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I like Nicholas, but I'm not too keen on the way Nick and Nicky sound. I don't strongly dislike them, but I definitely prefer Nico and Cole as nicknames for Nicholas.

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I don't find Nicky too feminine. Nikki seems feminine to me, but not Nicky. Nicky seems more masculine to me, although it wouldn't bother me if someone used Nicky rather than Nikki or Nicki for a girl.

Great as a nickname, horrible as a full name (I feel the same about both genders). I'm not a huge fan of Nicholas, but love Nikolai, Dominik or Nikita as a full name. I think in most cases when Nicky reaches high school he changes to Nick.

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I also like Ricky as a nickname for Ricardo or Patrick, otherwise I dislike diminutive nicknames.

This message was edited 4/27/2013, 1:01 PM

Eh, it can work among close family and friends. My nephew is Nicholas (mainly called Nick), however, his immediate family calls him Nicky a lot. I don't personally see it as super masculine yet it does have its place where it does work nicely.

It's pretty feminine but still sort of cute. Reminds me of the little boy on Full House haha. I think it works better on a little boy than on a man. It's just too feminine and a bit cheesy for a full grown man to me.

For me, those types of nicknames just work when he is little. By "those types", I mean Nicky, Sammy, Tommy, etc.

I called boys this while they were children. My friend's brother Nicholas regularly went by this until middle school where we started calling him Nick.

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We called a friend called Dominick "Nicky" to piss him off, lol. I'd probably still call him that if he was my friend.

It happens! Usually stops happening when teenage hormones kick in and yesterday's Nicky decides to become Nico, Nick or Cole. I don't mind it at all.

It is cute for a little boy or as an occasional nickname. My cousin, Nicholas, has always been Nicky or Nicky-Noo on occasion to family. He is 6 foot 5 with a full beard and 22 years old now and we all still occasionally call him that :-p He is Nick or Nicholas the rest of the time though to everyone else. It isn't suitable as an everyday name for a grown man IMO. It sounds ridiculous.

I dislike Nicholas a lot. But a while ago I thought about using Nicky to honour my mother Nicola, in fact I think I posted the idea on here and got a lot of negative feedback, due to that feedback I took the name off my list, but I still kind of like it too. Niklaus is on my list with the nickname Klaus, it's quite far down so it's unlikely that it would ever get used but if it is I think Klaus would be the main nickname and maybe Nicky when he's really little, or just as a thing his mummy calls him. :)

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I think it's cute for a little boy, but not really once he's older. My husband was called Nicky when he was little, heehee. I have a friend with a 2 year old Nicholas who they call Nicky too.

On a girl, I think Nicky or Nikki or any other spelling sounds bimbo-ish and skanky. On a boy, Nicky sounds hyper-cutesy, like Mikey or Petey. Just ick. And on a bigger boy or man, it sounds like only one thing: a Mafioso.

My boyfriend's son is a Nicholas. He has always been Nicky--100% of the time to his grandparents--but he is 7 years old now and starting to rebel. His complaint isn't that Nicky is too feminine, since there aren't many Nikkis his age out there, but that it's a "baby name." He wants Nick or Nicholas.

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I agree with him, though I sometimes slip up from force of habit. Nicky was cute when he was itty-bitty, but it's starting to feel overly precious. He's growing into a good Nick.