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[holysheep.livejournal.com]

I  have a new teacher, and today we were talking about her first name... it's just plain Annie. Her parents thought she was going to be a boy, and when she was born, it was like, SUPRISE! and they couldn't decide on a name together -- her mom wanted Ann, her father wanted Anna. So they came up with Annie.

WDYT? I personally hate names that are usually considered nicknames (like Charlie for Charles, Maddie for Madeline, etc), but Annie is growing on me. I think it fits her personality really well. She's exactly what I would imagine an Annie to be.

ETA: Irony...  she was born on the same day and year the movie "Annie" came out, which I think influenced her parent's decision. It's pretty funny that her hair has a reddish tint to it, too.

Comments

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I too dislike nn given as proper names, but for some reason Annie seems like a seperate name. I've know a few Annies where that was their given name, also Anns and Annas who NEVER went by Annie as nn. Personally I really like it. Sounds friendly.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I consider Annie a stand-alone name...

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

My mother's name is Ananda, but everyone calls her Annie, and I think it really works as a stand-alone name.

[djador.livejournal.com]

Out of Anne, Anna and Annie my favourite is Anna, by far.

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

Mine too. Anna rocks.

[babykalina.livejournal.com]

I like Annie as a name by itself!

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

My sister's name is Annie, and it always has been. My parents didn't find out the sex, and it was always Annie or Harry (Harrison). Never Anne.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

And my sister has red hair too.
Even funnier, my brother's name is Oliver. (Totally accidental.) People keep saying I should have been named Evita.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I love Annie and I plan to use it one day.
I've never thought of it as a nickname.

[ex-bluebonn.livejournal.com]

I've never considered Annie a nn. I know lots of Annies. I even know an Anie, which I think is a little much.

[queensugar.livejournal.com]

I can't really comment, seeing as my sister Kathy is indeed just a Kathy, not a Katherine or a Kathleen. It's certainly worked for her, and it suits her, and I can't really see her as a Kathleen, so YMMV on the nicknames as proper names practice.

[surrealkiller.livejournal.com]

A good friend of mine passed away this May and she loved to be called Annie. Since her first name was really Annjeanine, I decided to incorporate it into my baby's name, which will be:

Anneliese Ariane-Jeanine

I think we will end up calling her Annie somtimes though, and that's what I wanted.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-glass-/]

Annie has always been one of my favorites. I always thought it to be a stand alone type of name.