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[amyames.livejournal.com]

what are your opinions of the name Andrew?
I have a daughter named Abigail...Abigail and Andrew..nice sibset?

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[anapology.livejournal.com]

Andrew's mostly become Andy's later on in life and I really think that's an incredibly unattractive nickname. My ex is called Andrew and I refused to use Andy.. seems too thuggish for me.

Abigail and Andrew do go well together, but they are a tad matchy.

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i don't like andy either, but that's because it reminds me of little kids. like the little boy in toy story.

[mamakimi.livejournal.com]

As long as the nickname is Drew VS Andy I say go for it.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

your baby is ADORABLE.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Am I missing some bad connection to the nickname Andy?
I can't figure it out on my own

[amyames.livejournal.com]

i like the nn andy too. better than drew in fact :)

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

Not really, it's just the most obvious/common nickname for Andrew, so I think a lot of people are tired of it. I know I am, though I don't think it's awful.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Andy and Abby could sound confusing, but I like Andrew and I don't think it's too matchy with Abigail.

If matching initials don't bother you (I have a thing about initials I guess), then it's quite a nice sibset :)

[amyames.livejournal.com]

no matching initials don't really bother me. if we are having a girl her name will be Annalise so we'll have two A's that way as well :)

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

I love the name (My first crush was an Andrew!) but I really hate both of the nicknames.

[cxtxc.livejournal.com]

I dislike Andrew but I like the nn Andy.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

It never seems right on anyone. I really think it's just a weird name.

[decembermalice.livejournal.com]

I love it if the nickname Drew is used, not Andy.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

I actually know an Abby-Andrew sibset; they're twins and couldn't be any more different. I'm not particularly fond of the sibset personally; it's a bit too matchy-matchy for my tastes (and I don't like the name Abigail besides), but it's a decent set.

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

Interesting issues people have with this name. I actually prefer Andrew just Andrew. That was my moms alternate choice for my brothers name.

I think if I wanted the name Drew I'd just use Drew because with Andrew most people with go for Andy, so if you like Andy, Andrew is cool.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

i think they sound good together.

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i love the name andrew, but it's a little plain so i'd probably never use it as a first name. i think i'll name my son (if ever i have one) elliott andrew though.

i'm not crazy about abigail, but that's probably because in elementary school a girl named abigail was always really mean to me.

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

I like Andrew with Abigail, but Abby/Andy could be confusing, so I'd definitely suggest going with Drew for a nickname if you use it. Aaron or Alexander might be good alternatives that don't shorten to anything that sounds like Abby. Of course, I don't know if you use Abby, so it might not be an issue at all, but I suppose it could still become one if she decides to go by Abby later on.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I don't usually like siblings with the same first initial but I do think Abigail and Andrew sound nice together.

I love the name Abigail, BTW. It's been my favourite name since I was about 12 (I'm 27 now!) If I'm lucky enough to ever have a little girl her name will be Abigail. I don't care what her future father says!!

[amyames.livejournal.com]

Abigail has been my favourite name forever too. I always swore if I had a daughter, I'd name her Abigail so I did :) My husband fought for Annalise the whole time and I promised him if he let me name our daughter Abigail that if we had another girl someday, he could name her Annalise. So that's the plan, if this one is a girl.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I can see myself making the same sort of deal. I have other names I have loved for just as long but I actually imagine my future daughter as Abigail. I can't imagine her having any other name.

Annalise is a nice name :)

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I love the name Andrew, and both the nicknames Andy and Drew.

Andrew and Abigail might be too matchy. Though I do know a sibset of Andrew and Allison, (nn's Andy and Allie) and they don't mind it.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I like Andrew but I think Abigail and Andrew are too matchy.

Abby and Andy.

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

My husband is Andrew and he has never been called Andy or Drew. Even as a very little kid he always insisted on being called Andrew.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

I like the name Andrew. My boyfriends brother is an Andrew and he dooesn't get called Andy *all* the time but occasionally people will refer him as Andy. Not Drew though.

I don't think Abigail and Andrew are too matching actually.. I think they sound great together.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

I think they sound cute together, though it seems more like twin names to me, lol. Matchy names always do, though.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

I love the name Andrew.

It's been one of my favorites for a long time. The only reason that I'd never use it is because I had a dog growing up named Andorra nn 'Andie' and I love the nickname Andy for Andrew. I absolutely hate Drew.

The only way I'd use it is with the nickname Ender.

Also, I don't think Abigail and Andrew are too close. I don't really care if names are too matchy or anything. If you like both names, use both names.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Andrew. I think Abigail & Andrew could work as long as they're not Abby and Andy. I like Abby and Andrew, but I don't like Andy as a nn, and I think it's too much. Drew could work, too, though, or AJ or something if the middle name started with a J?

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Abby and Drew is really cute, but Abby and Andy is bad. As long as you don't name a third child with an A name, I don't think it is too matchy.

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

Agreed

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

i like it. :]
andrew is just a classic to me that never goes out of style.

[hadschpotential.livejournal.com]

I like it a lot.

[hadschpotential.livejournal.com]

Reading through other comments, though, I'd see more of a problem if you do have another girl later, and want to name her Annalise... Andrew and Annalise seem even closer than Abigail and Andrew to me.

But I really love all three names :]