Some others have mentioned this, but I feel like you can call your kid whatever you want if they have a more traditional name to fall back on. Growing up, many of the people I knew had different combinations of the same set of more traditional names but nicknames were common and accepted by everyone. If a girl was named [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] and went by [name_f]Bunny[/name_f] or Hilly or [name_u]Happy[/name_u] or whatever else, no one cared! Name and then call your child whatever your family wants-they can always return to their formal name if they want.
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