My girls names seem to have a theme of longer “frillier” first names with unexpected, spunky sweet nicknames. For example, [name_f]France[/name_f] for [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], [name_f]Maude[/name_f] for [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Hattie[/name_f] for [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Fia[/name_f] for [name_f]Serafina[/name_f] and [name_f]Moxie[/name_f] for [name_u]Meredith[/name_u].
I’m really stuck with finding longer names for these three nicknames:
[name_f]Marnie[/name_f] - I don’t like [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (or any of her variations) or [name_f]Marina[/name_f] but really love [name_f]Marnie[/name_f].
[name_f]Nettie[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f] - I have [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] for [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] but nothing for [name_f]Polly[/name_f].
[name_f]Nettie[/name_f]: [name_f]Annett[/name_f], [name_f]Annette[/name_f], [name_f]Annetta[/name_f], [name_f]Gwenetta[/name_f], [name_f]Janette[/name_f], [name_f]Linnette[/name_f], [name_f]Nanette[/name_f], and other variations of __ette/__etta
[name_f]Marnie[/name_f] - [name_f]Maren[/name_f], [name_f]Marien[/name_f], [name_f]Marianna[/name_f], Maranatha
[name_f]Nettie[/name_f] - [name_f]Arietta[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f], [name_f]Kathrine[/name_f], [name_f]Juliette[/name_f], [name_f]Cosette[/name_f], (I know these are a bit of a stretch, but I think it could work, especially paired with a middle name like [name_f]Nora[/name_f] or [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f] - [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
Any nickname you choose could easily be from the FN and MN or it could very well be not related to her name at all, sometimes nicknames come from their personality more so then their names
[name_f]Marnie[/name_f]: [name_f]Marianna[/name_f], [name_u]Marian[/name_u], [name_f]Mazarine[/name_f], [name_f]Marlena[/name_f]… [name_f]Miranda[/name_f] or [name_f]Annemarie[/name_f] at a stretch
[name_f]Nettie[/name_f]: [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f], [name_f]Nanette[/name_f]/[name_f]Ninette[/name_f], [name_f]Jeannette[/name_f], [name_f]Antoinette[/name_f], [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]: It’s a traditional nickname for [name_f]Mary[/name_f], so [name_f]Mary[/name_f]/any [name_f]Mary[/name_f] variant would work to me. Otherwise: [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], or [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] or [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] at a stretch?
[name_f]Marnie[/name_f] [name_f]Marceline[/name_f], [name_f]Marcelina[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f], [name_f]Marika[/name_f], [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f], [name_u]Marion[/name_u], (this one was quite tricky but I think [name_f]Marnie[/name_f] is feasible for all of them)
Thankyou all for your replies! I’m contemplating a couple of your suggestions - [name_f]Marnie[/name_f] seems to have been the difficult one - and I really like [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] and [name_f]Sonnet[/name_f] for [name_f]Nettie[/name_f] and I need to narrow down between [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Pollyanna[/name_f], [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] and [name_f]Pomeline[/name_f] for [name_f]Polly[/name_f]!!
[name_f]Polly[/name_f] is traditionally a nickname for [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (variation of nickname [name_f]Molly[/name_f]), so perhaps you could run with that?
For Marnie and Nettie, I don’t think i can’t think of anything. But, for Polly, I actually love Poliana and its alternative spellings (Polyana, Pollyana, Polianna), Polina and Pola.
