A very important mentor figure in my life passed away recently and with a daughter on the way I’d like to consider honoring her somehow. The problem I’m running into is that the woman I’d like to honor was named [name_f]Nancy[/name_f] and I wouldn’t want to directly include that name in my daughter’s name since neither I nor my wife like it very much. We’re trying to think of variations, diminutive forms, or names that [name_f]Nancy[/name_f] could be short for instead, likely to be used as a middle name for [name_u]Simone[/name_u], [name_f]Nadine[/name_f], [name_f]Audra[/name_f], [name_u]Adrien[/name_u], or [name_f]Mariette[/name_f] ([name_f]Mara[/name_f] for short). Any ideas would be appreciated!
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f] is a diminutive of [name_f]Ann[/name_f] (or the medieval [name_f]Annis[/name_f]), so [name_f]Ann[/name_f]/[name_f]Anne[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f]/[name_f]Annis[/name_f]/[name_f]Anniston[/name_f] might work. [name_f]Ann[/name_f] is also linked to [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] so that could be another option.
Other variations of [name_f]Ann[/name_f] include [name_f]Annika[/name_f], [name_f]Anya[/name_f] and [name_f]Anais[/name_f].
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f] also means grace so [name_f]Grace[/name_f] could be an option.
Thank you! [name_f]Anne[/name_f] is part of my name, so I’d prefer to avoid super direct derivatives of that, but [name_f]Anya[/name_f] and [name_f]Anais[/name_f] are both nice.
I’m sorry for your loss of your mentor.
Aside from [name_f]Anne[/name_f] variations as greyblue suggested, here are my thoughts.
[name_m]Long[/name_m] forms with nn [name_f]Nancy[/name_f]: [name_f]Annalise[/name_f], [name_f]Angelica[/name_f], [name_f]Natasha[/name_f], [name_f]Nannette[/name_f], or [name_f]Nina[/name_f] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
Names with same initial: [name_f]Nadia[/name_f], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Nola[/name_f], [name_f]Nia[/name_f], [name_f]Natalie[/name_f], or [name_f]Nell[/name_f]
Names with similar sounds: [name_f]Denise[/name_f], [name_u]Clancy[/name_u], [name_u]Navy[/name_u], [name_m]Chauncy[/name_m], [name_f]Rosy[/name_f], [name_f]Maisie[/name_f], or [name_f]Macy[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u] [name_f]Annmarie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Audra[/name_f] [name_u]Navy[/name_u]
[name_u]Adrien[/name_u] [name_f]Savannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariette[/name_f] [name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Nadine[/name_f] for you as an honor name for [name_f]Nancy[/name_f] since it has 3 letters in common. Then you can pick your favorite style middle name.
Thank you so much! [name_f]Nadine[/name_f] is one of our favorite names right now (about tied with [name_u]Simone[/name_u]) and I hadn’t thought of its potential to honor [name_f]Nancy[/name_f] without sounding too old-fashioned. My wife and I both love your suggestion of [name_f]Annmarie[/name_f] as it somehow manages to incorporate part of my middle name [name_f]Anne[/name_f], a different family name, and [name_f]Nancy[/name_f] all at once. [name_u]Navy[/name_u], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], and [name_f]Nadia[/name_f] are very nice as well! We’ve still got a few months to decide so nothing is set in stone but these suggestions were very helpful, thanks!
[name_f]Nanette[/name_f]
[name_f]Nana[/name_f]
[name_f]Nan[/name_f]
Ci
[name_f]Ciara[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Anabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Annette[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
Thank you all! So far I think my favorites are variations of [name_f]Annmarie[/name_f]/[name_f]Anne[/name_f]-[name_f]Marie[/name_f], or just using [name_f]Nadine[/name_f]. We aren’t due for another five months, so we’ve got plenty of time to consider and won’t settle on anything just yet.