Yes! This is my biggest bug bear. Just call them Douglas and shorten it as a nickname.Names that should be shortened versions but they're called that...think Dougie, Reggie, Lennie etc...I just don't like it!
I know a Ben(jamin) who was Benji socially for years and years, then decided he wanted to be Ben when we both started at the same school, aged about 15.I have the burden of that dreaded double name shite. Why give your kid a name that they, you and everyone else in their life is never going to use
I actually prefer my shortened name. It does my head in having to explain all the time, especially for official documents. The shortened version of my name is now more popular than the full version so I welcome this new trend.
We live in a world where people are naming their kids rocky, archer, dax, hunter, pixie, meadow yet people get worked up when someone uses Freddie alone and not Frederick shortened to Freddie
Same with Ben, some don't like the full length version so why shouldn't they choose Ben on its own.
i agree. if you have absolutely no intention of ever calling your child by a full name - like Frederick - because you love the name Freddie, just name him Freddie! as you say, the whole "it's not professional" argument isn't relevant nowadays, with kids called Dolly, Petal, Cove and Leaf etc - a guy called Freddie is not going to be rejected from jobs etc based on the name on their CV simply because it's a shortened version of a full name, rather than Frederick.I have the burden of that dreaded double name shite. Why give your kid a name that they, you and everyone else in their life is never going to use
I actually prefer my shortened name. It does my head in having to explain all the time, especially for official documents. The shortened version of my name is now more popular than the full version so I welcome this new trend.
We live in a world where people are naming their kids rocky, archer, dax, hunter, pixie, meadow yet people get worked up when someone uses Freddie alone and not Frederick shortened to Freddie
Same with Ben, some don't like the full length version so why shouldn't they choose Ben on its own.
yeah, there was definitely a lot of girls named Hermione, plus Bella during the Twilight's popularity, and then Aria and Khaleesi during GoT. there will undoubtedly be a huge rise in the number of kids named Maeve and Otis due to sex education, and names inspired by Bridgerton, like Daphne, Bridget, Penelope and Eloise, and Anthony. and Colin. names inspired by popular TV shows. and movies definitely make it easy to predict a person’s age, because they were obviously named at a time that whatever series was popular!It’s the people who name their children after “obvious” movie and tv characters. There was a wave of Khaleesis and other GoT names. Katniss a few years ago too. There was a young woman on Reddit whose parents named her and her siblings after Harry Potter characters and she was raging.
Note to self: don’t name your kids after characters before the series finishes.
I don't think Colin will be making a comeback.yeah, there was definitely a lot of girls named Hermione, plus Bella during the Twilight's popularity, and then Aria and Khaleesi during GoT. there will undoubtedly be a huge rise in the number of kids named Maeve and Otis due to sex education, and names inspired by Bridgerton, like Daphne, Bridget, Penelope and Eloise, and Anthony. and Colin. names inspired by popular TV shows. and movies definitely make it easy to predict a person’s age, because they were obviously named at a time that whatever series was popular!
it's certainly one way of ensuring that your kid will have the same name as half the other kids in their class!
khaleesi drives me crazy because it’s not even her name, it’s her titleIt’s the people who name their children after “obvious” movie and tv characters. There was a wave of Khaleesis and other GoT names. Katniss a few years ago too. There was a young woman on Reddit whose parents named her and her siblings after Harry Potter characters and she was raging.
Note to self: don’t name your kids after characters before the series finishes.
i mean, I don't think Colin will be topping any popular names charts, but i definitely think it will increase in popularity as a result of Bridgerton!I don't think Colin will be making a comeback.
I feel sorry for a work colleague, she called her daughter Elsa just before Frozen came out and now tells everyone that she got there first.
In French, Colin is a sea fish, a Pollack. LOLi mean, I don't think Colin will be topping any popular names charts, but i definitely think it will increase in popularity as a result of Bridgerton!
ha, possibly won't be topping the baby name charts in France then!In French, Colin is a sea fish, a Pollack. LOL
I have a friend who is Mexican but her mother named her Hiroko after an anime character (they have no Japanese ancestry, mum at the time was a young teenager.) She says it's annoying that no one can ever spell it or they try to write it in a more Mexican way (Xiroco)It’s the people who name their children after “obvious” movie and tv characters. There was a wave of Khaleesis and other GoT names. Katniss a few years ago too. There was a young woman on Reddit whose parents named her and her siblings after Harry Potter characters and she was raging.
Note to self: don’t name your kids after characters before the series finishes.
Sheri Moon Zombie was Sheri Lyn Skurkis but she married director Rob Zombie, real surname Cummings.I watched a film last night and on the credit roll at the end there was an actress called Sheri Moon Zombie
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