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Which nickname? (clicky poll)

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in December 2011 Moms

Now that we know it's a boy, there's some thinking to do. Carrying on my husband's name is super important for his family (it's been passed down for forever)...so this baby will be Hendrik Jacobus. I know it's not something you see everyday (in America anyway-the name is Dutch), but it's special to us! I call DH Hendrik, his parents call him Hendri, and his best friend calls him Hennie. Sometimes he introduces himself as Henry, just to keep it simple here in the States. He has no preference of what people call him (which I find kind of odd). He is open to discussions of what to call the baby, though he prefers a variation of the first name. I am up in the air, will need to get used to any of them, and hate "Hennie" so that won't be on the list.

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  • RicolaRicola member

    It is a very common name in Germany, too (I am German) and the nickname is usually Henni.

    I went to school with twins named Hendrik (boy) and Henrike (girl). Her nn was Hennie and his was Henner. 

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  • mintyblue02mintyblue02 member
    The nickname for Henry is also Harry, which I love.  In case you want to distinguish between your husband and son.
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  • jewlie8520jewlie8520
    My little cousin's name is Henry and I call him Hen Hen... so cute lol
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  • uncharch7uncharch7
    i'm not a fan of nicknames (even though DH goes by a shortened version of his middle name), so i chose hendrik. 
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  • lijuan09lijuan09 member
    What about using the "rik" part of Hendrick?  You could call the baby Rick or Ricky.

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  • msBlackandGoldmsBlackandGold member

    After reading posts....I like Rik too!! I think that will distinguish between DH and LO.

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    I like Henri, but Hendrik is such a neat/ beautiful name that I think I would stick more with that. But I love nick names and the names we have chosen for our little one don't have obvious ones so LO will be called their name or something that just sticks later on. See how it feels once he is here, the nn doesn't need to be written in stone.
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  • emadlmaemadlma member

    imagelijuan09:
    What about using the "rik" part of Hendrick?  You could call the baby Rick or Ricky.

    Ditto. That's what I was thinking. 

    Edited because I am an English teacher and that's what we do.
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    imagetl+ct = <3:
    I like Henri, but Hendrik is such a neat/ beautiful name that I think I would stick more with that. But I love nick names and the names we have chosen for our little one don't have obvious ones so LO will be called their name or something that just sticks later on. See how it feels once he is here, the nn doesn't need to be written in stone.

    Thanks :)  I would probably just automatically go with Hendrik...if it weren't that we live in Charlotte at the moment, and there's Rick Hendrick racing stuff everywhere, and "Hendrick Hondra" and "Hendrick Motorsports." The name has always been beautiful to me, but something about the racing/car dealer correlation where we're living now makes it sound kind of redneck for a kid's name (no offense meant to racing fans).

    But then we probably won't live here forever so that thought is probably just silly. 

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  • cdymondcdymond member
    I used to date a guy whose nickname was Hennie, and I hated it too. Henry or Hendri is much better!
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