Girls names that can be shortened (like Sam, Alli, Nat)

HimandMeplus3 · July 2015

We won't find out if little bean is a boy or a girl for a few more weeks (although I think it's a girl), but we started discussing names today. My SO seems to only like girls names that can be shortened, which I'm fine with as a nickname that he can use, but we can't find any that we both like that aren't already used in our family/close friends. Here are some examples for reference...

Samantha ➡ Sam (I dislike Samantha)
Allison ➡ Alli (different name than Allison?)
Annabelle ➡ Anna (can't use Annabelle and he hates Annalise,other Anna suggestions?)
Natalie➡Nat (have 3 Natalie's very close to us)

The only other name he said was "okay" was Lilah, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE! If I have my way, a girl will definitely be Lilah. Big brother's name is Jackson (family name), called Jack most of the time.

Let's hear them ladies! I tend to like names that the board leans towards (no crazy spellings, no boys names for girls, nothing made up). Thanks

MamaWren919 · July 2015

Olivia (Liv)
Abigail (Abby)
Rosalie (Rose or Rosie)
Evangeline (Eve or Eva)

astrat017 · July 2015

I've known a few Alexandra's that go by Ali.
Victoria-tori
Elizabeth has a few nns
Millicent.-Millie
Madeline-Maddie
Seraphina-sera(Sarah)
Callista or calliope- Callie
Natasha could be nat as well or Tasha tash

astrat017 · July 2015

Would your hubby prefer Delilah with your choice NN ?

HimandMeplus3 · July 2015

MamaWren919 said:
Olivia (Liv)
Abigail (Abby)
Rosalie (Rose or Rosie)
Evangeline (Eve or Eva)

He doesn't like Olivia (can't say why), and our dogs are Abby (which we both like for a baby) and Ellie. I'll bring up the latter two,though!

HimandMeplus3 · July 2015

astrat017 said:
I've known a few Alexandra's that go by Ali.
Victoria-tori
Elizabeth has a few nns
Millicent.-Millie
Madeline-Maddie
Seraphina-sera(Sarah)
Callista or calliope- Callie
Natasha could be nat as well or Tasha tash

He thinks Victoria and Millicent/Millie names are old, hates Elizabeth, we have nieces named Maddie and Alexandria, and he thinks Callista and Seraphina are just weird. Oh, and Natasha is the Russian lady on Rocky and Bullwinkle. Ya....naming a child with him is insane!

HimandMeplus3 · July 2015

@astrat017 he thinks Delilah sounds too flowery, but would go for just Lilah. The man's line of thinking is maddening. We went through the top 1000 names of 2012 3 times before we finally settled on one for Jack!

LNic5 · July 2015

Savannah nn Savi
Rosalie nn Rose or Rosa
Victoria nn Vic or Tori
Thalia nn Lia
Alexandra nn Alex or Allie
Alessandra nn Allie
Charlotte nn Lottie or Charlie
Abigail nn Abby
Camilla nn Mila or Cami
Penelope nn Poppy or Penny
Elena nn Ellie or Lena
Josephine nn Joey or Josie
Eliza nn Ellie
Lilliana nn Lily
Evangeline nn Evie
Eloise nn Ellie
Francesca nn Frankie
Emmeline nn Emme or Emmy
Annika nn Anne or Anna or Annie
Katherine nn Kate or Kitty

HimandMeplus3 · July 2015

LNic5 said:
Savannah nn Savi
Rosalie nn Rose or Rosa
Victoria nn Vic or Tori
Thalia nn Lia
Alexandra nn Alex or Allie
Alessandra nn Allie
Charlotte nn Lottie or Charlie
Abigail nn Abby
Camilla nn Mila or Cami
Penelope nn Poppy or Penny
Elena nn Ellie or Lena
Josephine nn Joey or Josie
Eliza nn Ellie
Lilliana nn Lily
Evangeline nn Evie
Eloise nn Ellie
Francesca nn Frankie
Emmeline nn Emme or Emmy
Annika nn Anne or Anna or Annie
Katherine nn Kate or Kitty

Is Emmeline pronounced Emme-lyn or Emme-line?

