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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Love Lora, Loren, Lorence and Lorabelle! And Loren on a boy or Lauren on a boy should happen! What makes Ellen and Lauren girls names but Allen, Ellis, Laurent and Soren mostly boys names? That confuses me.
Different take about nn, it is harder but sometimes peopleâs first names just donât them (not just trans, enbyâs, Ect). I donât think it makes sense to plan call a child a nn of there middle, why not just have the middle as the first? Sometimes people go by their full middle, which has some exceptions because maybe your middle is Legacy or Legend that your parents didnât want as your first. But unless there is a specific reason, just have the middle as the first. (With the exception of pet names like Bunny, Sweetheart, Bear, because they are clearly not full names {unless some people are but Iâve never seen it}.
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this is news to no one but I am in the âif you feel it works, it worksâ camp for honors
like: robert to honor a morrigan
the morrigan I know went by âmarybobâ for a significant portion of her life
bob comes from robert
therefore robert honors morrigan
does it make sense ?? barely. but I was thinking about morrigan when I made a robert combo and to me, that means that it is an honor. at the end of the day and honor isnât for other people to see, itâs for you, the child, and the person you are honoring. so if it makes sense to you thatâs the ultimate declaration of whether it makes sense or not.
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[name_f]My[/name_f] preferences on common place names: [name_u]London[/name_u] is better on a boy, [name_f]Frances[/name_f] is better on a girl and [name_u]Paris[/name_u] is better on the city. (And I think [name_f]Frances[/name_f] makes more sense than [name_u]Francis[/name_u] as a name)
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I agree with you that anything can be an honour name if you personally feel it honours that person / the name makes you think of them / it makes sense to you. The thing is though, if youâre asking other peopleâs opinions for if something can work, e.g. âcan [name_m]Carmichael[/name_m] work as an honour for Jamesâ, the majority of people are not going to see it. [name_m]Even[/name_m] if there is a long story which you explain behind that (your uncle [name_m]Jim[/name_m] had a car which he called [name_u]Michael[/name_u] etc), most people still arenât going to make that connection. That doesnât mean it canât work as an honour if you really feel it works. But if youâre asking for thoughts and then flip round and say âwell technically anything can work as an honourâ when people say they canât see it, I think that destroys the point of asking (not saying you or anyone else does this, just using that as an example). Like it can still be helpful to know what other people think/if it makes sense as an honour to others, even if technically anything can be an honour.
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I absolutely agree !! when people make polls about whether an honor works, I assume that they are trying to gauge how obvious an honor is to others 
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The best nn for [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] is [name_m]Thor[/name_m]. I said what I said 
[name_u]Teddy[/name_u] is cute too, but I slightly prefer it as a nn for [name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
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YES
Teddy and Theo I both prefer for Theodora, but my fav full for Teddy is Matilda 
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Aw Iâve never thought of [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] nn [name_u]Teddy[/name_u], thatâs cute. Iâm neutral on [name_u]Theo[/name_u], but I definitely prefer it on girls as well
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Same. If they wanted to honor me Iâd rather pick between their top two or maybe choose a middle name or something like that
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if youâre asking for an opinion on a name that you love, donât listen to what people on here tell you. everyone comes from different walks of life. everyone has their own connotations. at the end of the day, if you love the name, then use it. unless the name in question has terrible (person) negative associations, or terrible media references, then youâre free to name your child that. (or hypothetical children that)
everyone has their own styles, and especially with international names, not every human is going to like it. this is okay. itâs your kid (or just name). itâs their name (or hypothetical name).
if you love the name, own it. please use it.
your names, your usercardsâthey arenât for others. their yours.
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i agree with that to some extent but, i feel if you truly love a name, you wonât be asking for others opinions unless it is to decide on which mn is better etc.
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Not necessarily. You can truly love a name but still not be 100% sure if itâs best for your circumstances. (Like for example, similar names to a family member / friend, potentially offensive, potentially too complicated for where you live, etc).
And some people simply ask for opinions because they like seeing other peoplesâ thoughts & perspective, regardless of whether they take them into consideration or not.
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Sometimes it can be a situation where the first name is an honor/name tradition (maybe a parent is the third or something and wants to pass it on), and the middle name is what they really want to call the child or they go by it to avoid confusion. If thatâs not the case (or some other reason) though I do agree that if youâre going to call a child by their middle name, just make it the first!
My stance on nicknames is that nicknames that just come naturally are fine, but I donât want to plan them. The names on my list have a lot of significance to me and Iâd rather use the form I want than a longer version that isnât as meaningful. That being said, everyone has different reasons for a nickname and thatâs fine! You do you (:
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While I agree that nicknames that come naturally are great as well, in my family we have 6 Chrises, a [name_f]Krissy[/name_f] and a [name_f]Kristi[/name_f]. If I wanted to name my child a name where [name_u]Chris[/name_u] is a primary nickname such as [name_u]Christian[/name_u] or [name_m]Christopher[/name_m], I would come up with a planned nickname to differentiate between him and all the others for everyoneâs sake.
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Exactly. Also, you can be 100% in love with a name and still make a thread about it? When I see a thread titled âWDYT of [name_u]Taylor[/name_u] Swiftâs new albumâ, I assume that OP does very much like it and simply enjoys talking about it, not that theyâre on the fence and need to be talked into it. Why would âWDYT of [name_f]Anniston[/name_f] Scoutâ be any different?
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my hot take of the day is: keith is ready for revival !! I love keith !!
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keith is my grandpaâs name and as much as i adore him, i do not think his name will ever be ready for revival 
love it for you tho russy 
x
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Hot take: why canât we all the same combos on our UC? What Iâm talking about is the Adopt a combo thread, I think itâs a bit ridiculous.
For me personally, idc if another person likes [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] [name_u]Scout[/name_u] or [name_u]Salem[/name_u] [name_f]Wisteria[/name_f], or something like that, and put it on their UC. Bc my taste in changes so much and I donât look at my UC that much to update it.
And for people whoâs been wanting to put my combos in their UC, you can, and you donât even have to ask, nor give me credit. Itâs not like weâll meet each irl, and if we did, I still wouldnât care, bc at the end of rhe day, theyâre just names for everyone to like.
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