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in reply to a message by Dracotorix
That's really interesting. It never occurred to me that there could be so many little Max's and Addie's out there.
I think most family members use nns as a sign of affection and that's why they are often not short forms of names (e.g. my mom calling me Jennifer Chelle). Other people seem to really not want to bother with more than two syllables and some people don't even want to deal with that many.
You definitely have to think about nns. I doubt the parents of the Adriana and Annika that I knew ever thought that their kids would one day just be Annie's. I try to think of all the possible nns that go with any 3+ syllablle names I like and I will either nix the name or move it to the mn position if I can't think of anything good. For example, I really like Emmerich but for nns it gives you Em, Emmy, Rick, Ricky, Merk, Erk, and etc. so that one will have to be a mn if anything. Andreas is another one I really like but Andy, Andre, and Dre are dealbreakers for me so I looked around for a while and found Dries (pron. Dreez) as a nn. Other times if I find a nn I love then I will search out a fn to go with it (I don't love short forms as fns). So I love Arlo as a nn but don't like Arnold and can't use Charles so I want to use Alphonse as a first name for it. It's a bit of a stretch and not something that would have elvolved on it's own but that way I get two names that I really like.
So I guess to answer your question, no I would never use a name I loved if it meant my kid had to be another Alex or Maddie in the crowd.
vote on my pnl's here: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/140196/98729
I think most family members use nns as a sign of affection and that's why they are often not short forms of names (e.g. my mom calling me Jennifer Chelle). Other people seem to really not want to bother with more than two syllables and some people don't even want to deal with that many.
You definitely have to think about nns. I doubt the parents of the Adriana and Annika that I knew ever thought that their kids would one day just be Annie's. I try to think of all the possible nns that go with any 3+ syllablle names I like and I will either nix the name or move it to the mn position if I can't think of anything good. For example, I really like Emmerich but for nns it gives you Em, Emmy, Rick, Ricky, Merk, Erk, and etc. so that one will have to be a mn if anything. Andreas is another one I really like but Andy, Andre, and Dre are dealbreakers for me so I looked around for a while and found Dries (pron. Dreez) as a nn. Other times if I find a nn I love then I will search out a fn to go with it (I don't love short forms as fns). So I love Arlo as a nn but don't like Arnold and can't use Charles so I want to use Alphonse as a first name for it. It's a bit of a stretch and not something that would have elvolved on it's own but that way I get two names that I really like.
So I guess to answer your question, no I would never use a name I loved if it meant my kid had to be another Alex or Maddie in the crowd.
vote on my pnl's here: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/140196/98729
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