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in reply to a message by Bex
I like Theodore. I like Theodora. I like Tobias. :)
Now excuse me while I jump up on my soapbox for a bit. You can totally call Tobias Tobias all the time. You can try very hard to convince all your friends and relatives to do the same. You may very well succeed. But Tobias is likely to have an opinion. If not when he is 2 or 3 than when he is 8 or 14. So if you are going to pick a name with a very common and obvious nickname, you need to wrap your head around the possibility that your son will one day choose to use that nickname. And that has to be okay. Otherwise, don't go there.
As siblings, Theodora and Tobias are not too T heavy.
My favourite pair, though, is Tobias and Daphne.
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
He is becoming greater, I am becoming less
Bits of the journey here: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/
And some family cuteness here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41705228@N08/
Now excuse me while I jump up on my soapbox for a bit. You can totally call Tobias Tobias all the time. You can try very hard to convince all your friends and relatives to do the same. You may very well succeed. But Tobias is likely to have an opinion. If not when he is 2 or 3 than when he is 8 or 14. So if you are going to pick a name with a very common and obvious nickname, you need to wrap your head around the possibility that your son will one day choose to use that nickname. And that has to be okay. Otherwise, don't go there.
As siblings, Theodora and Tobias are not too T heavy.
My favourite pair, though, is Tobias and Daphne.
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
He is becoming greater, I am becoming less
Bits of the journey here: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/
And some family cuteness here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41705228@N08/
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