LNic5 · July 2015

HimandMeplus3 said:

LNic5 said:
Savannah nn Savi
Rosalie nn Rose or Rosa
Victoria nn Vic or Tori
Thalia nn Lia
Alexandra nn Alex or Allie
Alessandra nn Allie
Charlotte nn Lottie or Charlie
Abigail nn Abby
Camilla nn Mila or Cami
Penelope nn Poppy or Penny
Elena nn Ellie or Lena
Josephine nn Joey or Josie
Eliza nn Ellie
Lilliana nn Lily
Evangeline nn Evie
Eloise nn Ellie
Francesca nn Frankie
Emmeline nn Emme or Emmy
Annika nn Anne or Anna or Annie
Katherine nn Kate or Kitty
Is Emmeline pronounced Emme-lyn or Emme-line?

I've seen it as Emme-uh-leen...others can correct me if I'm terribly wrong

kmkrushi · July 2015

Also our DD is Emilia and we call her Emmy.

Your husband sounds so much like mine it's scary! Is he an engineer by chance?

HimandMeplus3 · July 2015

kmkrushi said:
Also our DD is Emilia and we call her Emmy.

Your husband sounds so much like mine it's scary! Is he an engineer by chance?

Your daughter's name is very pretty! I'm going to suggest it to him!

And he's not an engineer. Lol He is just overly critical and analyzes everything about naming a child! Naming our son was even worse. At least this time I have a couple boy names in mind that were leftover from last time.

dramaphile · July 2015

HimandMeplus3 said:

LNic5 said:
Savannah nn Savi
Rosalie nn Rose or Rosa
Victoria nn Vic or Tori
Thalia nn Lia
Alexandra nn Alex or Allie
Alessandra nn Allie
Charlotte nn Lottie or Charlie
Abigail nn Abby
Camilla nn Mila or Cami
Penelope nn Poppy or Penny
Elena nn Ellie or Lena
Josephine nn Joey or Josie
Eliza nn Ellie
Lilliana nn Lily
Evangeline nn Evie
Eloise nn Ellie
Francesca nn Frankie
Emmeline nn Emme or Emmy
Annika nn Anne or Anna or Annie
Katherine nn Kate or Kitty
Is Emmeline pronounced Emme-lyn or Emme-line?

I have mostly heard it as Emma-Line. I also have a friend whose name is spelled Emelin, pronounced "em-uh-lin"

Other suggestions:

Katarina, nn Kat
Aurelia, Ariana, nn Ari
Patricia, nn Patty, Trish, Trisha
Rosalind is another one you can nn Rosie or Rose
Penelope can also be nn'd Nelly or Nellie

4N6s · July 2015

Madeline - maddy
Alexandra - Alex or Lexi
Victoria - Tori
Veronica - roni
Stephanie - Steph
Jessica - Jess
Lillian - Lilly
Melissa - Mel
Adeline - addy
Matilda - tilly

vintagetxbudgetbride · July 2015

Cecilia nn ceily/sealy
Gabreielle/Gabriella nn gabby
Bethany nn Beth
Jocilyn nn Joyce
Josephine nn jojo/Josie/jo
Evangeline nn Eve/Eva
Janelle nn Jan/Ellie/Elle
Eleanor nn Elle/ Ellie
Lucille nn Lucy
Christy/Christine/Christina nn Chris
Jesslyn/Jessica nn Jesse/Jess
Zola/ Zoey nn Zoe
Adelynn nn Addy
Darieanne nn Deedee
Devereux nn Devi
Florence nn Lolo (low low)
Hadassa nn Hattie
Isabella/Isabell nn Izzy
Kathleen nn Kathy
Melissa/Melanie/Melody nn Mel
Paisley nn Paypay
Rebecca nn Becca
Torrence/Victoria nn Tori

These are all names and nicknames I've taught working in childcare over the years. I hope it gets your juices flowing.

Btw preschool/nursery teachers are notorious for using nick names. If you don't like any of these nick names let it be known! Lol

erinnlou · July 2015

Virginia nn Ginny
Gianna nn Gia or GiGi
Katherine nn Kate

Also, I like Annabeth.

