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Help[Opinions] Nicholas.
My boyfriend is named Nicholas. It's a common name, often shortened to Nick, but I prefer the full version. What do you think of it? Do you feel that it ages well? Do you prefer other forms of Nicholas, e.g.:
Nikolaus, Nikolaas, Niccolo (full list:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/related.php?name=nicholas)?
Nikolaus, Nikolaas, Niccolo (full list:
http://www.behindthename.com/php/related.php?name=nicholas)?
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I really like it. I think it's a nice, comfortable, approachable name, yet it has something very sturdy and scientific about it. It definitely ages well. Funny enough, my husband's name is Nicholas and it's our son's middle name, but I came to that conclusion about it only in the past year or so.
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I don't know. It's been overly popular, and that's a negative in my eyes. I've never been too overly fond of the full form Nicholas--seems somewhat weak to me--but I like the nickname Nick. It ages perfectly well.
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I actually find that I prefer Nick to Nicholas. I really have no idea why. I just... Nicholas. It looks weird. I feel like it's not really a name. Does that even make sense? I don't know why I feel that way about it. Maybe I just don't know much about it. We are not well acquainted, Nicholas and I. It's like that person you pass in the hallways for years but all you know about them is what they look like.
Anyway. I like some of the feminine forms of Nicholas - I like Nicole, and Colette is my favorite girls' name. I like Nicolas too. I guess maybe it's something about the H that throws me? I dunno.
Anyway. I like some of the feminine forms of Nicholas - I like Nicole, and Colette is my favorite girls' name. I like Nicolas too. I guess maybe it's something about the H that throws me? I dunno.
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I, too, had a boyfriend with that name, and I always called him Nicholas, but nobody else was allowed to call him anything but Nick. This was during my phase of calling everybody by their full first names, which I dropped because my friend Alex(ander) found it irritating and it was too hard to keep track of who OK'ed it.
I think it ages well, sure. I've never liked it at all though. It's one of the few names that I've consistently disliked, along with Christopher, which it is linked to in my mind. I think it has to do with the fact that there are no long, strong vowels. It's just sort of bleeeeeehhhhh. It's like a name made of cottage cheese.
I think Nicola (male) is pretty awesome, and it reminds me of Tesla, who is also pretty awesome. Nikolai is probably myt favourite of the cognates, but I can't say I'm overly fond of any of them sadly. Klaus is super too though.
I think it ages well, sure. I've never liked it at all though. It's one of the few names that I've consistently disliked, along with Christopher, which it is linked to in my mind. I think it has to do with the fact that there are no long, strong vowels. It's just sort of bleeeeeehhhhh. It's like a name made of cottage cheese.
I think Nicola (male) is pretty awesome, and it reminds me of Tesla, who is also pretty awesome. Nikolai is probably myt favourite of the cognates, but I can't say I'm overly fond of any of them sadly. Klaus is super too though.
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Isn't it funny how many people, who go by nicknames, object to being called by their full names? I've always been in the habit of once in a while (not always) calling a person by their full name. No rhyme or reason to it, just once in a while I'll do it. I remember a Chris who, whenever I said "Christopher", would say, "Don't call me that" and a Ben who would say the same thing whenever I called him Benjamin.
I've never really understood it---if you're a Chris, isn't it assumed your full name is Christopher, so why make a big deal when you're called that? I've never had a nickname and I would object to being given one, not the other way around. I don't want anyone calling me Jan. But that seems different, because my name is Janice on my birth certificate, not Jan, and it seems reasonable to insist on being called by your full name rather than a nickname that someone else chooses. Objecting to being called what's on your birth certificate just doesn't seem as reasonable to me.
My daughter has known a few people--all older, authority figures such as teachers---who refuse to use her nickname and insist on calling her by her full name, but it's never bothered her.
I've never really understood it---if you're a Chris, isn't it assumed your full name is Christopher, so why make a big deal when you're called that? I've never had a nickname and I would object to being given one, not the other way around. I don't want anyone calling me Jan. But that seems different, because my name is Janice on my birth certificate, not Jan, and it seems reasonable to insist on being called by your full name rather than a nickname that someone else chooses. Objecting to being called what's on your birth certificate just doesn't seem as reasonable to me.
My daughter has known a few people--all older, authority figures such as teachers---who refuse to use her nickname and insist on calling her by her full name, but it's never bothered her.
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