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Minnie as a nickname for Emmeline?

by Ebba

9/9/2007, 10:01 AM

This was suggested in my first post on Minnie. I really like Emmeline, but could Minnie as a nickname for it be credible? What do you think?

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- Isla

9/9/2007, 10:38 PM

I don't see why not. And Elisabeth "Bessie" & Emmeline "Minnie" definitely sound like sisters, IMO. And Minnie is tons better than other Emma or Emmy. ;) Good luck!

- Vraiment

9/9/2007, 12:39 PM

I think it could work. My personal favorite is Minnie for Minerva, but emmeline is quite pretty. It is very credible.

What would Emmeline's middle name be?

- blaaarg +2

9/9/2007, 10:54 AM

Ooh, yeah. I like it.

- Cambria (MaidenOfGrace)

9/10/2007, 9:01 AM

Me, three!

:o)

- Tuesday (trayc53)

9/9/2007, 11:54 AM

Me, too. :)

- kra (guest)

9/9/2007, 10:35 AM

I love Cosmina.... minnie could be a nn.

- Leona +1

9/9/2007, 10:31 AM

I think it's a bit of a stretch, but then again people get Lily out of Elizabeth and Hank from Henry (I never did understand that one) so I think it's fine. It's really cute too, which makes it ok no matter what:)

- Isla

9/9/2007, 10:39 PM

Peggy from Margaret is one I never could understand :b

- Eilis (Suibhne)

9/9/2007, 10:18 AM

Sure.

I've seen less plausible stretches than than and can totally imagine Minnie as a nickname for Emmeline. I think Minnie is a flexible enough nickname--kind of like Mamie or Mimi--that I'd accept the barest of sound similarities as a reason to use it. :-)

I think Emmeline and Elisabeth would be great for sisters. They're both E names but I think they're long and different enough that it won't look like Emmeline was picked just for the sake of having an E theme. And of all its possible nicknames, I'd much rather see Minnie than something like Emmy or Emma.

- jeziana

9/9/2007, 10:08 AM

Its not very obvious, but I think it would work :)

Emmeline is lovely btw, and Minnie and Bessie as sisters is so cute!

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