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[jakapi.livejournal.com]

I am having trouble thinking of names where Pri (rhymes with tree) would be an acceptable nickname for a girl. I'm not entirely fond of Priscilla but I might go with that (someday) for a middle name and call her Pri anyway. Are there any other names you can think of? Thanks.

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[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

Prema (Indian)
Preeti (Indian)
Primrose (English)
Prisca (Biblical/Ancient Roman)
Priya (Indian)

[I got all of those from behindthename.com.)

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Capri
Caprice
Prima

That's all that come to mind... and they don't have the greatest associations, lol.

[jakapi.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[jakapi.livejournal.com]

Whenever I see the name Capri I automatically think of Capri Sun, the drink in those foil packet things. lol, Odd. Thanks for your suggestions though!

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Priya is a very pretty name =]

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

April (not exactly the same sound as Pri but I think it's close enough)
Caprina

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's what I meant by the name association thing ;P Capri=Capri Sun, Caprice=car, Prima=Primadonna.

[221084.livejournal.com]

I don't like it... I think because it has bad connitation for me. The girl who worked here before me in my jobs name was Priya and she was a scatterbrain and stressed when more than 1 line on the phone rang at once, and swore and stuff... lol!

[decembermalice.livejournal.com]

I think of Priya and Divya on My Super Sweet Sixteen on MTV...and wow, were they spoiled!

[qalanjo.livejournal.com]

Priya!!

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I know a girl named Priya (rhymes with Chia, as in Chia Pet) whom we jokingly call Pri-Pri sometimes. The name is Indian (India Indian, not Native American Indian), if it makes any difference.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest Pria but perhaps that is the same name as Priya. I think it's pretty

[wake-tonight.livejournal.com]

I like Priya too!
I've also got a friend names Priyanka who we call Pri.

[kitzen-kat.livejournal.com]

I have to second (third?) Priya as a lovely name. The Priya I know is nicknamed Pri sometimes.

[bree019.livejournal.com]

I think April's a great choice.

[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

we've got a 4 year old at my work named Mannpreea, she's nicknames Preea (pronounced the same way that Priya is). I actually prefer the Preea spelling, it's easier to pronounce..for me at least.

[elsh.livejournal.com]

I don't think Pri or any of the other names are appropriate for someone non-indian. Also: why would you call someone a nickname of their middle name (not that Pri is a nickname for Priscilla) rather than make the first name whatever Pri- name? Seems rather confusing.

[elsh.livejournal.com]

That seems ridiculous. My mum's name is April and Pri would be the last thing I'd think of someone calling her.

[bree019.livejournal.com]

Eh, people get weird nicknames out of names all the time. If OP likes "Pri", it's better to give her daughter a name she'll actually like rather than picking a name that makes more sense with the nickname, like Priscilla.

[elsh.livejournal.com]

That's true. But also I don't understand choosing nicknames for children...or choosing names based on nicknames. Nicknames usually have to be something the name-bearer likes. My mum called me Wren when I was very young. I never liked that. Now I don't even have the same first name anymore. My sister was called Rosa, but now only goes by Rose. Usually other people generate nicknames or the person prefers another one. I think the parent's role is to choose the formal name and use whatever nickname they want while the kid is young, but not think that's going to be the forever-name necessarily. *shrug*

[adamant-turtle.livejournal.com]

"Pri" just makes me think of the prefix "pre," like "premature," "prenatal," etc. It doesn't seem like a nn somehow.