How did your pre-selected nickname for your kid work out?

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is Veronica and her nickname is Vera (VEH-RA) When she was a baby, Vera seemed to fit her better, but in preschool she wanted to be Veronica. That held until 1st grade when there was a Victoria in her class and they were always getting them confused. Then she went back to Vera and that stuck. She’s in 5th grade and is still going by Vera. Not sure what she’ll do in the future!

I can't figure out how to say this. Not Veer-a? Because VEH-RA seems impossible for me to pronounce.

The Ver sounds like Bear but with a V

It sounds like the Ve in the beginning of Veronica. Just not Veeera.

Like so the Ver rhymes with sir? The way I hear people say Veronica, the er rhymes with sir.

OMG! It’s not that complicated! It’s pronounced like Aloe Vera. I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Veronica with a Vir sound.

NP. And I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Veronica any other way besides Vir (rhymes w sir) -onica unless they are not from US/have another language as their first language other than English.

NP. So you’re saying you’d pronounce Virginia and Veronica similarly? I only know one Veronica, born and bred in the US, and she pronounces her name Veh-ronica (not “vir”).

For the Vera poster, you might already know this, but it is a stand alone name in Russia. Means “faith”.

DP. Yes, I've only ever heard Veronica pronounced with the first syllable the same as the first syllable in Virginia. Vir-RON-ick-uh.

I'd definitely pronounce Vera the way that rhymes with Sarah. I've only heard it pronounced Veera in that one Firefly episode.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again- how about something like Junior or Trey or Sonny? Anyone have luck with those?

I've never met anyone called those things in my life but I'd guess they're even less likely to stick. Who is going to introduce themselves to people as Junior or Sonny?

I know a lot of Juniors, II, III, IV, and even one V. Out of all of those, the only nickname that has actually stuck is Trey. I know two grown men that still go by Trey.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again- how about something like Junior or Trey or Sonny? Anyone have luck with those?

I've never met anyone called those things in my life but I'd guess they're even less likely to stick. Who is going to introduce themselves to people as Junior or Sonny?

I know a lot of Juniors, II, III, IV, and even one V. Out of all of those, the only nickname that has actually stuck is Trey. I know two grown men that still go by Trey.

I knew one Tripp in grad school (short for triple? as in, he was a III) who was pretentious as that sounds.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again- how about something like Junior or Trey or Sonny? Anyone have luck with those?

I've never met anyone called those things in my life but I'd guess they're even less likely to stick. Who is going to introduce themselves to people as Junior or Sonny?

I know a lot of Juniors, II, III, IV, and even one V. Out of all of those, the only nickname that has actually stuck is Trey. I know two grown men that still go by Trey.

+1. There are 4 men named John Edward in my family. The only one who doesn't go by John is #4 and he goes by Teddy.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is Veronica and her nickname is Vera (VEH-RA) When she was a baby, Vera seemed to fit her better, but in preschool she wanted to be Veronica. That held until 1st grade when there was a Victoria in her class and they were always getting them confused. Then she went back to Vera and that stuck. She’s in 5th grade and is still going by Vera. Not sure what she’ll do in the future!

I can't figure out how to say this. Not Veer-a? Because VEH-RA seems impossible for me to pronounce.

The Ver sounds like Bear but with a V

It sounds like the Ve in the beginning of Veronica. Just not Veeera.

Like so the Ver rhymes with sir? The way I hear people say Veronica, the er rhymes with sir.

OMG! It’s not that complicated! It’s pronounced like Aloe Vera. I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Veronica with a Vir sound.

NP. And I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Veronica any other way besides Vir (rhymes w sir) -onica unless they are not from US/have another language as their first language other than English.

NP. So you’re saying you’d pronounce Virginia and Veronica similarly? I only know one Veronica, born and bred in the US, and she pronounces her name Veh-ronica (not “vir”).

For the Vera poster, you might already know this, but it is a stand alone name in Russia. Means “faith”.

Yes, I’d pronounce the Vir in Virginia the same as the Ver in Veronica. It’s a pretty subtle difference from Veh-ronica.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is still too young to really tell (under 2) because we aren’t in school yet but we introduce him as his nickname and every single person in his life knows him by that. I don’t see how preschool or school will be any different? I don’t think he will even know his full name before preschool because no one has ever called him it? I don’t know why there’s always haters on these threads. I grew up with plenty of Katherines called Katie, plenty of boys who went by middle names because first name was dad’s name (including my own brother), etc, and people with nicknames completely unrelated to their actual name like Trey or Tripp for the 3rd, and none of this was ever a problem?

Well, as you know, once he goes to school it will be different because his full name will be on the rosters. Some teachers will forget to call him the nickname, so kids who have never met him will call him by the same name they hear the teacher calling him, and he will get tired of correcting people and decide he loves his full name. That's why my son is Joe at home and Joseph to everyone who met him after 1st grade. And Joey to a handful of folks who decided that's the appropriate nickname regardless of our preference.

It's not a problem for us. If it's a problem for your child he'll just have to be more vocal about his preference.

I guess teachers around here are lazier than where I grew up. I went to school with so many kids who went by nicknames, and yes I’m sure the roster had their given name, that either the kid or the parent corrected on day 1, and it was literally never an issue, and none of us called them their given names. I’m talking like 25% of the kids in my class each year went by a nickname, or middle name, or whatever.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is Veronica and her nickname is Vera (VEH-RA) When she was a baby, Vera seemed to fit her better, but in preschool she wanted to be Veronica. That held until 1st grade when there was a Victoria in her class and they were always getting them confused. Then she went back to Vera and that stuck. She’s in 5th grade and is still going by Vera. Not sure what she’ll do in the future!

I can't figure out how to say this. Not Veer-a? Because VEH-RA seems impossible for me to pronounce.

The Ver sounds like Bear but with a V

It sounds like the Ve in the beginning of Veronica. Just not Veeera.

Like so the Ver rhymes with sir? The way I hear people say Veronica, the er rhymes with sir.

OMG! It’s not that complicated! It’s pronounced like Aloe Vera. I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Veronica with a Vir sound.

NP. And I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Veronica any other way besides Vir (rhymes w sir) -onica unless they are not from US/have another language as their first language other than English.

NP. So you’re saying you’d pronounce Virginia and Veronica similarly? I only know one Veronica, born and bred in the US, and she pronounces her name Veh-ronica (not “vir”).

For the Vera poster, you might already know this, but it is a stand alone name in Russia. Means “faith”.

No, the first syllable in Veronica and Virginia sound the same. As you know, it's common for words that look alike to sound differently. Like food, good. Climber, Limber.

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I have a feeling that the posters who say Veh-ronica actually mean to say the first syllable sounds like the first syllable of "very." Because Veh-ronica is really hard to say (as in, rhymes with the first part of "letter." ) It really doesn't roll off the tongue.

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My brother was named after both our grandfathers (first name and middle name) but my mother chose to call him by his middle name that also has a nn (think William/Will). We called him his full middle name and that nn growing up..when he got to college he decided he liked his first name better...so he went by that in college. He goes by either now, but I'll always know him as the name we grew up calling him.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a feeling that the posters who say Veh-ronica actually mean to say the first syllable sounds like the first syllable of "very." Because Veh-ronica is really hard to say (as in, rhymes with the first part of "letter." ) It really doesn't roll off the tongue.

Probably. Either way, I've never heard it said any other way than the Ver rhyming with Sir.