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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't mind the Shakespeare connotation of Juliet because I feel like the name is common enough that I don't feel like it overwhelms the name. I have met some little girls named Ophelia and that one... it's too much. At least Juliet is a character with agency who experiences true happiness. Tragic yes, but Ophelia is literally miserable from start to finish and her life is 100% at the whims of people who barely care about her. And can you think of a single Ophelia other than the one in Hamlet?

Regarding the nickname issue, though, let me be a cautionary tale. My DD's name has a several common nicknames. I like two of them and did not like the third. I explained to my DH this and he was like "well we won't call her that then." We loved the name. We used it. My DH's family immediately started using the nickname I didn't like. And he did NOT back up on it, and then my DD decided she loved that nickname and now it is just her name. She's my child and I love her and respect her wishes and as a result the name has grown on me and I'm okay with it. But it's not the name I picked out for her and not what I ever wanted to call her, and while I got over the name part of it, I have never quite gotten over the fact that I felt like I basically got tricked into giving my DD a name other than the one I wanted to give her.[/quote]

Is it Isabella nn Izzy?

I know 3 women with daughters named Isabella, and each one swore when they were pregnant that they wouldn’t let anyone give their precious daughter a nickname. They constantly corrected friends and family and neighbors and teachers who called them Belle, Bella, Isa, or Izzy. They were able to control it until kindergarten or first grade when the child opted to use a NN…typically created by a fellow classmate.

The cautionary tale is that you will have zero control over what name your kid ultimately goes by. Zero. Choose wisely what first and middle name you give them.

PS - I know a girl named Juliet who was called E.T. It stuck for a long time. I know a girl named Julianna who is white/not Hispanic who somehow picked up the Spanish NN that sounds like “Who-Lee.” [/quote]

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