Third girl, little sister to Valentina Joy (Nina) and Fernanda Marie (Fifi- but this won’t be official in school)
We are thinking Josefina Grace
My husband is Hispanic, we speak Spanish in the house.
I love Josefina, love the nickname Josie and maybe Jo
BUT my question is— is it confusing that her name will be Josefina (pronounced with a H sound as in Spanish) but her nickname would be with a J sound as in English?
I took liberties calling Valentina Nina and people sometimes ask me why we don’t use the whole name. We love both nickname and her whole name and i know that one day she might prefer to go by Valentina.
So, what do you think?
Valentina Joy, Fernanda Marie, Josefina Grace?
Nina, Fifi, and Josie?
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It’s a little confusing, but not that bad. I think you could do it.
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Congratulations on your third girl! I think it’s totally fine. Quite adorable, even! A nice way to bridge cultures. [name_f]Wonderful[/name_f] set of names.
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I know Alejandros called [name_m]Alex[/name_m] so I think [name_f]Josefina[/name_f] nn [name_f]Jo[/name_f] or [name_f]Josie[/name_f] would work just fine
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Your girls all have absolutely gorgeous names! [name_f]Josefina[/name_f] “Josie” should work okay, in my opinion, a great compromise between the languages!
It absolutely works in my opinion! [name_f]Josefina[/name_f] nn [name_f]Josie[/name_f] is a great idea. [name_f]Josefina[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] is a beautiful name. Your children have stunning names.
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Not sure about where you’re from but using anglicised nicknames for non-English names is quite common in several cultures. I wouldn’t think twice about it!
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It’s fine, people will get it right away.
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I think it could work [name_f][/name_f]- if she’s growing up bilingual and may be using [name_f]English[/name_f] outside of the home, the [name_f]Josie[/name_f] (with an [name_f]English[/name_f] J) won’t feel too complicated/odd [name_f][/name_f]- it allows you to honor her Hispanic culture with her fullname and have a nickname that crosses easily in [name_f]English[/name_f] too.
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I’ve known a couple of people who’ve done something similar (think Erdoğan ‘Eddie’, Jinendra ‘Jenny’, Hristina ‘Chrissie’) and have made it work 
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I think [name_f]Josie[/name_f] is works fine as a nickname for [name_f]Josefine[/name_f] with a H sound. I don’t think it’s really confusing.
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It is slightly confusing to me that [name_f]Nina[/name_f] and [name_f]Fifi[/name_f] could be nicknames for [name_f]Josefina[/name_f] as well but that’s not a dealbreaker