So my partner is absolutely set on [name_f]Vi[/name_f] as a name for a daughter, he’s happy to put it as a middle but would absolutely love to use it somewhere along the line, but I can’t agree to a two letter name and personally would like for her to have a longer name to formally go by when needed.
[name_f]Vi[/name_f] would be pronounced V-eye, so the problem is that every name I come up with would get shortened to Vee logically ([name_f]Vienna[/name_f] was our front runner for a long time until I admitted that she would most likely just get Vee).
The only names I can think of to get to [name_f]Vi[/name_f] would be [name_f]Violet[/name_f] and [name_f]Viola[/name_f], everything else sounds more like Vee, but I’m not the biggest fan of these names.
Can you berries think of any other longer names to get to [name_f]Vi[/name_f]? If it helps, when we were set on [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] it was going to be [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] [name_u]Justice[/name_u].
Thanks in advance!
Vilora
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
Vintar
[name_f]Violanta[/name_f]
I like [name_u]Vivian[/name_u].
maybe [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]? [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]? [name_u]Vida[/name_u]? [name_f]Vivica[/name_f]? [name_f]Vianne[/name_f]? [name_f]Viera[/name_f]? Maybe [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] at a stretch
I think any V name could have [name_f]Vi[/name_f] as a nickname, especially if you use a middle name that begins with an I.
[name_f]Vienna[/name_f] [name_u]Justice[/name_u] is a gorgeous name and I think [name_f]Vi[/name_f] definitely works as a nickname!
I agree that any V name can be [name_f]Vi[/name_f], especially with an I middle. I might even use Vye or [name_f]Vi[/name_f] as a full name - not sure I could go through with it - but I really like [name_f]Liv[/name_f] as a stand-alone. I’d probably use [name_f]Violet[/name_f] or another name with [name_f]Violet[/name_f] - eg [name_f]Anna[/name_f]-[name_f]Violet[/name_f] or [name_f]Vienna[/name_f].
Speaking of, it seems you’re off it anyway but I see [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] [name_u]Justice[/name_u] as too much a noun, as in a sort of legal system peculiar to [name_f]Vienna[/name_f]. I like both names but not together.
What if her initials were [name_f]VI[/name_f]? [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] for example!
There’s also Vaiana, Vaia and Vaila (pronounced vay-lah but looks like veye-lah so you can get the nickname)
We’d never thought about the names sounding like a justice system in [name_f]Vienna[/name_f], I’ll have to keep that in mind!
Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I think I’m going to try to float the idea of V.I initials, especially since I love a few names starting with I - [name_f]Isadora[/name_f] and [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] are top ones for me!
I think it could work with several names…
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
I did a search in the SSA data for the letters ‘vi’ and the names I found that had the Vye pronunciation other than [name_f]Violet[/name_f]/[name_f]Viola[/name_f]/[name_f]Violetta[/name_f] were: [name_f]Divine[/name_f], [name_m]Levi[/name_m] and Viona. Viona could possibly be pronounced like [name_f]Fiona[/name_f] but when I first read it I said it like [name_f]Viola[/name_f] with an N. If you like [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] maybe Viona is a pretty twist with the [name_f]Vi[/name_f] nickname? There were only 21 girls given the name last year. I think Viona [name_u]Justice[/name_u] is strong and beautiful!
I also do agree with the other posters that you could get the [name_f]Vi[/name_f] nickname in a more creative way such as initials or just any V name really. Good luck!
Something like [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] [name_f]Isla[/name_f], etc you could get [name_f]Vi[/name_f] with that sound.
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]/[name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Iona[/name_f]
[name_f]Iola[/name_f]
[name_f]Ireland[/name_f]
Please mix & match as you’d like…
[name_f]Valetta[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] (pronounced the European way, eye-REEN-ee)
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] [name_f]Ione[/name_f] (eye-OWN-ee)
Valleri [name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Verene[/name_f] [name_f]Ilana[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f] [name_f]Inessa[/name_f]
[name_u]Vesper[/name_u] [name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
Vianney [name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Vittoria[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Ilene[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
Avaline
[name_u]Ivory[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
You could also do a first name/middle name combo that doesn’t necessarily have [name_f]VI[/name_f] as the initials, but the middle name has that “eye” sound, like: [name_f]Vera[/name_f] [name_f]Diane[/name_f], [name_u]Vivian[/name_u] [name_f]Lilah[/name_f], [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f], etc.
I like Vee. I like [name_f]Vivi[/name_f]. I love [name_f]Vienna[/name_f].
[name_f]Vi[/name_f] reminds me of virus, violent, vice, vitamin, vibrate, vine, vital, viper, vile… but nothing pleasant at all.
Are you sure you want to do this to a sweet little girl?
I love [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], and I know someone who named their daughter [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] but the call her [name_f]Via[/name_f], which I could also work for [name_f]Vi[/name_f]
[name_m]Just[/name_m] go with [name_f]Vi[/name_f] for [name_f]Vienna[/name_f] and when people ask why just be like ‘[name_f]Vi[/name_f] dunno’
I don’t think it’s a huge deal if the full name doesn’t have the v-eye sound - there are lots of nicknames that don’t sound exactly like the name they stand for.
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]/[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]/[name_f]Vivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Avis[/name_f]/[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
Viona
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Avila[/name_f]
[name_f]Avia[/name_f]
[name_f]Flavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_u]Vida[/name_u]
[name_f]Vita[/name_f]