Comments on: Popular Names: Nicknames Gone Wild

By: Jiinxsay

Jiinxsay — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:22:38 +0000

ooooo! off topic, i just HAD to say to

Kyri Laina

i LOVELOVELOVE your name!!!

<3 used'ta be Jiinxsay/Jiinx, changing to

Whimsy Bohème <3 to all my Beloved

Nameberryers

By: Lo

Lo — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:47:32 +0000

I have a Katharine nn Kate/Katie and what cracks me up is that she was going to be a Grace but I decided there were too many Graces! I have begun calling her by the full name Katharine more and so far she has really taken to it (the rest of the family hasn’t really changed though.) She’s only 4 though so we’ll see what happens in school.

Lucy is at the top of my list for a next girl. It’s tied with Mary which would be much more distinctive I guess. Funny because my husband thinks Mary is a little boring.

By: Kyri Laina

Kyri Laina — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:02:01 +0000

I really love the names Evie, Jack, Charlie, and Kate on their own.

By: shealah28

shealah28 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:27:43 +0000

Love Addie

By: anniebee

anniebee — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:52:10 +0000

Agreed w/ all. Good points. I really love the nn Vivi, but I feel like that one is going to get popular just because almost everyone seems to love it. I think Lola and Evie are getting this way too, though to a lesser extent.

Really good reminder to think of the popularity of a nn if you are worried about popularity with the formal name.

By: pam

pam — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:06:20 +0000

Danielle, I think it goes both ways (though ee-vee MORE common), which is yet another reason it’s so popular!

By: danielle8933

danielle8933 — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:16:46 +0000

What is the most common pronunciation of Evie? EE-vee or EH-vee?

By: GoodHope

GoodHope — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:29:31 +0000

This sort of makes me glad that I’m not a nickname person and that, when I do choose nicknames, they tend to be more unusual, like Sandy rather than Alex or Lexi for Alexandra, for example.

Another candidate for the list could be Edie. I know three aged preschool or younger. One is just Edie and the others are Edith and Eden, but called Edie exclusively.

By: OliviaSarah

OliviaSarah — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:41:14 +0000

Ellie, Evie, Maddy, Kate, Charlie, Alex, Lily, Jack and Sam are already super popular here in the UK. Actually, Ellie, Alex, Jack and Sam seem pretty dated to me.

I do also know a couple of little Addies (Madeleine and Adelaide), but never in 1 million years do I think Adelyn and Addison will become the norm here, unlike the US.

By: loristeve39

loristeve39 — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:49:45 +0000

I don’t know if Ellie popularity hasn’t hit KS yet or what but I just don’t hear it here and I don’t know alot of El kids except mine. I have heard Emmerson a time or two but it still doesn’t seem overly popular. I will have to keep my ears open more and see what I hear on the playground.