[happyapple]

So all the names I like for boys seem to be nicknames!
DS2 Dash is not short for anything and I have a nephew named Jimmy-not-short-for-anything
I guess it's not unheard of these days anyway!

This is my boys list
Alfie
Artie
Archie
Eddie
Ted

Any to add?

I think if it's a girl we will call her Daisy, but I am interested in something equally as pretty and underused as this?

Thanks for your help!

[Little.One]

You know I'm in two minds about nicknamey names. On one hand I feel why not give a longer version of the name for future use, and on the other hand I think if you are only ever going to use the nickname why complicate matters and just use that name instead?

So each to their own I think! I'd rather use a nicknamey name then some of the other awful names out there related to fruit or food IMO

If you prefer the nickname I'd just go with what you prefer.

ETA: my girls name of choice in a nicknamey style is Ellie but I dislike all the longer name variants.

This post has been edited by Little.One: 19/01/2013, 03:54 PM

[Gudrun]

Of course one person's nickname can be another person's 'real' name. And in time diminutives often lose nickname status.

Daisy can be a nickname too.

I like these 'nickname' names for boys:


Ned
Zeke
Clem
Manny
Perry
Yul
Toby
Pip
Kit
Lenny
Barney
Moss
Leo
Ry
Max
Uri
Jack
Harry
Gil
Wil
Tim
Kes
Drew
Pax

[Chaos in stereo]

My DS has a nickname for a name. I thought about giving him the long version so he can have something a little more formal when he's older, but TBH I don't like it. I didn't want people calling him that so we just went with the nickname.

It's been in the top 100 since a year after I named him so I can't be the only one with this preference.

[Corella]

Katy

[Magnus]

I like nickname names. But I teach, and I find it frustrating when you call out a long name and the student grimaces and announces crankily, 'It's not Elizabeth, it's Libby' (or middle name, or something unrelated).

I do try to make a note of it on the roll, but it's still confusing because there's often at least five people per class with nicknames or preferred names, so I have scrawl all over the margins.

I think that if your nickname choice is a bit over the top or very juvenile sounding, like FiFi or Sammy, then I think it's better to give a full name. I like your choices, though, and I think they're wearable names for adults.

In terms of flower names, I just saw the name Aster, and I like it.

[fifi-trixibelle]

I consider all of those to be nicknames only and would never consider any of them as a full name but to be honest, I think a nickname as a full name is going to go much better with Dash than a full name with a nickname would.

Archie would have to be my pick from those.

Some other names/nicknames that you might like...
Dash and Levi
Dash and Eli
Dash and Toby
Dash and Nate
Dash and Theo
Dash and Jake
Dash and Quinn
Dash and Blair
Dash and Finn
Dash and Vinnie
Dash and Byron
Dash and Andy
Dash and Max
Dash and Benji
Dash and Saxon/Sax
Dash and Paddy

Dash and Maisie
Dash and Mila
Dash and Luna
Dash and Cleo
Dash and Iris
Dash and Ivy
Dash and Milla
Dash and Annie
Dash and Sadie
Dash and Ada
Dash and Ana
Dash and Tess/Tessa
Dash and Summer
Dash and Elsa
Dash and Isla

This post has been edited by fifi-trixibelle: 19/01/2013, 04:30 PM

[fifi-trixibelle]

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This post has been edited by fifi-trixibelle: 19/01/2013, 04:26 PM

[kerilyntaryn]

they can be depends on the name

these have as in them like the other 2
case
cash
chase
jase
casey
cassie

others

maisy
maggie
meg
bella
callie
millie
molly
abby
abe
ace
drew
jay
Josie
leo
theo
libby
max
nico
rocco
rose
sam
tess
zack
zeke

[Old Grey Mare]

Don't forget that you are not just naming a baby but also a child, teenager and adult. Names like Vinnie, Pip or Kit just don't cover all of these for me. I would always lean towards giving a baby a name with a couple of options so they can choose how they would like to be known as they get older.