Okay, I think I’ve (finally) found a girl’s name I can love for baby #5. (We’re already 90% sure on a boy’s name) I haven’t run it by my hubby yet, but before I do, I have a question about a nickname.
The name I’m in love with is [name]Iona[/name]. It would probably either be:
[name]Iona[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name]
- or-
[name]Iona[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] ([name]Evelyn[/name] was a great aunt who was very dear to my mother, but I like the meaning and sound of [name]Evangeline[/name] better)
I am seriously considering my great-grandmother’s name for a nickname: [name]Nettie[/name].
She was just “[name]Nettie[/name]”. That side of my family is very French, but I generally dislike the -ette suffix that would typically be used to get there (particularly hate [name]Janette[/name]–the name of the lady who gives our phone number to all her bill collectors :mad: ).
Is that nn too far of a reach? I’d really like to honor my great grandmother, but it’s more important to me to have a first name that I love.
Additionally, [name]Iona[/name] fits well with the rest of our children’s names, whereas a nickname name or a French sounding -ette name probably would not.
Any thoughts or ideas? Thanks in advance! 