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Help[Opinions] Re: WDYT of nicknames, and help choosing a nickname... EDITED to add link
in reply to a message by Joiya
You're not going to explain the joke at the end of the last link, are you. *sad*
By the way, I have a question for you. I met a boy named Pasatee who went by Tee (all of the time except on school paperwork). Is it a Filipino name, or can you recognize or theorize any way it could be one? I haven't been able to find it anywhere and it seems possible he was Filipino. I don't have the surname.
1) Do you think it best to let them evolve naturally, pick one beforehand or not have one at all?
Evolve naturally! Unless you used a longer name just to have it. Like if you wanted to call your kid Alex so you named him Alexander, then you'd likely call him Alex from day one.
I had planned a nickname for my daughter but it didn't seem natural. The nicknames that stick are the ones that spring up out of genuine affection, not anxious affectation. You could make a list of possibilities, and try them out, but I think nicks have to arise and stick to born babies/children.
2) Would it bother you if you chose a nickname and people picked a different one or refused to use one at all? (most people don't use Clarisse's nickname)
It wouldn't bother me unless the nick happened to be one I really hated. But if my child liked it, I'd live with it. Just wouldn't use it.
3) Will you help us decide on a nickname? We will have to put it on the announcement because nicknames are really important in my husband's culture.
Seriously, they nickname babies before birth? According to those articles the nicknames often come from traits or experiences. That'd make a lot more sense to me. I think if I had to come up with a nick before birth I'd pick something generic, that I'd like if it stuck but that wouldn't be hard to get rid of. NiNing seems good for that purpose and as her mother, maybe you could shorten it to Nin just for yourself. I'm betting she'll end up being Din-din, which is fun, and fine, since among Americans she'll probably choose to go by Nadine a lot of the time anyway and only give nickname privileges to her familiar friends. You think? I'm personally partial to the name Deenie.
- mirfak
By the way, I have a question for you. I met a boy named Pasatee who went by Tee (all of the time except on school paperwork). Is it a Filipino name, or can you recognize or theorize any way it could be one? I haven't been able to find it anywhere and it seems possible he was Filipino. I don't have the surname.
1) Do you think it best to let them evolve naturally, pick one beforehand or not have one at all?
Evolve naturally! Unless you used a longer name just to have it. Like if you wanted to call your kid Alex so you named him Alexander, then you'd likely call him Alex from day one.
I had planned a nickname for my daughter but it didn't seem natural. The nicknames that stick are the ones that spring up out of genuine affection, not anxious affectation. You could make a list of possibilities, and try them out, but I think nicks have to arise and stick to born babies/children.
2) Would it bother you if you chose a nickname and people picked a different one or refused to use one at all? (most people don't use Clarisse's nickname)
It wouldn't bother me unless the nick happened to be one I really hated. But if my child liked it, I'd live with it. Just wouldn't use it.
3) Will you help us decide on a nickname? We will have to put it on the announcement because nicknames are really important in my husband's culture.
Seriously, they nickname babies before birth? According to those articles the nicknames often come from traits or experiences. That'd make a lot more sense to me. I think if I had to come up with a nick before birth I'd pick something generic, that I'd like if it stuck but that wouldn't be hard to get rid of. NiNing seems good for that purpose and as her mother, maybe you could shorten it to Nin just for yourself. I'm betting she'll end up being Din-din, which is fun, and fine, since among Americans she'll probably choose to go by Nadine a lot of the time anyway and only give nickname privileges to her familiar friends. You think? I'm personally partial to the name Deenie.
- mirfak
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