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Nickname

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Sorry, I'm really not a fan of giving (English) nicknames as full names, especially concerning feminine names. Off the top of my head I like Annie, Beth, and Kate as nicknames, but if I were to use them on a child I would name that child either Anne, Elisabeth / Elizabeth, or Catherine / Katherine / some other variant (lots of ways to spell that name!) and let them choose their own nickname if they wound up not liking Annie, Beth, or Kate. Or perhaps they would prefer to use their formal given names, no nickname.

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TL;DR version: I think (English) nicknames as given names are too confining.

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However, some foreign diminutives - such as Anita, Anya, Sasha, etc. - work as given names, imo. I also find Nell and Sadie to be exceptions to my "English diminutive rule," as I think they work well as given names, too.

This message was edited 1/14/2013, 11:34 AM

I love Annie!

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I am not a fan of nicknames as full names, although it seems to be super popular around her (so many Alfies, Archies, Charlies etc.!). It doesn't not "work" as a full name, I just prefer to have a more formal option.

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My favourite Annie name is Annelise "Annie" and I also like Joanna and Susannah.

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I prefer Annie to Anna. However, if it was for a full name rather than a nickname, then Anna is better as it doesn't feel so nicknamey. I don't like Anya.

I think Annie is quite sweet and cute, but in a good way! I too think it ages well and I don't mind it for a full fn at all. Anna is also nice and tbh, I'm not sure whether I prefer Anna or Annie.

I find Annie annoyingly infantile, and a heavy burden to bear in adult life. The reversible Anna doesn't please me at all, and Anya doesn't happen where I live. I regret the unfashionability of Anne! And I can never quite make up my mind about Annabel; I suppose I like it more in theory than in practice.

I like it. It's simple and cute. I prefer it as a nickname. I probably like Anna more than Annie, and Anya more than Annie... although I'd definitely like Anna "Annie".
Annie could be short for almost anything that starts with "An-"!
Some combo ideas:
Annie Saffron
Annie Judith
Annie Persephone
Annie Jade
Annie Sage
Annie Olivia
Annie Lillian
Annie Helena
Annie Helen
Annie Rain
Annie Wisteria
Annie Serena
Annie River
Annie Magdalena
Annie Opal
Annie Rose
Annie Laurel
Annie Willow

I totally adore Annie. I think it can work fine as a full name especially if you will use Annie majority of the time and rarely use the full name. Anna is sweet. Anya is lovely and a bit spunky. I love Annabelle as a full name as well.

I love Annie! It use to bore me but now I think it's charming. I would work OK as full name but personally would be more likely to use it as a NN. I like Anna ok but it bores me. Anya nn Annie just doesn't not work in my book... they have completely different feels/images in my mind and with the way I pronounce Anya, Annie is not intuitive. It's doable, it just makes me sort of uncomfortable. I do, however, like Annie as a NN for...

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Annabeth
Susannah
Anemone
Antigone
Roxanne
Anselma
Anwen
Anthea

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and probably a few more that I'm forgetting

I think Annie is sweet, but I personally wouldn't use it as a full name. I think it works best as a nickname for Anna, but I don't really care for Anna (I find it boring.) It could also be a nickname for Annabel or just plain Ann/Anne. Anya is my favorite, and I think Annie might be a nickname option for it, but then the initial sounds don't line up (ANN-ee and AHN-ya.)

I prefer a more formal given name, but love Annie as a nickname. I like Anne and Anneliese a lot.

Dated ... like, a century. Maybe even dated enough that it no longer is dated.
Annie and Carrie go together in my mind, in the sense that I picture them as Victorian-era adults or early/mid-20th-c. children.

It's okay. Because it adds a syllable to Anne, it's not so much a short form as an elaboration. Like Janie. Well, that is how I see it. So I think it's more-okay as a full name than, say, Kathy or Jessie. Annie seems very unpretentious... almost, but not quite, rough. It still reminds me of Little Orphan Annie.

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I prefer Anna, Anya, and Anne in that order.

I think it can work on its own, but I would only use it as a nickname. Anya and Anna are both better than Annie, imo.

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Annie is adorable, and it really doesn't bother me to see someone else use it as a standalone. For me, I love so many members of the Ann- family, using "just Annie" would be a missed opportunity. I love Anne, Annabeth, Anna, Annika, Annemarie, Marianne, Anneliese, and so many other names Annie could be a nickname for...I could use one of them and still have Annie, too. Win-win.

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I think Annie is just fine as a given name. I have a great-great-great aunt named Annie Keturah who was a raving beauty.

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I prefer it as a nickname for Anne, but I'd definitely prefer staid Anna over Anya.

I prefer it as a NN for Ann/Anne, Annabel, Antonia, etc.

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I prefer Anna and Anya over Annie. Annie sounds too juvenile.

It's been my favorite name for as long as I can remember. I just love it. I think it's the most adorable name and I don't think it's too childish for an adult. However, as much as I love Annie, I prefer it as a nn for something else. My favorite right now is Susannah nn Annie, but for years it was simply Anna nn Annie. I also go in and out of being in love with Annabel.

It's cute as a nn for Anne or Anna, but I don't like it as a full name. I once met someone whose full name was Annie because her parents loved the film "Annie Hall".

I think Annie is more of a nickname, but I agree that it ages very well. Annie isn't a fav of mine, but it's not bad either and better than Anna and Anya in my opinion.

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I like it best as a nn for Anemone :)

Annie is kind of a "default" name. It's the kind of name you'd expect an author to use when he can't think of any other name but thinks Mary is too "default."

Love love love it! I dreamed on naming my daughter Annie but it rymes withy surname so went for Annabel

I love Annie! It can stand on its own as a fn, but I prefer it as a nn. I love Anna as a full name. My daughter goes by Annie on my husbands side of the family. Her full name is jovianne.

I think it works as a full name. I went by it in a class during high school and it never felt super young or immature. I actually prefer it to my own name (Anna) and don't feel it's in the same vein as Anya at all (though I intellectually know it is).