Trend In Naming Babies

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

People are naming their babies nicknames rather than the formal name. For example: Beth rather than Elizabeth, Liv rather than Olivia, Tim rather than Timothy...

I wouldn't like that it eliminates the option of choosing to be addressed by a different nickname, Liz instead of Beth or the formal name. The Princess of Wales prefers to be called Catherine rather than Kate.

fthunt · ‎12-24-2010

C vs K

Don't blame her - Kate is too "FLIP"

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

My daughter did that with her baby boy. I wasn't crazy about it but the name is nice....could have been something really "different".

VanSleepy · ‎10-05-2010

My niece just had a baby girl and they were stuck between two names. She was hesitating on the name she preferred because she said it didn't have a nickname for it. I said why do you need a nickname; it's only two syllables. Then my sister reminded her that her (niece's) name lends itself to a couple very common nicknames and no one has ever called her those. You never know what nicknames may stick.

SouthernBee · ‎09-16-2010

@occasionalrain : I know someone that named her daughter: Denver Rain. So far no nickname.

On It · ‎03-15-2021

Nicknames can be problematic. Young children respond to the name their parents use, not the name on the birth certificate. I think the current trend is a good one since that is the name others recognize. It should be on all legal documents instead of some formal name no one knows.

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

@On It

But what if you dislike the nickname your family calls you? If my family called me Beth or Liv, I wouldn't be pleased, but I'd like being called Elizabeth or Olivia. I use my formal name, not a nickname.

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

new grandma here.....our little devil is now 3 months old.

he has a not so common name that can be shortened to a not so common nickname. i generally call him by his name, my daughter and her husband call him by his nickname.

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