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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well if you're just going to call her Lina it doesn't matter what the full name is.[/quote]

It does, actually. Kids go through these phases with their names that can be tricky. Both my DD and niece went through phases where they hated their family nickname and insisted on being called by their full name. Then my DD was in a class at school where most of the other girls had two syllable names that ended in -y sounds, and she suddenly wanted to go by her nickname again because it’s like this. Luckily we live both her full name and nickname (which is also the most obvious nickname for her full name). My niece now just goes by her first initial. You don’t have perfect control once they are people in the world. Now is your chance.

Which is why I’d think twice about Angelina, especially if you were set on a somewhat non intuitive nickname for it. All it takes is one school year of “Don’t call me Lina, I don’t like it” for her to become Angelina, which her friends will shorten to Angie, and then she’s Angie for the rest of her life whether you like it or not.

If OP likes Lina/Lena, just name her that. But unless you love Angelina (and can live with people at least sometimes calling her Angie) don’t name her that. I like Lina but really dislike Angelina/Angie, so I’d go with something else from the list. Zoe is my favorite I think.[/quote]

I'm the OP and we were going to go  with just Lina but I felt it was too short.[/quote]

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