What do you think of this NN?

blindvictory · August 2012

So I have some friends who are due slightly before me. I love the name that they chose...Adelaide. But they're calling the little girl "Lady". For some reason, it seems incredibly weird to me, to the point that I actually cringe a little whenever I see them call her that. Not to mention it sounds like a dog name to me.

What do you think? Am I being dramatic or is that an awful nickname? And just to make it fun, what's the worst NN you've ever heard?

linzeek44 · August 2012

I think Lady and the Tramp. Totally a dog's name to me.

Also, if I didn't know the girl's name, I'd be confused as to why people were calling her Lady (you know, like "Hey Mister!" kind of thing).

If I were using the name, I'd NN Addy.

bonjourbelle05 · August 2012

linzeek44:
I think Lady and the Tramp. Totally a dog's name to me.
Also, if I didn't know the girl's name, I'd be confused as to why people were calling her Lady (you know, like "Hey Mister!" kind of thing).
If I were using the name, I'd NN Addy.

All of this...we actually considered using that name if it was a girl and calling her Addy (except then we realized our cat is Madeleine and we can her Maddy....).

Unem · August 2012

I think it's weird.

I think my biggest pet peeve nickname is when parents call their girls their 'little princess'. Maybe that's my UO for the week.

senorita04 · August 2012

It's weird. It doesn't seem appropriate for a NN. But, if that's what they want to do...

I went to high school with a guy who was named Michael, but everyone called him Angelo. As in Michelangelo. Definitely creative NN for sure. I just always thought it was really random.

BlueIris82 · August 2012

That totally sounds like a dog name to me. I'd go with the NN Addy.

mavs41 · August 2012

Love Adelaide but Lady is definitely a dog's name....my grandparents dog for one.

HarmsMomma · August 2012

No. Just no.

misspunky · August 2012

I can't stop thinking of my grammy's overweight beagle named Lady.

Lady=dog

dog=/=baby

Megroons · August 2012

I think it's awful. That's probably dramatic but you should see the face I'm making at the thought of the NN, Lady. No, just no...Adelaide is such a pretty name and they're ruining it. Plus when she starts school I definitely see her getting picked on!

mystrana · August 2012

MrsSparklebottom:
That reminds me of The Janitor's girlfriend/wife in Scrubs.

Spoiler alert: The janitor's eventual wife!

But yeah, that's who I thought of. Even still, it's not really a nickname I would choose, that's for sure.

TaylorP5 · August 2012

I second the idea of NN Addy instead of Lady!

Lady sounds like a dog!

Bighair12 · August 2012

HarmsMomma:
No. Just no.

Horrible NN.

redneckmomma25 · August 2012

I can't see calling a baby/toddler any age lady.

Bad NN....I have some good ones. Elizabeth turned into lizard breath, lizard for short, beefers, beefcakes. My sisters kids like to call me aunt beef instead of aunt Beth.

MrsAB1316 · August 2012

I actually don't hate the nn "Lady" as long as it stays in the family and doesn't follow the poor kid to school. I don't really have a strong associations of "pet" names vs. "human" names. All of my animals have human names (Ava, Layla, Luca, Marley) I'm really over the nn "Addy". Mostly because half of my friends' kids are named Addison or Adeline and they all call them "Addy."

GR8TDANEMOM · August 2012

That is horrible, poor girl. Addy woud be cute.

hmp1 · August 2012

MrsAB1316:
I actually don't hate the nn "Lady" as long as it stays in the family and doesn't follow the poor kid to school. I don't really have a strong associations of "pet" names vs. "human" names. All of my animals have human names (Ava, Layla, Luca, Marley) I'm really over the nn "Addy". Mostly because half of my friends' kids are named Addison or Adeline and they all call them "Addy."

This is my thought too. DH and I call DS Bubs all the time, like most of the time. But it isn't a nn that will follow him to school. And for the record, I also call my cat Bubs a lot so I guess pet nn don't bother me on humans.

PamelaC · August 2012

Bethevans85:
. My sisters kids like to call me aunt beef instead of aunt Beth.

LOL! My bro-in-law has been called Beef since grade school. Real name Glen, but he was a big kid! My girls call him uncle Beef!

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