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I prefer names that don't have nn's. My daughter's name is Hayley and you can't really get a nn from that (although my sister calls her Hayles :P) My name is Cassie and I always get asked if its short for Cassandra (which it isn't, its just Cassie) and it gets annoying. I like the name Katherine but if I ever had a dd with that name I would call her Katherine, I wouldn't want anyone calling her Kate or Kathy or whatever. In my opinion whats the point of namimg your child a full name if everyone is just going be calling them by their short name? When my parents named me my dad wanted me to be Cassandra but my wanted wanted just Cassie coz she said "everyone would just call her that anyway" also my mum's name is Sandra so it would have been confusing. One of my sister's names is Briana (Bree-anna) and she has started to tell everyone to call her Bree, I still call her Briana coz its more prettier.

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