Just for fun: like the full name but not the nickname, like the nickname but not the full name

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Anonymous wrote:My name is Erica, and I love it. No nicknames!

what about Ricky?

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Anonymous wrote:My name is Erica, and I love it. No nicknames!

Not even 'Rica ?

Lol

I think I wanted it to be Ica for a while but it didn't stick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Angela or Angelina is okay (don't love but don't hate) but Angie is just... yuck. Always makes me think of angina (chest pains) or the word "mangy". It's just an unappealing series of sounds.

I love the name Angie! I’ve known some great Angies.

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Love Francesca dislike Fran

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Anonymous wrote:Angela or Angelina is okay (don't love but don't hate) but Angie is just... yuck. Always makes me think of angina (chest pains) or the word "mangy". It's just an unappealing series of sounds.

I love the name Angie! I’ve known some great Angies.

I've only known one Angie and she was not great.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys are sick. People have no control over their names.

Which is why parents should think before they name their children.

Parents do think. They just have different tastes in names. There is not actually a definitive list of "good" names. If you don't like someone's names, that's just an aesthetic preference you have that is no more valid than the preferences of someone who likes that name.

You need to learn that what you like and don't like is really only interesting to you and maybe a small group of people who value your opinion. Why should someone care more about what you think of their name, or their kid's name, than they do? That makes no sense.

And it would serve you well to follow what you preached here.

Uh... what?

You’re dense.

Okay, I'm dense. Explain in what way I am not following what I "preached" above.

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Anonymous wrote:Like Charlie but not Charles or Chuck.
Like Kate but not Kathy.
Like Eddie but not Edward or Ed.
Like Sam but not Samuel.
Like Samantha but not Sammy.
Like William and Will but not Willy or Billy.
Like Amanda but not Mandy.
Like James and Jamie but not Jim or Jimmy.

I agree with all of these!

My son is named Sam, that is what's on his birth certificate. People cannot get their minds around the fact that he's not a Samuel.

My sister is Amanda, she always hated Mandy but people will still call her that.

Your son’s name is like Joe or Bob.

My FIL was named Rick - not Richard, just Rick.

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Anonymous wrote:Like Charlie but not Charles or Chuck.
Like Kate but not Kathy.
Like Eddie but not Edward or Ed.
Like Sam but not Samuel.
Like Samantha but not Sammy.
Like William and Will but not Willy or Billy.
Like Amanda but not Mandy.
Like James and Jamie but not Jim or Jimmy.

I agree with all of these!

My son is named Sam, that is what's on his birth certificate. People cannot get their minds around the fact that he's not a Samuel.

My sister is Amanda, she always hated Mandy but people will still call her that.

Sam is a nickname. You cannot be serious.

My DS is a "Samuel", but we've never ever called him that. To us and to everyone, he's "Sam" or "Sammy"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH is Charles. I hate Chuck and Charlie. Luckily I talked him out of using Charles for our DS.

You’re ok with Cbas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Thomas but not Tom, Joseph but not Joe, Michael but not Mike, Jacqueline but not Jackie, Elizabeth but not Liz, James but not Jim, Kathleen but not Kathy.

So you don't like any nicknames.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Angela or Angelina is okay (don't love but don't hate) but Angie is just... yuck. Always makes me think of angina (chest pains) or the word "mangy". It's just an unappealing series of sounds.

I love the name Angie! I’ve known some great Angies.

I've only known one Angie and she was not great.

How many Karens does everyone know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love Charlotte. Really hate Lottie

My Charlotte goes by Charlotte and also Charlie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a girl, the name Robin is cute, but called her Robby is awful.

Same for some women, particularly in this area, who go by

“Ronny.” Have heard it several times in conversation.

Just awful. And, why??

Sometimes it is a nn for VeRONica, which I think is cute

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love Elizabeth, hate all the nicknames

Love Katherine and Kate. Can’t do Katie or Kathy.

Love Charlotte, Victoria, Rebecca, just no to all nicknames.

I have two girls and this was a huge deal when naming - we needed something nickname-proof.

Sorry, there are no nickname proof names. If it’s too unusual, your me kid may get the initial letter nickname or something unexpected.

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Anonymous wrote:Like Charlie but not Charles or Chuck.
Like Kate but not Kathy.
Like Eddie but not Edward or Ed.
Like Sam but not Samuel.
Like Samantha but not Sammy.
Like William and Will but not Willy or Billy.
Like Amanda but not Mandy.
Like James and Jamie but not Jim or Jimmy.

I agree with all of these!

My son is named Sam, that is what's on his birth certificate. People cannot get their minds around the fact that he's not a Samuel.

My sister is Amanda, she always hated Mandy but people will still call her that.

Sam is a nickname. You cannot be serious.

My DS is a "Samuel", but we've never ever called him that. To us and to everyone, he's "Sam" or "Sammy"

+2, having a Samuel any day now (!) but pretty sure we will only ever call him Sammy or Sam (two older kids already call him Sammy).

My husband wanted to name our older son Nico but I insisted we call him Nicolas, but have never actually addressed him as Nicolas.

You need a resume name!