[Opinions] Re: nicknames as given names?
in reply to a message by Vulcan-rebel
As someone with a "nickname-y" name as her full name - Millie - I... Don't really like it that much.
I love my name, I really do, but there have been times throughout my life where I just wish that I had a longer form for it. Most people presume Millie is short for Amelia anyway, and there are a few who think it's short for Millicent, nobody presumed straight away that it isn't short for anything, that I'm "Just Millie".
My sister calls me Millicent as a joke, and in return I call her Eleanor - even though her full name is actually just Ellie.
When I have children I'd like to give them "full names" but only if I love it. I don't see the point of calling a child William, for example, if you loath William but want a little Billy - just call the kid Billy - or else have him stuck with a formal name you hate for the rest of his life.
Nicknames I would gladly use as full names:
Finn
Bella
Elsa
Kate
Kim
Leigh
My constantly changing PNL:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/117870?sort=rating&pop=ew
Top rated = Rose and Henry / James / Alexander :)
Bottom rated = Brianna and Kacey (g) :(
I love my name, I really do, but there have been times throughout my life where I just wish that I had a longer form for it. Most people presume Millie is short for Amelia anyway, and there are a few who think it's short for Millicent, nobody presumed straight away that it isn't short for anything, that I'm "Just Millie".
My sister calls me Millicent as a joke, and in return I call her Eleanor - even though her full name is actually just Ellie.
When I have children I'd like to give them "full names" but only if I love it. I don't see the point of calling a child William, for example, if you loath William but want a little Billy - just call the kid Billy - or else have him stuck with a formal name you hate for the rest of his life.
Nicknames I would gladly use as full names:
Finn
Bella
Elsa
Kate
Kim
Leigh
My constantly changing PNL:
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/117870?sort=rating&pop=ew
Top rated = Rose and Henry / James / Alexander :)
Bottom rated = Brianna and Kacey (g) :(