The nickname Cricket for Felicity?

[mamabear25]

I saw somebody post about the nickname Cricket for Felicity and I really like it if it works! Can somebody explain how you get Cricket from Felicity? Do you like it/do you think it works?

[namelover77]

I think Cricket is sweet as a term of endearment, but I don't quite see how you can get it from Felicity. However, it has been my favorite nickname for Katherine for years.

[east93]

In all honestly, I never understood how anyone got the nickname Cricket for names.

I don't see why anyone would want to call their child Cricket either, I'm definitely not a fan of the name. Cricket to me is a sport or things to feed to snakes.

[stripedsocks]

To me it sounds like a way to up the cuteness on otherwise androgynous Chris.

A NN for Christine, Crisanta, Christabel, Christiana, etc.

Or an elaboration on Kit, so yeah, back to Katherine and variants, as mentioned by PP.

I do wonder if the connection from Felicity was from Flick to Crick, though. Still sounds like a pain, and a rather unnatural evolution of NNs.

[jeska]

In all honestly, I never understood how anyone got the nickname Cricket for names.

I don't see why anyone would want to call their child Cricket either, I'm definitely not a fan of the name. Cricket to me is a sport or things to feed to snakes.

I don't get it, either. I think it sounds kind of contrived and overly cutesy.

[neuilly]

It would sound like an unrelated nickname to me. Which is fine. Not every nickname has to be based on your legal name. Lots of people call their newborns "bean" etc. And a lot of people pick up really random nicknames in childhood. So...yeah, I don't see the relation, but I don't think there needs to be one.

[dillonsfan01]

I saw it once on post here and fell in love with it! I think it was something along the lines of Felicity to Flick and then Flick to Cricket. It is definitely a stretch but I think it's adorable. I think it works even more for you since her MN is Charlotte. It gives the -et ending to Cricket.

[marsy33]

Unrelated nickname... But not all nicknames need to be related...

[southern.maple]

Cricket feels more like a term of endearment to me, so I don't think it matters.

[strawberrytree]

I don't see how you could get Cricket from Felicity...or any name really, for that matter. I think of it as more of a pet name than a nickname, so I guess you could use it for any name.