[lozzylots]

Anyone else desperate to know the names in question?

Yes!!

[jameses mum]

I don't usually comment in "name" threads - not my kid, so I don't care what you call your child.
But..

Many years ago my brother and his wife had a child. She liked Rebecca, he liked Kim.
Child was named Kim Rebecca Lastname.

He has always called her Kim.
She has always called her Rebecca.

No long term ill effects on said child, who is now a mother of 3 herself.

So, compromise.

ETA: Most other people called her Beck

This post has been edited by jameses mum: 08/02/2013, 01:40 PM

[JBaby]

DD is almost never called by her birth certificate name but she gets called by no less than 6 nicknames daily. Tbh I don't think she learnt her actual name until she was 12 months old but after that no issues. She answers to all of them.

I have two Vietnamese friends where one parent calls the child by their anglo name and the other calls them by their Vietnamese name. Has never caused a prob or confused the child from what I'm told. In fact I think its a very common scenario.

I think the only reason it would be a prob is if it grated on your nerves when DH says the NN and vice versa. If not, no issue.

[kerilyntaryn]

what is the names you like and what name does dh like

[Bellefin]

We have this exact scenario (might even be the same name!). It does sound ethnic and I mostly use the full version and DP uses the abbreviation. I don't find it a problem at all although DD2 is only a baby anyway. It's a good situation really, rather than disagreeing completely.

[vitaechel]

DD is an Annabelle. DH likes "Anna" and I didn't - I compromised with Annabelle (which also happens to be DH's fav aunt and we used my mum's name as her middle name). We call her Lulu and have done so since we found out what gender she was. I actually have to think about it when people ask her name. Pretty much all the family call her Lulu too. It suits her - she is such a happy bubbly little thing.
DS doesn't find it confusing and calls her both Lulu and Annabelle and he is only 3. DS gets lots of different versions of his name too, but when someone asks his name he either says his real name or his daddy's NN for him.