I’ve been minorly obsessed with the nn [name]Annie[/name], lately, so I’ve been re-examining my combo (which has been [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Lenore[/name] [name]Claire[/name]). Does [name]Hannah[/name] nn [name]Annie[/name] really work?
It’s really no shorter than the full name itself, so sometimes I worry that it’s semi-pointless. Plus, I’ve heard some say it just doesn’t make sense. I love [name]Hannah[/name]–it has beautiful ties to both my grandmother and my mother, and my faith–and I adore [name]Annie[/name], but do they really work together?
If you don’t really think they do, what [name]Annie[/name] name would you suggest instead?
I think it’s a bit of a stretch. I mean [name]Anna[/name] is clearly audible in [name]Hannah[/name] but taking it further to [name]Annie[/name] feels odd to me.
I think [name]Annie[/name] would work better as a nn for [name]Liliana[/name].
Other options:
[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Anika[/name]
[name]Anita[/name]
[name]Antje[/name]
Totally works. Technically, [name]Annie[/name] is often used for [name]Anne[/name], which is even shorter than the nickname itself. And other nicknames have that same just-as-long-as-the-name-itself dilemma ([name]Katherine[/name]/[name]Katie[/name]; [name]Margaret[/name]/[name]Maggie[/name]; [name]Edward[/name]/[name]Eddie[/name]). So I have come to doubt that shortening syllables is often the point of a nickname.
I think [name]Annie[/name] from [name]Hannah[/name] makes total sense. You would probably have to take a hand in establishing that it is to be used (I don’t think she’d be called anything but [name]Hannah[/name] without some push on your part), but I don’t think people would be too weirded out if they learned it was short for [name]Hannah[/name]. Otherwise, [name]Annora[/name] and [name]Frances[/name] are two of my favorite [name]Annie[/name] antecedents.
I hear [name]Hannah[/name] NN [name]Hannie[/name] all the time so [name]Hannie[/name] to [name]Annie[/name] to me is really not a stretch. I think it works just fine. You might have to say in the beginning oh she prefers [name]Anie[/name] but eventually it will catch on.
I don’t think nicknames have to be shorter than the actual names and I’m fine with nicknames being a bit of a strech, so [name]Hannah[/name] nn [name]Annie[/name] is fine with me. Plus [name]Annie[/name] is truely adorable.
This is exactly what I was going to say. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch, but it makes me a little sad that she won’t just go by [name]Hannah[/name] because it’s one of my favorite names and is so beautiful. I do love [name]Annie[/name] as a nn in general, so I get your wanting to use it. I’m just torn because I just love [name]Hannah[/name] so much. If it were me, I’d have her go by [name]Hannah[/name] (i.e., introduce her as [name]Hannah[/name] all the time and refer to her as [name]Hannah[/name] when discussing her with non-family) and I’d just call her [name]Annie[/name] when I’m talking to her and if it catches on, great, but if not, she’s got a great name to fall back on. That’s just what I’d do personally though, it’s totally up to you and it definitely works as a nn, so you should not be worried.
I think it works. But, I really detest nicknames. If you are going to call a child [name]Annie[/name], then I would name her [name]Annie[/name] or maybe even [name]Anne[/name]. If she were named [name]Hannah[/name], then I would call her [name]Hannah[/name]. That is totally just my opinion, though.
I don’t see the point in having [name]Annie[/name] as a nn for [name]Hannah[/name], they’re really different names to me. My friend [name]Hannah[/name] is called [name]Hannie[/name] sometimes but its not really an everyday nickname for her. Its an idea though.
I don’t have a problem w/ nicknames being the same length/even longer than a given name, some nicknames are shortenings and some are endearments. [name]Annie[/name] is a perfect endearment,
[name]Annie[/name] could work with so many names. There are a ton of great [name]Anne[/name] names (I bet there’s a nameberry list!). [name]Annika[/name] and [name]Annora[/name] are two of my favorites (although technically [name]Annora[/name] comes from [name]Honor[/name], not from [name]Anne[/name]).
