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I like all of the nicknames better than the names.

I don't like nns, but those are ok except Bren

Illeana nn Lena (LEEN-a)- nice

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Jocelyn - Not sure how to spell it yet but pronounced JAHS-ee, also I might consider using Josie I personally prefer Joss or Jossie as a nickname for Jocelyn

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Antonius nn Anton (an-TONE)- okay

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Brendan, Brendon or Brennan nn Bren (BREN) - okay

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Dominic nn Nika or Nica (NEEKA) - a little too feminine in sound for my tastes I prefer Nico

This message was edited 1/11/2005, 3:59 PM

Illeana nn Lena (LEEN-a) - like this nn a lot

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Jocelyn - Not sure how to spell it yet but pronounced JAHS-ee, also I might consider using Josie -- I'd go with Joss or Lyn. I don't like Josie pron. JAHS-ee, its a bit hard to say

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Antonius nn Anton (an-TONE) - cool

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Brendan, Brendon or Brennan nn Bren (BREN) - nice

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Dominic nn Nika or Nica (NEEKA) - seems to feminine. What about Dom or Nic? or even Minic, lol?

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~ Arcadia

I think it's fine for the parents to plan the nns the like, but obviously their schoolfriends (and the child himself) are going to have more say when it comes to nns.

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Basically, I never plan nns rigidly (Sasha for Alexander / Alexandria is the only one of my 500+ favourites that comes with a nn built-in).

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I often use my dad as an example. His parents named him David, and never called him anything but David; his sisters called him Dave but other than that it was just David. Then, at age about 12, he went on a school trip to Spain. For fun, he and his friends gave a mock-Spanish twist to their names, and he changed his to Divianos (div-YAN-oss). This was shortened to Ianos (YAN-oss), and it stuck. He literally forgets his name is David, and virtually no one ever uses it in official documents. What kind of a link to David and Ianos have?! His parents could never have predicted that!!

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Anyway, I've gone off on a tangent. I like Joss, Bren and Nica :-)

Well, I don't have a problem with nicknames. It does bother me when parents plan the nickname(s), or says their child won't have a nickname. I think nicknames should be left up to the child.

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The Branden and Brandon I know go by their full names. With the two Dominic's (but I prefer the spelling Dominick) I know, one goes by his full name, and the other goes by Dom.

This message was edited 1/11/2005, 6:40 AM

I'm of the opinion that the first syllable should always be "intact". Nica doesn't look/sound like it's related to Dominic at all, and I find those kind of nn very confusing. I'd just go with Dom (uncreative but it works.)

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I like Bren.

Illeana nn Lena - I like this a lot, although I'd probably use Leana (lee-AH-na) myself :-) I also like Ilse or Ilsa (both prn "ilsa", 'i' as in 'ill' and 's' as in 'Sam' not a 'z' sound).

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Jocelyn - this is a difficult one to nickname as all of the spellings are taken for other sounds! Josie doesn't work for me (language difference I guess!).

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Antonius nn Anton - nice

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Brendan et al - nice :-)

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Dominic - I love this name. Nika / Nica sound too feminine to me (I guess I associate them with Dominique, which I love for a girl). I'd use Dom, or Nick.

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For myself, I probably won't plan nicknames for my kids' names (unless I'm using Kathleen deliberately to get Kate!) as my family has a history of rhymey nicknames given spontaneously.

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:-)

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edit - minor addition

This message was edited 1/11/2005, 3:33 AM

I don't like the nickname of Nika/Nica for Dominic. It sounds very feminine to me. I think Dom is the better (and more obvious) choice.

Believe in it? heh. I think it's good to think about what the likely nicks would be, and have one you know you'll like using. But I also think you can't really plan them -- people will make them up as they please, subject to the named's approval.

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Lena for Illeana: not quite natural. Either only you would say it, or she'd become so used to it that she'd introduce herself as Lena. I like Lena.

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Josie for Jocelyn: nice, natural nick; would likely be used and liked.

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Anton: Pronounced An-TONE, it kind of needs an E on the end imo. It's a natural nick though; would almost certainly stick. I like it

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Bren: probably also inevitable, but only in informal situations (or by his mom). I don't feel like Brendan really needs a nickname, necessarily.

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Dominic: I like the nickname Nica, but I strongly doubt it'd stick; even if you picked it out and started using it, you might not continue unless it "just fit" the boy. Dom seems pretty much inevitable unless you deliberately put Nica on paperwork when enrolling him in school, and never referred to him as Dominic. I think Nico or Nic is a bit more likely to stick (folks resist boy names ending in A, in my experience) and to be liked by a young boy.

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- chazda