I’ve started crushing on the name [name_f]Hedy[/name_f].
It sounds like nickname material to me, but do you think it could stand on its own?
If not, what full names could be used to get [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] as a nickname? The only one I could come up with is [name_f]Hedwig[/name_f], which is just not my style.
I love [name_f]Hedy[/name_f], and I love [name_f]Hedwig[/name_f]. I can’t come up with another name it could be a nickname for, though I’m sure someone else can. It reminds me of [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] [name_m]Lamarr[/name_m], who was not only exceptionally beautiful, but exceptionally smart as well.
[name_f]Hedy[/name_f] may be hard to wear but it sure is a cute nickname. Some full name suggestions might be:
[name_f]Hedva[/name_f]
[name_f]Hedlea[/name_f]
[name_f]Hedleigh[/name_f]
Stretches but could work because they contain “hed”
[name_f]Phedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Altheda[/name_f]
[name_f]Hedy[/name_f] is a wonderful name, I think it might stand on its own if you choose a classic middle. After all [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] [name_m]Lamarr[/name_m] used her nn as a FN her whole life and if people use all kinds of weird names these days [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] isn’t that a bad choice.
The only full names I could think of are [name_f]Heidi[/name_f] & [name_u]Hadley[/name_u].
It’s okay, not as bad as some names I’ve heard, but I prefer [name_f]Heidi[/name_f].
[name_f]Heddy[/name_f] or [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] is darling, but if you live in the US and plan to send your child to public school, I would rethink.
Any name with head in it will be ripped apart by the boys. I teach high school.
What about [name_f]Helma[/name_f] or [name_f]Heloise[/name_f]?
I think [name_f]Hettie[/name_f] would be a better idea - it most likely gets rid of a lot of the teasing that [name_u]Leslie[/name_u] mentioned.
I’ve only ever heard [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] pronounced “HE-dee”, not “HEAD-ee”.
ETA: Yep, it’s “HE-dee”, sometimes “HAY-dee”.
Yes I agree with the previous posters. There is also that movie Single White Female, the lead is called [name_f]Hedy[/name_f]. That movie is so old now though so maybe its useable now.
Sorry no offence intended it was just the first
thing that came to mind when I saw your forum title.
[name_f]Hedy[/name_f] is fabulous. [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] [name_m]Lamarr[/name_m] is one of my absolute favourite actresses. She was both talented, smart, interesting and absolutely ravishing. As for it being teasing potential, you can literally get teased with every name. I have been called things in relation to my name that I wouldn’t even think of. Besides, as @ribbons-and-soldiers so well pointed out - it’s not even pronounced HEAD-ee, so I wouldn’t worry about that 
I definitely prefer [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] as a nickname and currently have her listed as a nickname for [name_f]Hester[/name_f]. Other options could be [name_f]Hedwig[/name_f] (like [name_m]Lamarr[/name_m]) or [name_u]Hero[/name_u] (I could basically accept [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] as a nickname for any name with He-, because I love it so much (and because I am pretty large with nicknames).
In [name_u]America[/name_u]? Yeah, considering I get [name_u]Haley[/name_u] pronounced as [name_m]HAL[/name_m]-ee (as opposed to HAY-lee) more often than I get the correct pronunciation - you’re bound to run into people who pronounce it as HEAD-ee. Also, there’s a popular show over here with a [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] on it, and it’s pronounced HEAD-ee. Pronunciations aren’t everything - I love [name_f]Titania[/name_f], and I don’t pronounce it as TIT-tan-ya - for me it’s [name_m]TY[/name_m]-tan-ee-ah. Doesn’t mean that everyone will say it that way when they see it though. In fact, I’m betting very few will.
But I presume that you tell people that it is HAY-lee when people pronounce it [name_m]HAL[/name_m]-ee? People often mispronounce my name SEHL-ia rather than SEH-lee-ah (Danish pronunciations but same point) and then I correct them and they pronounce my name correctly afterwards. [name_m]Just[/name_m] like a [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] would kindly tell people that her name is pronounced HE-dee and not HEAD-ee. I’m afraid I don’t understand the point of your reply to me.
I thought it was a mispelling of [name_f]Heidi[/name_f] I would then think it was Head-y but when corrected people should get it right.
The point is, it’s incredibly tiresome to always correct the pronunciation, and trust me, a lot of people still don’t catch on. I had a teacher calling me [name_u]Hilary[/name_u] for a week, even though I corrected her each time. All I was saying is that you can’t [name_m]JUST[/name_m] go by a pronunciation to eliminate teasing. Some people are stubborn. My middle name is always butched into [name_m]Al[/name_m]-[name_f]ANN[/name_f]-ah, rather than [name_m]Al[/name_m]-AWN-nah. I constantly used to correct everyone, but no one caught on, and it got to the point where I just gave up. I have a feeling that a [name_f]Hedy[/name_f] in the US might run into the same problem.
Perhaps you have had some unfortunate incidents with mispronunciations then. I have never had anyone call me by the same mispronunciation more than twice after I have corrected them and my name is very rare here, so my name gets mispronounced every time I meet someone new, so I know how tiresome it can be - but that’s not exclusive for [name_f]Hedy[/name_f]. Any unusual have the potential of getting mispronounced. Another point of my original post was that you can’t completely avoid name-teasing. If people really want to tease you with your name, then they’re going to do it one way or another.
I would say HEAD-y (what is the ‘correct’ pn? Can’t infer it from these posts…)
I like it, in the cute obscure Hollywood way that I like [name_f]Tippi[/name_f] and [name_f]Coco[/name_f].
However, my initial thought was that teasing potential is MASSIVE here… and not just in the way that kids pick on the weaker ones in primary school, but in the way that it’ll be the bane of her life until she’s 25.