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Help[Opinions] Re: Birdie, Scottie, and Goldie
in reply to a message by number1212
If Lark, Raven etc, why not Birdie? Scottie is I suppose a feminisation of Scott, which is just another lnfn. I'm familiar with Goldie, like Ruby and Pearl etc, as a predominantly Jewish name: I hadn't even realised that Goldie Hawn is a Jew until five minutes ago when I looked her up: she was named after an aunt, so Goldies go back a longish way.
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Lark and Raven are actual names of birds, though. Birdie sounds like a baby talking about birds.
Most nicknames probably originate in baby-talk. Which is one reason why I don't enjoy nns as fns, but many other people do.