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HelpRe: Do certain names always gain nicknames?
in reply to a message by Georgia-Claire
I know more than one William, an Elizabeth, well I don't know any Eleanors but I think it's easy to do sans nickname, a Nathaniel, umma lso no Matildas, and a Jacob who don't have their names shortened. I know several Katherines and several Jennifers and at least one Andrew, a Joshua, two Philips... long story short, yeah, I think people will call them what you want them to call them.
I do think the neo anti-nickname attitude is pretty weird, though. But that's just opinion.
eta: I also know a Joseph, a Benjamin, two Matthews.
I do think the neo anti-nickname attitude is pretty weird, though. But that's just opinion.
eta: I also know a Joseph, a Benjamin, two Matthews.
This message was edited 6/27/2009, 3:21 PM
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I think that particular attitude is weird, too. What is so bad about a nickname, anyway?
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I'm not at all against nicknames in general but those names are all favourites of mine without nicknames that I am fond of. If I ever get to name a daughter Evangeline then I'll call her Eva all the time. Same if I name a daughter Gwendolyn (Gwen), Arabella (Bella), Charlotte (Lot) or a son Lucas (Cass), Schuyler (Sky) or John (Jack).
However, I wouldn't choose to name a girl Matilda knowing she'd always be called Maddy or a boy Jacob if he would only be called Jake. If I wanted to call them Jake and Maddy that would be what I named them.
However, I wouldn't choose to name a girl Matilda knowing she'd always be called Maddy or a boy Jacob if he would only be called Jake. If I wanted to call them Jake and Maddy that would be what I named them.
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I think some people believe that if they name a child a name they want to actually call the child by this name. I kind of agree to an extent, why name your daughter Serafina if you will just call her Sera? But then there are the "anti-naming your kid a nickname" people. Can't make everyone happy. I love having nicknames for people that I'm familiar with though ^_^ it's a nice term of endearment I guess.
Edit: Though part of it is laziness. If I had a daughter Elanor, I'd probably call her Elanor but I would probably say things like "El, pick up your toys before you go to bed." Those aren't official nicknames though, just something people that say your name often shorten it to for convenience sake.
Edit: Though part of it is laziness. If I had a daughter Elanor, I'd probably call her Elanor but I would probably say things like "El, pick up your toys before you go to bed." Those aren't official nicknames though, just something people that say your name often shorten it to for convenience sake.
This message was edited 6/27/2009, 4:10 PM
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