nicknames.

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i used to never be a nickname person until recently. i think they're useful. i'd rather not name my child something that they would share with five or more other kids. but kids want to fit in with their peers, and nicknames let that happen. er... the nicknames would at least be familiar to six year olds.

i've started to like certain names just because i like their nicknames.

lucille - lucy
eloise - elly
penelope - penny
agatha - aggie
francesca - franny

louis - lou, louie
patrick - pat
abraham - abe

i wouldn't use agatha, but i think it's cute for some reason. and i love the nickname franny because of franny and zooey.

eloise and lucille are my favorite, anyway. i've liked those for forever. i've always been drawn to penelope, but never realized the nickname penny is cute until recently... i've always like francesca, but i'm not italian at all. german/irish right here. and american... i guess. >:P

Comments

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

My favourite camper last summer was a girl named Franny. That was her actual name. Her older brothers name was Barnett ("Barney").

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I know a girl named (or NNed) Ellie. I like it. I also like Lucy and Penny. Franny and Aggie are horrible IMO.

I like Abe but not the others for the boys.

[dolcedaze.livejournal.com]

*points to icon* - I have an Eloise and we call her Ellie. I'm fond of Agatha too, but the hubby would never go for that one.

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oh, yeah? i remember, i think, you were tossing around eloise aurelia and... lucian for a boy. :D that's so cool that you have an eloise. lucille and eloise have been my top two names for a while now.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Oh you had your baby, congratulations! she's gorgeous. :-) I Adore the name!

[dncr119.livejournal.com]

My Granma's name is Luy- so I LOVE it, but hubby won't let me use it.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

despite Franny and Zooey I don't know how you could take a beautiful name like Francesca and turn it into plain-Jane Franny.

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

i just like it. and i like plain jane a lot, too :) francesca is just too long to use all the time. i'd probably never name my daughter francesca, anyway. lucille and eloise are the two i'm pushing for. i like franny better than frankie.

I do like the name Jane actually

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

it's probably because I work in a very Italian area but I know alot of women named Francesca, Fiorella, Illuminata, Cinzia, Alessandra etc so they don't seem too long or too exotic for every day use to me.

I like Eloise :)
I find it quite Romantic.
It reminds me of Abelard and Heloise.

[tinylittlestars.livejournal.com]

Oh, and actually, I know of a Penelope who goes by Ellie.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Louis is already pronounced Louie... it's french.
Franny from Franchesca is horrible, it sounds like Fanny which is another awful name. I think Fanny means your backside in america, right? well in england it means ummm... your front lol. I know a girl named Franny Boils!

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

in america, it's lou-iss. i know it's louie in french, but i'm not french.

oh, no! franny boils! haha. that's terrible.

[lostinadream82.livejournal.com]

My name is Frances, and I'm called Franny by a lot of my family/friends..

[hotmaildt.livejournal.com]

My biggest pet peeve is naming a baby something JUST so you can use the nickname. Why dont you just use the nickname AS the name?

(LOVE Eloise and Penelope though)

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

i used to be the same way, but i explained this in my post. that way they won't have Penny or Lou or something on all their documents. I prefer using full names, but there are a few names that I like a lot that also happen to have cute nicknames.

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

"Why dont you just use the nickname AS the name?"

I disagree totally. If your daughter Penny ever wants to sit on the Supreme Court or something, she might want the option of going by Penelope.

I love Anne because it has the nickname Nan, and Elizabeth because of its myriad nns. Bette, Betsy, Lily, Lizzie, etc.

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

exactly.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I'm the opposite, I adore the name Francesca but I hate the nn Franny. My grandma's name was Frances though, so I'd never use Francesca cause I plan on using Frances as my first daughters mn.

I love Penelope, not too crazy about the others. I like Lucy, but not Lucille.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

although Franny would be rather sweet on a little girl. I'm picturing someone my age named Franny, though.

[itcouldbelove.livejournal.com]

i'm not huge on penelope, but i love penny, which means penelope is growing on me. heh.