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HelpRe: nicknames as given names?
in reply to a message by Amor de Nombres
I would take into count professional consequences. for instances I love Eliza and would use it on my first born Daughter and if she so desired she could shorten it still to Liz, Ely or Izy. but I wouldn't use Benji on a child maybe in book but not a child because Dr. or professor Benji _____ doesn't look good.
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I was ready to say that I don't like nicknames as full names but actually I agree with this, there are plenty of names that work perfectly well as full names:
Alec
Eli
Jack
Liam
Eliza
Elsa
Megan
Molly
Sadie
etc.
I tend to prefer names that have a long history of use as names on their own, and are also non-ambiguous as to gender, Alex doesn't fit that for me because it's masculine unless it's a nickname for Alexandra.
Alec
Eli
Jack
Liam
Eliza
Elsa
Megan
Molly
Sadie
etc.
I tend to prefer names that have a long history of use as names on their own, and are also non-ambiguous as to gender, Alex doesn't fit that for me because it's masculine unless it's a nickname for Alexandra.
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Wait, what is Megan a nn for again?
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Yep, exactly what I was going for. :)
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