Caddie and Callie

[Anonymous]

I know two sisters who are Callie (full name) and Cady (Cadence full name)

[Anonymous]

Caddie/Catty (I prefer the latter spelling actually) is a fine nickname for Catherine/Caitlin/Kathleen

For Callie -
Carlotta - I actually really like this.
Scarlet - kind of a stretch for the nickname dictators but I love the name and I think Callie works fine.
Callahan - I know a few boy Callahans I think it’s cute for a girl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd go with Caddy like in the Sound and the Fury. I think it is a nickname for Candice but I'm not sure they really say in the book.

OP here. Yes I was thinking of her as well. I believe it was Candace.

I guess it's better to name your daughter after a character in the Compson family than a character in the Bundren family, but really?!

OP here. I definitely get what you’re saying, but I think very few people are as well versed in Faulkner as you and I are. I don’t think that association is common knowledge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Caddie/Catty (I prefer the latter spelling actually) is a fine nickname for Catherine/Caitlin/Kathleen

For Callie -
Carlotta - I actually really like this.
Scarlet - kind of a stretch for the nickname dictators but I love the name and I think Callie works fine.
Callahan - I know a few boy Callahans I think it’s cute for a girl

I didn’t think it could get worse than Caddie. Then you suggested Callahan. For a girl.

[Anonymous]

Caddie? No.

[Anonymous]

Ha! Have you not seen Mean Girls? That’s totally what I thought of. ?

[Anonymous]

All I can think is “caddie bitch”.

[Anonymous]

Calla

[Anonymous]

Caledonia

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All I can think is “caddie bitch”.

I think you mean "catty".

[Anonymous]

I am Catherine and called Caddie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think of the character Caddie Woodlawn. Not sure what it stood for.

She was a real person not a character based on the author's grandmother:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ryrie_Brink

Either name is fine. If someone struggles with the pronunciation of caddie you say as in "caddie Woodlawn" as in the newberry awarding novel.

[Anonymous]

I know a lot of dogs named Callie. My dog included!! My paralegal Callie always gets mad when people tell her their dog’s name is Callie!

[Anonymous]

Callie could also be short for Camille or Camilla.

I like callista and calliope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Caddie/Catty (I prefer the latter spelling actually) is a fine nickname for Catherine/Caitlin/Kathleen

For Callie -
Carlotta - I actually really like this.
Scarlet - kind of a stretch for the nickname dictators but I love the name and I think Callie works fine.
Callahan - I know a few boy Callahans I think it’s cute for a girl

I didn’t think it could get worse than Caddie. Then you suggested Callahan. For a girl.

Did you miss her suggestion of Catty? Catty, for a human, makes Callahan for a girl look like an amazing choice.