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

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Frances is distinguished and sophisticated.

Fanny , not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Frances is distinguished and sophisticated.

Fanny , not so much.

The nn for Frances would be Fran, Franny, or Frankie. Not Fanny.

I used to find Frances/Franny/Fran to sound old fashioned and ugly but I guess it's come back around because I recently met a Franny (early 40s, met through work) and I kind of love it and it suits her in the best way. I think I like it better than Frances, actually.

I also like Frankie for a girl but my DH has a strong aversion to those kinds of "boy nicknames" for girls. Like he doesn't even like Sam for a Samantha or Max for a Maxine. Also hates Teddy for a Theodora. I like all of those except Teddy but it's a thing with him so we avoided names that had these sorts of nicknames.

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Anonymous wrote:Frances is distinguished and sophisticated.

Fanny , not so much.

The nn for Frances would be Fran, Franny, or Frankie. Not Fanny.

I used to find Frances/Franny/Fran to sound old fashioned and ugly but I guess it's come back around because I recently met a Franny (early 40s, met through work) and I kind of love it and it suits her in the best way. I think I like it better than Frances, actually.

I also like Frankie for a girl but my DH has a strong aversion to those kinds of "boy nicknames" for girls. Like he doesn't even like Sam for a Samantha or Max for a Maxine. Also hates Teddy for a Theodora. I like all of those except Teddy but it's a thing with him so we avoided names that had these sorts of nicknames.

I love Frances but dislike all the nicknames (including Fanny!)

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Anonymous wrote:I like Libby but not Elizabeth.

Libby is gross.
Any name that ends in the long e sound is tacky.

Like Penelope, Natalie, and Emily?

Tammy, Billy, Maggie, Tony, Jenny, Gracie, Charlie, Joanie, Cindy

Katie, Christy, Debby, Frankie, Avery, Ashley, Danny, Davy

I think first pp is tacky to make blanket statements.

Like you just did.

DP but no, that's not accurate.

Saying "names that end with a long -e are tacky" is a blanket statement because it labels all of the MANY names that end this way as tacky, and as several posters have said, there are names in that category they don't find tacky and that it seems a lot of people don't find tacky. Like I don't know anyone who finds the names Natalie, Marie, or Henry to be "tacky". So it's a blanket statement because it paints too broad a brush.

But saying it's tacky to make blanket statements isn't, itself, a blanket statement. It's specific.

Maybe pp thinks that they are all tacky, that doesn’t make it a blanket statement as much as you want it to be.

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I like Catherine/Katherine but detest Cathy/Kathy. Fortunately it comes with plenty of other nickname options to choose from.

I love Augustus but hate Gus so I never seriously considered it for my kids since it's not like there are other nicknames available and people will insist on nicknames.

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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.

I have a nickname proof name and truly have never been nicknamed (Adriana). People also suck at pronouncing my name so I am constantly correcting them. I like my name but would never name my kid something so onerous.

Riana, Na, Ree, …

Wtf kind of nickname is Na?

The Na, I know is short for Renee. She spells it Na.

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Anonymous wrote:Frank but not Francis.

What exactly is Rusty short for?

Rusty is a nickname for Russell. The two I know do not have red hair. One is blonde, one is bald.

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Maybe I missed it but I don't see Richard/Rich/Rick/Dick on the thread yet (though one PP knows someone whose given name is Rick not Richard. I know one of those Ricks too.)

I adore the name Richard.

Hate Dick. Rich I don't like but it's...OK (I know one Richard who's a Rich, so positive vibes for his sake). And Rick is fine; in my mind Rick is almost like a totally separate name since I know a Rick-not-Richard. But I truly like Richard. My two cents.

Not sure if anyone else said this either, but someone up thread said they liked William but disliked "Liam." Fair enough. Just noting that today, Liam is actually also a separate name. William of course can be shortened to Liam as a nickname, and Liam does derive, way back, from the Celtic version of William. But the two have been separate for so long they're usually considered different names now (at least in Ireland and the UK and name history sources there). So when you encounter a Liam now, including in the US, it's pretty likely he's a Liam, period, and not a William-nicknamed-Liam. Of course there are always exceptions!

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Agree with PP ... Dick wasn't a good nickname to begin with. I can only assume it's dead now.

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I think I’m the first to mention Millie and Mildred which is the quintessence of this thread.

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Rebecca. My name- love !
Hate Becky!!! Thankfully, nobody calls me by that.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I’m the first to mention Millie and Mildred which is the quintessence of this thread.

Yes, because the "-dred" part of Mildred is so dour. Different from like Gertrude/Gertie, where it's actually the "gert-" sound that is kind of unpleasant, so the nickname doesn't fix it.

Though another I think of is Margaret/Marge, but I like Margaret and don't like Marge. So many cute nn for Margaret (Maggie, Daisy, Margo, Megan, Peggy, Rita) and Marge is so... ugh. But actually the one person I've known who went by Marge was from this super WASP-y family and I think it was a flex, like when rich people wear really worn out clothes or drive old beat up cars. Like "we're so rich/aristorcratic that we gave our lively daughter this hideous nickname and no one cares."

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP ... Dick wasn't a good nickname to begin with. I can only assume it's dead now.

I agree, I’m 50 and the only Dicks I know or at least 10-15 years older than me.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I’m the first to mention Millie and Mildred which is the quintessence of this thread.

Millicent is awful too.

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Anonymous wrote:Rebecca. My name- love !
Hate Becky!!! Thankfully, nobody calls me by that.

I dislike Becky but think Becca is a good nn for Rebecca. It's funny how much of a difference one vowel makes.

(and I am not the pp who hates all names that end in a long e! I like a lot of names with a long e ending. I just don't like Becky and prefer Becca)