Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 18:52     Subject: Very unusual nickname
Anonymous wrote:Unusual?

What would you say about foreign names, then???



I would say they were foreign names. Jump is a verb and aside from the stuffed bunny in the book, it is very unusual as a name.

However, OP, I actually love Jump as a nickname!
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 18:30     Subject: Very unusual nickname
Anonymous wrote:Unusual?

What would you say about foreign names, then???


Those get a waiver because they're foreign.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 18:24     Subject: Very unusual nickname
I know a bunch of Catholic kids with nicknames like Bear, Peeper, Bud, Skip, etc.

Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 18:15     Subject: Very unusual nickname
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love it, but agree with PP, be sensitive of when to let it fade out.


My cousin called her fetus Hodor (from Game of Thrones) and I swear, it took about a year after he was born for me to start thinking of the baby as his name and not Hodor. Similar unfortunate nickname for my own kiddo. We called him squirmy worm for a long time, which was shortened to worm. Not a great nickname and has taken us a while to break.

Be careful what name you let stick!


Lol. Squirmy worm I get, but Hodor?
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 18:14     Subject: Very unusual nickname
Unusual?

What would you say about foreign names, then???
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 18:13     Subject: Very unusual nickname
Anonymous wrote:I love it, but agree with PP, be sensitive of when to let it fade out.


My cousin called her fetus Hodor (from Game of Thrones) and I swear, it took about a year after he was born for me to start thinking of the baby as his name and not Hodor. Similar unfortunate nickname for my own kiddo. We called him squirmy worm for a long time, which was shortened to worm. Not a great nickname and has taken us a while to break.

Be careful what name you let stick!
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 17:40     Subject: Very unusual nickname
I love it, but agree with PP, be sensitive of when to let it fade out.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 17:38     Subject: Very unusual nickname
Anonymous wrote:Alexander is one of those names that has a million possible nicknames. Why not just use one of those? He could be Al, Alex, Lex, Xander, Xan, Ander, etc. Lots of choices.



Boring!!!
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 17:37     Subject: Very unusual nickname
Anonymous wrote:Be the parent and call him Alex.


Be the parent and call him Jump.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 17:36     Subject: Re:Very unusual nickname
I love it, OP. All nickname are contrived. Your older son is thinking outside the box. Plus I actually think Jump is a cute nickname!!
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 17:25     Subject: Re:Very unusual nickname
I actually think this is really cute! I say go for it but don't force it - you can also totally have family nicknames that differ from what they're called in school etc. My siblings and I still call each other our childhood family nicknames
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 17:19     Subject: Very unusual nickname
My uncle is 11 years older than my mom. He insisted on calling her Honey when she was born. Everyone else went along, and she didn't find out that her name was actually Harriet until she was five years old.

She ended up changing her name to Honey legally when she married my dad. Good thing it fits her!
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2017 17:18     Subject: Very unusual nickname
Nicknames don't have be formal or permanent. When my little brother started talking, he called me Nee-nee. We have no idea why, it doesn't sound like my name at all, but it stuck within our family for a year or so.