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It's perfectly reasonable. I don't really have a strong opinion of about it. Some are cute, some not, but as a whole group, I'm pretty neutral.

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-- Sarah

I like:

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Samantha (Sam)
Charlie (prefer Charli for a girl, I don't like Charlotte though I prefer Charlize)

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there about the only names I like for girls.

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Cassie Anne
Fiance to Grant Stephen
Mum to Hayley Anne :)
D.O.B: 8th October, 2004

I think they are just fine. For Jessica you could you Jesse which is masculine and Jessi which is fem.

IMO, any nickname goes, as long as it's bestowed by friends (not parents) and accepted by the person.

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As far as planned nicknames, I'm okay with the kind you mean -- I'd just want the nicknamers to be prepared to abandon the nick, if the girl didn't like being mistaken for a boy, is all.

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- mirfak

I've never liked Samantha or Alexandra, but Charlotte and Joanna with nns Charlie and Jo are very nice. And I adore Francesca with the nn Frankie!

Don't shoot me but I really love masculine names on females. Of course, it depends on the name. There are certain names that I would never ever use on a girl.

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I also love girly names with masculine nicknames. I'm actually writing a story with 7 sisters who all have feminine names with masculine nicknames.

I dont mind unisex nicknames for girls, I dont see them as Boyish because they are formed from girls names and are just as legit as the nicknames formed from boys names.
A girl with a feminine formal name and a unisex nickname gets the best of both worlds to my mind.

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Paula

My nn is Jo

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So I guess I don't really have grounds to criticize. Jo just kind of happened though. When I was in elementary school we had 6 Jennifers in our classroom. Teachers basically renamed us. Jennifer, Jen, Jennie, Jenna, Jo, Jem. I got Jo because my fn/ln initials are J.O.

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Stuff like Sammy, Nicky, Charlie, Danny... eh. I don't hate them, but they aren't something I'd particularly want to use.

I personally don't really like nns. Especially not masculine nns for girls. Yuck!

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"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
~~~ John 3:16

I hate boys names on girls for various reasons, but I don't mind boyish nicknames. Nicknames come and go and people can choose ones for themselves by themselves, so I personally don't oppose to any sort of nicknames, really.

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I think they are fine

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If she wants to have a boyish nn, she can have it. But if she wants to have a more classic feminine name when she is older, she can have that too.

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There is a nurse in ER who refuses to listen to anything but Sam. And she looks very feminine: petite with long, blond and curly hair. I think she looks much more like the formal name Samantha. I don't know why women love male nn, do they feel like they are more worth? Male = strong and female = weak

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"You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
(On Children by Kahlil Gibran)

yea i think those nicknames are good as a young girl and maybe a teenager, but give her the possiblity of having it when shes older, so she wont be thought a boy forever.:)

I like them. They seem very spunky and cute. I especially love Charlie for Charlotte, Charlene, etc. The only one you mentioned that I don't like is Al for Alexandra. I think masculine nns for feminine full names is more acceptable because the child still has their real name to fall back on when they're older or if they just decide that they don't like their nn. However, I would not want to see a feminine nn on a masculine name. I just cannot stand it when names that are not unisex cross over.

This message was edited 7/3/2006, 12:42 PM

Love it...I'm Joey...short for Jocelyn.

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My husband's name is John and I am considering Johanna when we have our first daughter, with the nickname Johnnie.

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I love them.

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They seem very oldfashioned to me. Very rural. I love Jimmie (Jamesina), Johnnie (Johnna, Joanna, etc), Tommie and Tam (Thomasina), Bobbie and Bertie/Birdie (Roberta), Vinnie (Vincenza), etc, etc. I have a big list of them, and if I wasn't on my way out the door, I'd pass it along to you.

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Array

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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.

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A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.

I love masculine nns for girls & feminine nns for boys. For instance, if I had a Miranda, I'd definitely call her Randy, and if I had a Josiah, I'd have no qualms whatsoever about calling him Josie. :o) Or a girl named Jacoba, nn Jake and her brother Ellis by the nn Ellie. It's just how I am - an equal opportunity nnamer, I guess. :o)

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I don't mind masculine nns for girls

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As it still gives the girl a choice and she can revert back to her full name or adopt a more feminine nickname if she wishes.

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For example Charlotte nn Charlie can go by Charlotte or Lottie if she wishes but a female who was just Charlie doesn't have that option. Though there are some masculine nns I don't like on girls (Charlie is one, and Evan for Evangeline and others) it's better IMO than an Aidan, Ryan or Tristan. I also don't mind the reverse, a feminine nn for a boy, like Francis nn Fran.

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I like:

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Josephine nn Joey
Alberta nn Bertie
Harriet nn Harrie
Matilda nn Mattie
Theodora nn Theo, Teddie

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~Louise x
~*~Top Names~*~
Charles Frederick & Isabel Primrose

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This message was edited 7/3/2006, 7:21 AM

In general I don't like them at all. I almost always prefer the full name.

I agree with you. Jo and Sam are my favourites. I think the little bit of masculine makes it really cute. In my opinion, they're great.