The name we picked took an unexpected turn

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My grandparents told my two uncles that they were going to have a new baby in the summer. So they referred to her as Summer. The name stuck and my mom is called Summer to this day (real name Sarah) both personally and professionally. When anyone asked to speak to Sarah on the phone she knows it’s a solicitor.

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I have an Aunt Lala because my mother, as a toddler, called her Lala. She’s been called Lala for 67 years.

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My friend named her kid "Amber" thinking it was nickname proof. Her older brother calls her Amburger. They are in their late 20s.

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Anonymous wrote:My BIL goes by a nick name that comes from how SIL pronounced his name when she was young. When my DH was born (youngest of the 3) their parents picked a simple and straightforward name so there would be no nick naming.

People with simple and straightforward names get nicknames all the time. I have an aunt whose given name is Mary and everyone calls her Momo, not because of a sibling but because when she was in grade school there was a bully who called her Momo for some reason and slowly it took over until she even referred to herself that way. Sometimes nicknames just stick.

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Anonymous wrote:My name is Julie. My sister couldn't say it and called me JuJu for years. Now that gets shortened to Jooge.

Oh no, I see my future. DD1 calls DD2 JuJu now. I'm not a fan, but I've stopped correcting her.

I had an great aunt named Julia who everyone called Auntie Juju. The name stuck. I have a Matthew and his twin called him Moo, Moo Moo or Mooch. He called her Enemy instead of Emily for a little bit lol. Eventually that morphed into Em or Ems which are more common nicknames for Emily.

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Anonymous wrote:My older child called my younger child, “new baby” for a good year.

This is also adorable. Colie and New Baby for the win!

Aw, so nice to get positive comments on DCUM occasionally, thanks. I can still remember her watching me change his diaper and saying, "mommy, new baby has a tail".

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Anonymous wrote:My name is Julie. My sister couldn't say it and called me JuJu for years. Now that gets shortened to Jooge.

Oh no, I see my future. DD1 calls DD2 JuJu now. I'm not a fan, but I've stopped correcting her.

I had an great aunt named Julia who everyone called Auntie Juju. The name stuck. I have a Matthew and his twin called him Moo, Moo Moo or Mooch. He called her Enemy instead of Emily for a little bit lol. Eventually that morphed into Em or Ems which are more common nicknames for Emily.

I laughed. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I fell in love with the name Nicole and named our second daughter that. We figured she might choose to go by Nikki and agreed it would be fine with us. We never figured her older sister wouldn't be able to say Nicole and would call her Colie. (Rhymes with solely) We do not love Colie, to say the least. It hadn't even occurred to us that her name could go in that direction. Just a word of caution to not only consider possible nicknames you see, but that others might see.

This is so much of a problem for you that you took time out of your day to post this here???

Wow.

Plus 1 million

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Anonymous wrote:I’m English speaking and my husband was Spanish speaking growing up so l tried to pick a name that would sound good in both languages for the sake of both sets of relatives. The name is Clyde. Claudio is a name in Spanish. His mom tried but inevitably would end up calling him Cloud.

My MIL has passed on but years later when he’s naughty or annoying he still gets called Cloud by me and an old friend who was around my MIL a lot. So it was a name failure in one sense but still a fond memory of my MIL.

Lol seriously wtf!

😂

Same! I actually had a similar situation in my family where it was important that the name be pronounceable in several languages.

I was shaking my head and wondering in what universe does Clyde sound good in Spanish???

Poor baby/kid/teen/adult Clyde. He'll grow into it around age 65.

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I have an Uncle Jinx (real name James). He tried to use his real name at one point in adulthood but the attempt failed, haha.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and I fell in love with the name Nicole and named our second daughter that. We figured she might choose to go by Nikki and agreed it would be fine with us. We never figured her older sister wouldn't be able to say Nicole and would call her Colie. (Rhymes with solely) We do not love Colie, to say the least. It hadn't even occurred to us that her name could go in that direction. Just a word of caution to not only consider possible nicknames you see, but that others might see.

People in Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes. Their homes are being bombed and no so veiled threats of using nuclear weapons, which would start WWIII where a nickname would not even be in the first 200 billion of problems! Find help for you shallowness.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH and I fell in love with the name Nicole and named our second daughter that. We figured she might choose to go by Nikki and agreed it would be fine with us. We never figured her older sister wouldn't be able to say Nicole and would call her Colie. (Rhymes with solely) We do not love Colie, to say the least. It hadn't even occurred to us that her name could go in that direction. Just a word of caution to not only consider possible nicknames you see, but that others might see.

People in Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes. Their homes are being bombed and no so veiled threats of using nuclear weapons, which would start WWIII where a nickname would not even be in the first 200 billion of problems! Find help for you shallowness.

OP here. We can be helpful to the Ukraine people AND shallow all in the same day. We are hosting two Ukrainians and have donated $8k. I ALSO want my daughter called by the name DH and I picked out for her.

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Anonymous wrote:My older child called my younger child, “new baby” for a good year.

This is also adorable. Colie and New Baby for the win!

Aw, so nice to get positive comments on DCUM occasionally, thanks. I can still remember her watching me change his diaper and saying, "mommy, new baby has a tail".

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH and I fell in love with the name Nicole and named our second daughter that. We figured she might choose to go by Nikki and agreed it would be fine with us. We never figured her older sister wouldn't be able to say Nicole and would call her Colie. (Rhymes with solely) We do not love Colie, to say the least. It hadn't even occurred to us that her name could go in that direction. Just a word of caution to not only consider possible nicknames you see, but that others might see.

People in Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes. Their homes are being bombed and no so veiled threats of using nuclear weapons, which would start WWIII where a nickname would not even be in the first 200 billion of problems! Find help for you shallowness.

OP here. We can be helpful to the Ukraine people AND shallow all in the same day. We are hosting two Ukrainians and have donated $8k. I ALSO want my daughter called by the name DH and I picked out for her.

You are going to force the older child to stop calling her sister by the only name she can pronounce? This is beyond comprehension.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an Uncle Jinx (real name James). He tried to use his real name at one point in adulthood but the attempt failed, haha.

Jinx!!!!