Names with really cute nicknames

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Anonymous wrote:Betty - Elizabeth
Kitty - Katherine

Yes! My great-grandmother was Kitty/Katherine. I've always loved it.

Though I'm an Elizabeth and I'm not interested in Betty in the slightest

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Anonymous wrote:Birdie for Elizabeth
Lottie for Charlotte
Pepper for Patricia

I hate the nn Lottie! To me, Charlotte is such pretty name it doesn't need a nn.

Not the pp, bit I prefer Lottie to Charlotte. I do not care for the combination of vowel sounds in Shawr Lut.

who says Charlotte like Shawr Lut?

Who doesn't?

Me. I say Char lotte

I do not think you understand phonetic spelling.

Or maybe you do, and you really do pronounce it like "Char[red] lot-tee?"

Totally random, follow-up question: does dyslexia run in your family, or anyone in your family, by any chance?

I think she just actually knows how phonetic spellings work.

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Birdie for Elizabeth

I like Chip for Charles

Some nicknames are generic nicknames and not really related to any full name. These two are just a few examples.

Birdie comes from bird, lady bird or baby bird. Most famously, was used for Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, the former first lady. Sometimes it is related, like a woman I knew whose full name was Robin. But it has been a nickname for several dozen unrelated names.

Chip often comes from "Chip off the old block" referencing a son who is similar to his father. It can be related to the full name, but usually isn't.

Other similar type nicknames, Junior, Trey (for any third son/child), Quint (for a fifth son/child), Buddy, Sweet pea, Belle (often associated with annabelle or clarabelle, but sometimes unrelated to the full name) and many more.

Maybe, but the Chips I know (2), are named Charles.
And the only Birdies I've heard of are Elizabeth.

Of course you can apply nicknames to any name, but these two seem to most often related to Charles/Elizabeth.

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Anonymous wrote:Betty - Elizabeth
Kitty - Katherine[/quote]


Why would anyone use Kitty as a nickname for Katherine? Katie is the cutest nickname ever.

I like Kitty. It's old-fashioned, less common. And I prefer Kate to Katie.

Yeah, Katie is boring. Up with Kitty!

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I know a Luciné who goes by Lulu; her sister Gariné is Gigi. I love all four names. (They are an Armenian family, so the first names are not common either.)

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Anonymous wrote:Khaki for Kathleen or Catherine

That’s awful.

+1 "Khaki" is the ugliest nn I've encountered in a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:No no I don't like any of the Caroline nicknames. Thank goodness no one has tried to nickname my Caroline.

My grandmother was Caroline, but she always went by Laline.

That sounds like one of those names where a young sibling or relative couldn’t pronounce the name. Its cute. My name is Emily and my nephew called me “Enemy” for years. It was so cute!!

My son (4) used to call his friend Emily, Elemy. He knows the difference now, but it sort of stuck and we all (her family and ours) think Elemy is a really cute nn.

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Birdie for Elizabeth

I like Chip for Charles

Some nicknames are generic nicknames and not really related to any full name. These two are just a few examples.

Birdie comes from bird, lady bird or baby bird. Most famously, was used for Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, the former first lady. Sometimes it is related, like a woman I knew whose full name was Robin. But it has been a nickname for several dozen unrelated names.

Chip often comes from "Chip off the old block" referencing a son who is similar to his father. It can be related to the full name, but usually isn't.

Other similar type nicknames, Junior, Trey (for any third son/child), Quint (for a fifth son/child), Buddy, Sweet pea, Belle (often associated with annabelle or clarabelle, but sometimes unrelated to the full name) and many more.

Maybe, but the Chips I know (2), are named Charles.
And the only Birdies I've heard of are Elizabeth.

Of course you can apply nicknames to any name, but these two seem to most often related to Charles/Elizabeth.

Agree. Also “Trey” and “Tripp” are not for third sons. They are for someone who is the third of that name. Ie: John Michael Smith III, nn Trey.

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The one Chip I know is just named .... Chip. That's his entire first name. He's not named after his father.

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My niece is Grace Gabrielle and she goes by Gigi (and sometimes Grace). I also love Lulu for Louisa.

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Anonymous wrote:My hands down favorite cute nn is is Hatch for Eckbert. Family name, sounds like Egg-bert so when they were waiting for him to be born, Hatch happened.

I’m sorry, but no. That is trying way too hard.

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Anonymous wrote:My hands down favorite cute nn is is Hatch for Eckbert. Family name, sounds like Egg-bert so when they were waiting for him to be born, Hatch happened.

I’m sorry, but no. That is trying way too hard.

I actually love it. Super cute. And Hatch is way better than Egbert.

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Augie for Augustine

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Anonymous wrote:My hands down favorite cute nn is is Hatch for Eckbert. Family name, sounds like Egg-bert so when they were waiting for him to be born, Hatch happened.

I’m sorry, but no. That is trying way too hard.

I actually love it. Super cute. And Hatch is way better than Egbert.

To each his own. I think it’s awful.

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Anonymous wrote:Khaki for Kathleen or Catherine

That’s awful.

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