There were a couple of fun topics posted on the Baby Name Wizard blog recently that I thought you’d all be interested in:
Cool Victorian Nicknames Beyond Mollie and Sadie — there are some really cute ones on this list. One of my favorite ideas mentioned is Effie as a nick for Josephine or Stephanie.
Acronames: The Sneaky-Clever Baby Name Alternative — “Acronames”! It refers to nicknames or given names made from, as in the former, the first letters of a person’s full name (eg., John Ellis Bush=Jeb) or, as in the latter, the first initials of several people (eg., a little boy named Jase after his grandparents Jerome, Anita, Stewart, and Eileen). I personally love this kind of thinking. One of the commenters said she knows a little one named Isabelle Verity and goes by the nickname Ivy (from her initials I.V.!) — I love that!! That is some brilliant naming right there.
Countdown to the New Royal Baby Name: Hitting the Bullseye — I have immense respect for Laura (The Baby Name Wizard)’s opinion about names, but I like my ideas better than hers.
I had seen those post but not the comment about using I.V. initials to create the Ivy nickname. I love that. E. V. could work for Evie too! And since I’m always on the hunt for Marian names, my 11 year old immediately exclaimed — you could use Virginia for the V.
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Yes, E.V.! Good for your 11yo, haha! My 10yo’s getting a little like that — he’s now all of a sudden aware that I *like* names, that I have a blog, etc., so he’s made a point to tell me some name-related thing he read/heard/thought of. Cute!
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[…] to the “Acronames” post of the other day, I was thinking today about nicknames I like that could conceivably be from initials … […]
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[…] gets away from the ends-in-a names. As for the initials spelling something, I’m reminded of the little girl named Isabelle Verity who goes by Ivy because of her initials I.V., so sweet! That doesn’t work with sister Ava, though … or what about something like […]
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[…] gets away from the ends-in-a names. As for the initials spelling something, I’m reminded of the little girl named Isabelle Verity who goes by Ivy because of her initials I.V., so sweet! That doesn’t work with sister Ava, though … or what about something like […]
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