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Yeah, I had a childhood friend named Rosemary who wanted to be called Rosie as she got older. I always just called her Rose. Rosie felt too saccharine on top of her over-the-top cheery personality tbh. No one called her Rosie until she started introducing herself that way. As a child, everyone I knew either called her by her full name or shortened it to Rose.

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I've always loved the name Rosemary nn Rose ever since I first heard the name in kindergarten. I love the herb imagery and the fact that it's an underused classic. Ro and Romy could work as nns too. However I'm not sure I'm in love with the "Mary" ending, and I've been going back and forth lately over which Rose variant name I prefer (Rosalie, Rosalia, etc...)