Baby Name Poll Results

Felicity nn Flick.
Josephine nn Ocie.

Esther nn Essie.
Caroline nn Carrie/Lena.

We don’t like those, sorry! While we want the nicknames to be spunky, we still want them to be appropriate, actual names that can be used all the time rather than a pet name (if that makes sense)

We like Esther "Essie" but we can’t use Essie

Charlotte- Lottie
Julia- Jules
Vivienne- Vivi
Adelaide- Addy
Helena- Lena
Emmeline/Emilia- Emmy
Victoria- Tori

We like Emmeline/Emilie "Emmy"! We like Adelaide and Helena but we really don’t like the sound of Addy or Lena

Miriam nn Miri.
Agatha nn Aggie.

Pippa…Penelope
Elfie…Delphine
Maisie…Maya
Honey…Honora
Sol...Isolde
Callie...Callista
Mona...Harmony
Lola...Elodie
Edie...eden
Angel...Evangeline
Aria....Azaria
Goldie....Marigold
Nola...Magnolia
Trixie....Beatrix
Posey...Mariposa
Cordelia- Cory, Cordy, Dia, Dee Dee
Susannah - Sukie, Zanna, Zanny, Annie
Matilda - Tilly, Milly, Tilla, Tildie
Penelope - Poppy, Nella, Lola
Allegra - Meg, Meggie
Francesca -Frankie, Fran, Franny, Chessie
Rosalind - Rosy, Lindy, Sally
Isadora -Izzy, Sadie
Guinevere -Winnie, Evie
Josephine -Joey, Sephie, Posy, Josie, Fina, Jojo
Beatrix -Betsy, Bea, Bee, Betty
Lucinda - Indy
Cressida - Essie
Olympia - Polly
Christabel - Tabby
Viola - Lola
Jemima - Mimi
I copied them all off this nameberry thread... there are loads more if you want to check it out:
http://nameberry.com/nametalk/threads/104500-unusual-elegant-names-with-spunky-nicknames/page2

We don’t like those, sorry!

Cordelia (Cora)
Evangeline (Lina/Lena)
Virginia (Ginny)
Adelaide (Ada)
Matilda (Tilda/Tilly)
Penelope (Penny)
Gwendolyn (Gwen)
Genevieve (Via)

Cynthia or Dorothea nn Theo.

Anastasia- Stacy, Stasia
Lillian- Lily
Genevieve- Evie, Gen, Genny
Arabella- Bella
Olivia- Liv, Livy
Eleanor- Ella
Jillian- Jill

I mean Thea not Theo!

Eleanor, Eloise, Elizabeth nn Ellie.

We like Matilda "Milly", Penelope "Poppy/Lola", and Rosalind "Rosie/Rosa"! Are there any nicknames that don’t end with EE sound? We have Lola and Rosa but are there any others? Our last name ends with Y so the EE sounds kind of awkward with it and while we think we could get over it, we’d like to see if we could find something that might flow better

Lucille nn Lucy

We like Adelaide "Ada", Matilda "Milly", Penelope "Poppy/Lola", and Elizabeth "Ella/Ellie"! We like The nickname Thea but not Cynthia or Dorothea

Rhiannon nn Rhia or Rhianna
Audriana nn Ana, Audrey, Adria, Aria, Dria

Virginia, nn Ginger!

We do not like those, sorry!

Eglantine - Tina
Clementine - Cleo

If it helps, the three official names on our list are Adelaide "Ada", Elizabeth "Ella", and Rosalind "Rosa!

