If you’ve seen either of our posts, you’ll know that we both really love “[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]”.
The problem is we don’t love any full names for it. The only name that we could remotely agree on as a full name is [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] (and we don’t really like it all that much either, if we used [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], it would always be “[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]” never “[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]”). Would “[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]” be bad as a full name? Could it work? My fiancé isn’t sure about it as a full name (I think it could work, but see his worries) and we don’t love any longer name for it but we [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] “[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]”.
We’re not looking for any other full names, since we’ve probably gone through literally every “[name_f]Em[/name_f]” girl name (don’t want a unisex/boy one) and can’t agree or love any of them. And if the general thought is that it can’t work (or if my fiancé can’t get over the “fear” of it being a full name) then we will just pick a different name from our list.
One last thing, we only like the spelling “[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]”; [name_f]Emme[/name_f] looks incomplete to him and I think it would be mispronounced as “M” and we don’t like [name_f]Emmie[/name_f].
Honestly, in the world of [name_f]Hattie[/name_f], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], [name_f]Cece[/name_f], [name_f]Coco[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], and [name_f]Sophie[/name_f], I think [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] would fit right in! I love it, and if you love it, then I’d use it. You can give her a sophisticated middle name to go by as an adult if she so chooses.
[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]
[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]?
Names that contain [name_f]EM[/name_f] could work too:
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Demi[/name_f]
Amelea
[name_f]Jemini[/name_f]
[name_u]Harlem[/name_u]
[name_u]Remi[/name_u]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] was suggested on our first post but my fiancé doesn’t like it at all. We really do not want other full names for [name_f]Emmy[/name_f], because at this point we are certain that we will never love any of the full names for it or agree on one.
I love the name [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] it’s cute and very girly! But if your fiance is totally set on having a longer name just choose a name that you both can agree on then just call her [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] full time. I knew a woman who name her girl [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] but the baby on answers to [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]. Or my cousin also named [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] is 4 and has only been called [name_f]Ella[/name_f] her whole life!
We’ve come to an agreement (sort of) that if he really can’t picture [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] as a first name then we’ll probably end up letting the name go, since neither of us just want to use [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] if we don’t love it. [name_m]Even[/name_m] if we do only use “[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]” we still want to love every aspect of our child’s name
(also, did anyone else have a really hard time with girl names? Picking out [name_m]Landon[/name_m] was SUPER easy but a girl name? Yeah, forget about it! Hahaha)
It sounds like [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] is the name for you and I am in favour of giving the child the name you will call them rather than a longer name that you will never use. My Dad was named [name_m]Joe[/name_m], just [name_m]Joe[/name_m] but guess what people would quite often call him [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] so be prepared for people to call your daughter [name_f]Emma[/name_f].
Otherwise if you want [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] as a nickname then at a stretch you could call her [name_f]Amelia[/name_f].
I have an easy time picking out boy names too! But sadly I don’t have any boys. I had to struggle to find the names of my first 4 girls and now I’m pregnant with twins girls proving name-finding harder than ever!
I have to be honest that I don’t think [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] works as a full name. It just seems too cutesy to me to work throughout a woman’s entire life. I think it’s an ADORABLE nickname though. Maybe you could use [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] as the middle and use a first name that could be used in more professional or formal settings later in life.
Yes! My boyfriend and I had our first boy name, easy. The middle name has a been a bit tricky, but not a problem like the girl name has been. I love a ton of girl names, and he barely likes any at all.
I have the same issue, but in reverse. My husband and I love [name_f]Emmy[/name_f], but to me its a nickname and the only long name I like is [name_f]Emerald[/name_f]. In fact I kind of love [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] (and I’m due in [name_f]May[/name_f]). He also loved [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] with nn [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] until about 2 weeks ago. He decided he didn’t like [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] enough, so I think we are sadly walking away from [name_f]Emmy[/name_f]. I think its totally acceptable as a first name, just not for us.
My fiancé likes [name_f]Emerald[/name_f], but I just can’t get behind it. I’ve never really understood why people named their child something then called them by their middle name; I can understand nicknames coming from a first name…but from the middle name? I don’t really understand it.
I’m not sure if my fiancé can “get over” not using a full name, so I’m thinking [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] may go (:()
I wonder what it is about boy names that are easier to agree on? We both like a good number of girl names, but we can’t agree on them (or we can’t use the ones we do agree on!)
I definitely think [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] would work as a full name. I have a mutual friend with that name and it’s gorgeous! If you were using it as a nickname I would spell it [name_f]Emmie[/name_f] and as you said, [name_f]Emme[/name_f] looks incomplete. I think [name_f]Emmy[/name_f] is perfect!
