I'm falling hard for
Rosalind lately. Seems so old and strong yet delicate. [I much prefer BTN's interpretation to the Latinate "lovely precious pretty rose darling!" one.]
Nicknames
Rose and
Rosie of course. Possibly
Linda.
I love Rosalind. How are you pronouncing it, though? rose-a-lind sounds very wrong to me, as rohz-a-lind is what I normally hear. That said I adore the nn Roz. Linda is okay.
I like Penelope quite a lot as well. Ditto on affectionate pet names...my family is incredibly fond of them. My favorite nn for Penelope would probably between Pip, Peep, and Nell. I think Pop is cute...but I don't want everyone wondering why I call my child after the fizzy drink. My brothers called and still call me salad...the questions I get a ridiculous. :-D
Ermengarde is the problem.
I still love it very very much and not because I think it is very ugly and that it is funny to be really ugly in a world of
Ava's and
Isabella's, but because I think it is gorgeous. I will not argue with anyone about this. I think it's gorgeous.
The problem is as follows:
The obvious nickname is "
Minnie."
Or else "Ermie."
Or possibly "Gardie."
I like
Minnie the best but I can not have two
Minnie's! I also like
Mimi for
Minerva Maria, but I like
Minnie more.
Mimi makes me laugh. It's actually what the grandkids call my mom instead of grandma. It's too bad, as it's an adorable nn. However, have you thought of Mamie? I like it. Ermengarde is a very cool name...not something I would use, but coop. Essie is much too cute for me, but it's okay. My vote goes for Mamie, honestly. :-D
Btw, check out the stats for
Penelope. :-D