Nickname for Caroline

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need a nickname?

Seems to be an American obsession. We are going to name our child X but call him XY.

My full name has 5 letters, but people here have asked me what to call me "for short". How much shorter do you need it to be?!?

Ugh. NOT an American obsession. What country are you from? Europeans have tons of short names/nicknames. So do Hispanics and Russians.

[Anonymous]

This is a rare name where I love the name AND all of its nicknames. (Except Caro ... but even that would be cute on the right person.)

I would plan on calling her Caroline, then see if any nicknames develop naturally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Caddie is an old nickname for Caroline.

+1! Love this, reminds me of Caddie Woodlawn.

+2 Just going to say Caddie.

[Anonymous]

I have a Caroline that I intended to call Callie, but she doesn't like it, so she's mostly just Caroline. We do call her "C" sometimes too, but that's just in our immediate family.

I loved Caddie Woodlawn as a child, but I never thought to use it for my C. Maybe I'll see if she likes that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need a nickname?

Seems to be an American obsession. We are going to name our child X but call him XY.

My full name has 5 letters, but people here have asked me what to call me "for short". How much shorter do you need it to be?!?

Ugh. NOT an American obsession. What country are you from? Europeans have tons of short names/nicknames. So do Hispanics and Russians.

Yeah, I was going to say, all the Russians and Eastern and Central Europeans I know would be shocked to hear that they don't use nicknames -- every name has like five diminutives associated with it. And I know plenty of people from other European countries who go by nicknames, or who call their children by nicknames.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carol?

That is the reason we ditched the name caroline.

[Anonymous]

Coco

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a Coco, but it was sibling-created. Not sure I'd recommend, though it fits our kid.

I like it! How cute. And I’m a big fan of Coco Gauff - she’s a cool person to share a nickname with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Caddie is an old nickname for Caroline.

If you go with Caddie, make sure to buy her this book: https://www.amazon.com/Caddie-Woodlawn-Carol-Ryrie-Brink/dp/1416940286

[Anonymous]

Cara

[Anonymous]

I'm a Caroline, and have always gone by Caroline. My sister sometimes calls me Caro, but that's the only nickname I've ever had. My great grandmother was Caroline, and she was called Laline.

[Anonymous]

I know a Caroline whose parents call her Liney, like LIE-knee. I don’t love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Carol?

That is the reason we ditched the name caroline.

NP with a Caroline. Carol is why we almost ditched the name Caroline but at the end of the day the other options (Charlotte, Eleanor) were too popular.

[Anonymous]

Lina (leen-a)

[Anonymous]

Liner.