MamaWren919 · July 2015

Megan nn Meg

lifeisapeach · July 2015

What about using Alice and calling her Ali?

jessilee15 · July 2015

Funnily enough, my husband is an engineer and has a similar think with nicknames. Our current top picks:
Alexandra - Allie, Alex, Lexie
Margaret - Maggie
Kathryn - Katie/Kate

He also liked Anna nn Annie and Eleanor nn Ellie, but we already have those in the family

mattandlora · July 2015

kmkrushi said:

Your husband sounds so much like mine it's scary! Is he an engineer by chance?

This. My husband is an engineer. This whole things sounds way too familiar. Naming both of our kids came down to a spreadsheet with some convoluted ranking and scoring system.

kmkrushi · July 2015

mattandlora said:

kmkrushi said:

Your husband sounds so much like mine it's scary! Is he an engineer by chance?
This. My husband is an engineer. This whole things sounds way too familiar. Naming both of our kids came down to a spreadsheet with some convoluted ranking and scoring system.

It think they must have secret meetings to learn new ways to aggravate us! DH almost never suggests names but shoots mine down.

ETA : I've heard the value of spreadsheets and Exel for a long time. I told him this and he decided to start working on one. He's going to add name meanings and possible nns to the spreadsheet.

mattandlora · July 2015

kmkrushi said:

mattandlora said:

kmkrushi said:

Your husband sounds so much like mine it's scary! Is he an engineer by chance?
This. My husband is an engineer. This whole things sounds way too familiar. Naming both of our kids came down to a spreadsheet with some convoluted ranking and scoring system.
It think they must have secret meetings to learn new ways to aggravate us! DH almost never suggests names but shoots mine down.

ETA : I've heard the value of spreadsheets and Exel for a long time. I told him this and he decided to start working on one. He's going to add name meanings and possible nns to the spreadsheet.

Also, my engineer husband put together a powerpoint slideshow of engagement rings. I had to rank them all in order of how much I liked them, with an explanation for my top and bottom 3. And "I don't know. I just like / don't like it" didn't count. To his credit though, he did a great job in that department. But getting there was infuriating

groovylocks · July 2015

Alexandra - Alex

Elizabeth - Liz, Eliza, Lizzy, Beth, Ella (That's me! I'm an Elizabeth shortened to Ella), Lilly, Betty, Betsy, Libby

Catherine/Katherine - Kate, Katie, Cath/Kath

emmy236 · July 2015

Reading through and trying to find a few additional choices (also I'm in finance project management and I Iove me some spreadsheets. DH is the rational one with names)

Genevieve - Evie, Eve, Genny, Gigi
Cordelia -Delia, Cora
Juliet- Jules
Juliana- Jules, Juli, Anna
Leona- Leah
Johanna-Jo, Jojo, Hannah, Joey
Virginia- Ginny
Eleonore- Elle, Ellie, Ella, Norah
Theodora- Thea, Teddy, Dora
Francesca - Franny, Frankie
Magdalena- Maggie, Lena

BornMama · July 2015

I second Johannah--Jo, Jojo, Hannah, Hannie, Joey, Anna....

Also, could Lilah have Lily, Lee, Elle as a NN?

Mamabeagle · July 2015

Alessandra as Ali, Cassandra as Sandy.

secretbaba · July 2015

Veronica - Ronny

eliztheforrizz · July 2015

I really love Cassandra with the nickname Cassie.

satuttle1014 · July 2015

Jillian (Jill)

Alexandra (Alex or I have actually seen Allie)

Cassandra (Cassie)

Abigail (Abby/Abbie)

Addison (Addy/Addie)

Andrea (Andi/Andie) and my name so of course I would suggest it

Brianna/Breanna (Brie/Bree)

Jennifer (Jen/Jenny)

Julianna (Jules/Julia)

Lilliana (Lily)

Gabrielle/Gabriella (Gabby)

Elizabeth (Ellie, Liz, Beth, Libby)

Josephine (Jo, Josie)

Katherine (Katie, Kat)

Rosalynn (Rose/Rosie)

Vivienne (Vivi)

HimandMeplus3 · July 2015

Thanks ladies! There's a few more on the list I'll suggest to him. He's said he likes Emily, as well, so at least he's giving me something to work with!

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