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joforyoga
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Inevitable NN
joforyoga
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Hi there, I posted previously trying to narrow down my list of girls names but I just have a simple question. Do you think if we have a daughter and name her Caroline that she will inevitably be called Carol as a nickname? I really don't want there to be any nicknames that pop up that I don't like but I simply love the name Caroline. In the past I generally gravitate towards names that are already short and sweet and don't have nicknames unless I really love them. What do you think? Will people try a nickname her automatically?
Re: Inevitable NN
I am in the camp if you dislike a NN don't use the name. Even if you don't use it once they are school you can't stop their friends using NN.
In general, people will call your kids whatever you (or the kid) asks them to. We have a James, and people don't try to call him Jim or Jimmy or anything like that once we introduce him as James.
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
We've always called DS1 by his full name, but this year in third grade, one of the kids he became good friends with started calling him by a nickname and it seems a lot of kids in school have followed suit. I don't hate the nickname and he likes it, but I love his full name and IMO it suits him better. I can't imagine ever shortening it, but I don't care if his friends do.
Baby #2 Due 3/7/20
DD #2: May 2020
Baby #3: EDD May 2023; MC October 2022