Carrie for Catherine?

Could [name_f]Carrie[/name_f] work as a nickname for [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]/[name_f]Catharina[/name_f]? We know it’s usually used for [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], but we far prefer [name_f]Carrie[/name_f] over [name_f]Catie[/name_f]/[name_f]Cate[/name_f]/[name_f]Cathy[/name_f]. We’re not a fan of [name_u]Ren[/name_u]/[name_f]Rin[/name_f] either.

We are not going to be overly pushy on the nickname, if it doesn’t happen and we call her by her full name (and ocassional personal petname) it won’t be a tragedy in our eyes. We’d just like to know if it’s a viable option at the moment.

Our older daughter is named [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] and is mostly called [name_u]Fran[/name_u] or [name_u]Frankie[/name_u], which is why we are looking at possible nicknames for #2 as well.

Absolutely! It’s perfectly logical.

If you want to explore your options, however . . .

[name_f]Cara[/name_f]
[name_f]Carine[/name_f]
[name_f]Carin[/name_f]
[name_f]Erin[/name_f]
[name_f]Cat[/name_f]
[name_u]Ari[/name_u]

Never really thought about it, but I can see it working!

I think it’s a beautiful choice!