · July 2011

A woman I know has a Jillian and she goes by JiJi (pronounced the same). Its cute as a nn. Gigi would work for Gwenyth although if anyone heard it they might assume her full name was something more directly linked. Its fine.

MAMAxB · July 2011

I think nn's can be anything. I know a girls who EVERYONE calls "Frog" (which is worse than Gigi).

She's about 15 now and incredibly beautiful but has always gone by it

alohamora · July 2011

Gigi as a nn for Gwyneth seems a little odd to me, although I suppose it makes more sense with the GI initials. I like it as a nn for Georgiana.

AlphabetFish · July 2011

I think it's fine, since you're giving her a full name she can use in a more professional setting, or if she later decides she doesn't like Gigi. It's a perfectly legitimate nickname.

InlovewithJHK · July 2011

my cousin is named Ginger and her nn is Gigi

ames71 · July 2011

I absolutely love Gigi as a nickname. One of my favorites.

I like it as a nn for Georgia, Bridget and Virginia.

starlight8323 · July 2011

KtB0605:

I think Gigi is fine for a young girl. I definitely wouldn't use that as a FN in any means, but I think it's an okay NN.

I do love Gwyneth/Gwen. I still think it'd be okay to call her Gwen, even though that's your neighbors name.

All of this, especially the bolded part. Wink

Great job on the spelling of Gwyneth! Yes

MissBHaven1024 · July 2011

My DD calls her great-grandmother GG, so that's instantly the reference that comes to mind, but I think it would be fine to give that nickname to your daughter, but if you were to spell it GiGi, I would think that her name starts with G-I, as in Gianna, as other posters have mentioned.

MelleTX · July 2011

I called my grandmother Gigi, but pronounced like ghee-ghee with a hard g like in "get". Apparently as a child I could not say "Gran".

My sister-in-law's niece has the nickname Gigi. Her older sister wanted to name the baby Gigi so they actually named her Georgia and gave her the nickname Gigi. Funny thing though. Once Georgia was about 4, she decided she did not like Gigi and will only answer to Georgia.

526SadieSadie · July 2011

Melony380Tabi:

magsugar13:
I call my daughter GiGi sometimes...her name is Gianna

I think of the name Gianna for the nn GiGi.

My name is Gianna, my maiden name was Giorgi - I quite literally was GiGi.

I HATE it. Anyone who called me that after I was 8 years old got a glare and a "my name is Gianna, I'm not a french poodle"

melody921 · July 2011

This is what I call my grandmother, so I associate it with her. I think it can be a cute nn for a little girl.

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