All of the others we have said we liked are on our "we like but would rather not use because of them with our last name" list

I like Cleo & Clementine (though not sure how Cleo comes from it) but my husband doesn’t

Alaina- Lainie
Alexandra/Alexa/Alexis- Lexi or Lexa
Audrey- Audie
Caroline- Carri
Eloise/Eleanor- Ellie
Juliette/Julianna- Jules
Madeleine- Maddie
Sandra- Saddie/Sandy
Summer- Sunny
Patricia- Pat, Patty, Patrice, Tricia (Trish-a)
Elizabeth- Beth, Bette, Betty, Liz, Lisa, Liza, Eliza
Gabrielle/Gabriella- Gab, Gabe, Gabby, Elle, Ella, Ellie, Brielle, Briella
Abigail/ Abriella- Abbi, Gail, Ella, Elle, Ellie
Alexandria- Al, Ally, Alex, Alexa, Lexie, Lex, Andy, Andria, Sandra
Alessandra- Al, Ally, Alex, Aless (Alice), Andy, Andra, Sandra
Martha/Martina- Martin, Marty
Anastasia- Anne, Annie, Ana, Stasy (Stacy)
Ariella- Ariel, Ari, Ella, Ellie
Jakoba/ Jakelynn/ Jakielyn/ Jaqualine/ Jakarta/ Jakaraia- Jackie, Jack, Jake, Jay, JJ
Katharine/ Katrina- Kat, Kathy, Kate, Katie, Trina
Sylvia- Syl, Via, Sia, Si-Si (CC), Sylver (Silver)

We like Elizabeth "Ella/Eliza" and Alessandra "Alice"! Almost all of the other nicknames (that we like) end in the EE sound which we are really trying to avoid

Shaneenene - little née-née fo short!

Caroline- Cara, Lina
Anastasia- Tasie(tay-zee)
Alaina- Laina
Alicia- Ali, Lia, Cici
Michelle- Mitchie, Mia
Evelyn- Evie, Eva
Baylea-Bay
Charlotte- Char
Analise- Lise
Like Any?

M, that does not fall under the category we asked for. Please take this seriously.

We like Charlotte but we can’t use it.

READ PLEASE! (just trying to catch you’re attention)

This is a more specific description of what we want, and we hope this will help:

We want a classic name that has a short, fun, spunk nickname. But the nickname can’t be unisex or a boy name. We also really want to try to stay away from names and nicknames ending in the EE sound since the more we say them with our last name, the more we dislike them.

This is our official list:

Adelaide "Ada"
Elizabeth "Ella/Eliza"
Rosalind "Rosa"
Alessandra "Alice"

And we are looking for full names for:

"Thea" but we don’t like Cynthia or Dorothea
"Lola" but Penelope doesn’t sound good with our last name.

Hope this helped give a better idea of what we want!!

We are seriously trying to help you here, but just as you are having trouble finding names that fit your criteria, so are we. There are a lot of restrictions for what you want.

Coralie/Coraline- Cora
Estelle- Stella
Aliyah/Aleah- Leah
Catherine/Katherine- Kate
Veronica- Vera
Lillian- Lilia
Gianna- Gia
Rebecca- Becca

We didn’t say you weren’t helping us. We realized that we weren’t all that specific in our post so we thought we’d give a better idea of what we want. We didn’t realize it until we started saying names with our last name that we don’t like the EE sound next to it. Sorry that we don’t like something for our daughter? Besides adding the EE sound, we didn’t have much else we asked for

We like Lillian "Lilia" a lot! We hadn’t thought of Lilia as an alternative to Lily!

I wasn’t trying to be rude, I believe that you are trying to find the perfect name for your daughter, I’m just saying that it’s hard to find something not already suggested and that you haven’t said you don’t like. Can I ask an honest and innocent question? Why give her a long name if you’re planning on using a nickname?

It’s not that we didn’t like the names, we liked many of the names as we had previously commented. But the issue lied with the name and or the nickname with our last name. It’s a mixture of a few things; one being a family tradition and one being that we think it’s nice to have a longer and possibly more formal name with a shorter nickname so as our daughter grows up, she can decide what she wants to be called.

Alright I was just wondering, best of luck!

No one has mentioned Teresa "Tess" or "Tessa" yet.

Cathryn nn Cat
Louise nn Lou

Eleanora nn Nora