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Help[Opinions] Re: Nicknames or full names?
in reply to a message by space cadet
Firstly, some names which are used as nn are also formal names in themselves. Like Lucy, Lily, Sophie, Luke, Mark. And Jack was a nn for John. This Jackson thing must be a new invention due to the popularity of ln-as-fn. I would take just Jack any day before Jackson.
Also, I would name a daughter Molly, without worrying that it originally was a nn for Mary or Margaret. I would name a girl Katia, Nadia or Natasha (which are all Russian nn for Ekaterina, Nadeschda and Natalia). I like Nellie and would not worry about a "formal name".
Generally I would name a child the name I plan to call her/him. To me, people seem too worried that a "child will not be taken seriously" if they have a nick name as formal name. Don't know if this is an American thing. I am sure a child in Sweden will get along just fine with a nn as fn, just as long as she or he has a traditional Swedish ln. Many immigrants change their surnames, otherwise the employers just overlook their applications (I'm ashamed of my countrymen).
Also, I don't see the point of chosing a wonderful fn and then hide it behind a nn. Though if the name was 4 syllables (or longer), I would probably use a nn for convenience. But I would never use only the nn.
Some of the most popular names for babies in Sweden now are nn:
Girls: Moa, Molly, Emmy, Fanny
Boys: Olle, Tim, Theo
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Also, I would name a daughter Molly, without worrying that it originally was a nn for Mary or Margaret. I would name a girl Katia, Nadia or Natasha (which are all Russian nn for Ekaterina, Nadeschda and Natalia). I like Nellie and would not worry about a "formal name".
Generally I would name a child the name I plan to call her/him. To me, people seem too worried that a "child will not be taken seriously" if they have a nick name as formal name. Don't know if this is an American thing. I am sure a child in Sweden will get along just fine with a nn as fn, just as long as she or he has a traditional Swedish ln. Many immigrants change their surnames, otherwise the employers just overlook their applications (I'm ashamed of my countrymen).
Also, I don't see the point of chosing a wonderful fn and then hide it behind a nn. Though if the name was 4 syllables (or longer), I would probably use a nn for convenience. But I would never use only the nn.
Some of the most popular names for babies in Sweden now are nn:
Girls: Moa, Molly, Emmy, Fanny
Boys: Olle, Tim, Theo
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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