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Jan. 6th, 2009 01:20 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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babynamesIs the name Raine/Rain a name in its own right, or is it short for Lorraine? OR, as my mother is convinced, is it a nn for Adrienne? [no, I don't understand either, but she's adamant]
ETA: The reason I ask is because I knew a woman named Lorraine who went by Raine, so I always thought of it as a shortened version. I like Raine, and Lorraine not so much - I guess the real question is, if I named my kid Raine, would I forever get the look of 'you could have put the full name on the birth certificate' as I might if I'd named a girl Maddie, or will people take it at face value?
ETA: The reason I ask is because I knew a woman named Lorraine who went by Raine, so I always thought of it as a shortened version. I like Raine, and Lorraine not so much - I guess the real question is, if I named my kid Raine, would I forever get the look of 'you could have put the full name on the birth certificate' as I might if I'd named a girl Maddie, or will people take it at face value?
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