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Maybe Dre or Dee or Ree? My name is Kimberly and it's a name people automatically shorten to Kim without me asking them or wanting them to. So regardless of whether I'd like to go by Kim or not (I don't really care and go by both), people usually just feel more comfortable saying Kim than Kimberly. Fine with me. I do have a few family members that call me Kimberly, and I introduce myself as Kimberly. I don't really care what people call me, to be honest, as long as it's not something mean!
My PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125425 (rate if you'd like)
My PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125425 (rate if you'd like)
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I love Emilia. Em and Emmie are both really cute. Lia is also a nice nn. I like Emilia more than Emily, Emma, and Amelia but they are all very nice names. I also love the Amelia nn's which are Amy, Millie, and Lia. The reason I prefer Emilia to Amelia is I slightly prefer the Emilia nn's.
The only Kimberly nn Kim who I was close to growing up was a man who is friends with my parents. He hated being named Kimberly because he was teased badly as a kid. So he only goes by Kim. So I always view Kim as being a unisex name / nn. Kimberly on the other hand does feel more feminine than masculine to me but I don't think it is terrible for a man just like Hillary.
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The only Kimberly nn Kim who I was close to growing up was a man who is friends with my parents. He hated being named Kimberly because he was teased badly as a kid. So he only goes by Kim. So I always view Kim as being a unisex name / nn. Kimberly on the other hand does feel more feminine than masculine to me but I don't think it is terrible for a man just like Hillary.
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Yes - I just reviewed the BtN definitive texts for Kimberly & Kim. It seems Kim is more commonly associated with males, which I've always felt anyway, and perhaps not only through the other formal version Joachim, as well as the short version of Kimberly, but also the through widespread use among Asian cultures - and the more recent use for Kim with males than that of Barbara, Linda, Susan, and Dorothy - etcetera just a few years prior.
This message was edited 8/6/2016, 7:49 AM
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