I think this is way I want to go for me if i ever have another girl. I find the full name incredibly beautiful and I know that , especially at first, I would never want to see it get shortened. It’s extremely easy for me to say. It just rolls right out when I say it. Very elegant sounding. I pronounce it the American way.
I think it is hard to force ppl to avoid obvious nn’s. Especially once your kid is in school and you aren’t there all there day.
Though in your case, anyone in your family would likely avoid it since your name is [name]Jen[/name]. If you have another nn picked out I might introduce that so that they have the option.
Personally I avoid names that I don’t like the obvious nn. I have chosen names where I love both the shortened and longer version. It does limit the choices though.
Good luck! It is a lovely name.
So true! I agree completely. [name]Genevieve[/name] is a lovely name but it will cause me unnecessary stress and aggravation. I don’t want to force people not to call her by the most obvious nn’s for this name. Like you said, this will limit my name options significantly, but it’s worth it to me. I want a name that is care free. 
I love [name]Genevieve[/name], but completely understand your thoughts on the nicknames. I do love a nn for [name]Genevieve[/name], but it’s [name]Ginny[/name]. It would still be hard to get people to say that over [name]Jenny[/name] and it probably isn’t worth the aggravation if there are other names you love just as much, if not more.
I loooooove [name]Genevieve[/name]. I think the most obvious nn is [name]Jenna[/name]. Friends may try to use that but if your daughter herself objects to it because “that’s Mom’s name” then it seems unlikely to stick. My little brother is [name]James[/name] and since my parents were not keen on using [name]Jimmy[/name], [name]James[/name] wasn’t either. And very loudly informed one of their oldest friends (oldest in multiple ways - she was probably 80) that his name was NOT [name]Jimmy[/name] when she called him by the nn. It was kind of hilarious.
I also agree that your family is less likely to use that nn since it’s also yours - and offering an “acceptable” nn is a good idea. We did that with our first: his name is [name]Caspian[/name]. We were planning to call him [name]Caspian[/name] from the start, but we knew DH’s family couldn’t quite swallow a name that big. So we said that [name]Ian[/name] was okay because we definitely did not was to hear Caspy or [name]Cass[/name] or CJ. We heard [name]Ian[/name] a bit for the first year or two but since we never used it, it just didn’t stick.
Anyway so my opinion is that yes, [name]Jenna[/name]/[name]Jen[/name] are the most obvious nn for [name]Genevieve[/name] but there seems to be sufficient reason why that will simply not be accepted by your daughter and/or catch on. Advice is to offer the family an “acceptable” nn but even that is not entirely likely to stick if you never use it yourself.
[name]Genevieve[/name] is a great name but I think you have to be prepared to have it shortened. She might get tired of writing that name over and over in kindergarten and shorten it to [name]Gen[/name]. Or she may love it and keep it long. But it will be her name so who knows what she will eventually decide.
A have a good friend whose son is named [name]Matthew[/name]. Everyone has always called him [name]Matthew[/name]. But now that he is in second grade he has taken to signing his name as [name]Matt[/name]. And now he introduces himself as [name]Matt[/name] (much to her dismay).
My daughter’s name is [name]Genevieve[/name], and we have been trying and trying to find a nickname that we like because we don’t want her to be [name]Gen[/name] or [name]Genny[/name]. So far, we are just calling her [name]Genevieve[/name], but she is only 3 months old and already people are starting to call her [name]Genny[/name]. It’s kind of hard to correct people all the time, because they somehow seem to be offended that you don’t want them to call your daughter by a nickname.
I have the same problem with my son, [name]Alexander[/name]. His nickname is [name]Xander[/name], and we always intended for him to go by [name]Xander[/name]. He is 8 now, and he chooses to go by [name]Alexander[/name]. However, sports coaches and other teachers always, always shorten it to [name]Alex[/name]. It’s very frustrating to sit on the sidelines and watch the coach shout instructions to “[name]Alex[/name]” and then get frustrated because my son isn’t listening. Umm, his name isn’t [name]Alex[/name]!
So, from my experience, either pick a different nickname or be prepared to constantly tell people, “She goes by [name]Genevieve[/name], not [name]Genny[/name].”
P.S. I was hoping to just leave it up to her as she gets older, but I decided a few weeks ago that we need to come up with something since everyone is calling her [name]Genny[/name]. If I don’t change it now, it will stick!
Question for you. [name]Do[/name] people automatically shorten your [name]Madelyn[/name]'s name to [name]Maddy[/name]? I love the name and am trying to decide whether to use it when our baby girl is born in [name]Jan[/name]. I don’t care for [name]Maddy[/name] but can’t come up with anything else I love as a nn for [name]Madelyn[/name]…just love the full name.
Shieldsc, question for you. [name]Do[/name] people automatically shorten your [name]Madelyn[/name]'s name to [name]Maddy[/name]? I love the name and am trying to decide whether to use it when our baby girl is born in [name]Jan[/name]. I don’t care for [name]Maddy[/name] but can’t come up with anything else I love as a nn for [name]Madelyn[/name]…just love the full name.
We actually call her [name]Maddy[/name]. She was named after my grandmother, who was still alive and living with my parents when [name]Maddy[/name] was born. I kind of figured we could call her [name]Maddy[/name] and then transition to [name]Madelyn[/name] when she was older (I knew [name]Maddy[/name] would be super popular because the name [name]Madison[/name] was #3 the year she was born). It’s kind of ironic – people try to nickname my other two kids, but usually teachers and coaches call her [name]Madelyn[/name] unless she explicitly tells them to call her [name]Maddy[/name].
Interestingly enough, we have yet to encounter a [name]Madison[/name] or [name]Maddy[/name] in any of her classes, but there are two [name]Addy[/name]'s in her class (one [name]Adalyn[/name] and one [name]Addison[/name]). 
My grandmother’s nickname was Madsie. I think that’s pretty cute, too.
some other nn’s for [name]Genevieve[/name] are Vieve, [name]Vivi[/name], [name]Gigi[/name], [name]Genna[/name], [name]Eve[/name], [name]Evie[/name]