Nickname for Hermione?

[name]Hi[/name] Berries!

DH loves [name]Hermione[/name]…I do like the pronounciation in English but being a french national am not sure i will be able to sell it to family across the pond.
Anyway…since you are all sooo brilliant with name ideas, i thought you might be able to give me some nice nn that might help selling it to French side of Family ?!

[name]Hermione[/name] is pronounced way differently in French, right? I’m not sure what is more accessible to French speakers, but what about:

[name]Mimi[/name]
[name]Hera[/name]
Mi
[name]Nia[/name]
[name]Hermia[/name]
Mione
[name]Ione[/name]

Thanks for those suggestions…I do like [name]Mimi[/name]!
[name]Hermione[/name] in French does not sound half as pretty as in English.
[name]Hermione[/name] : (hair-me-on) french prnounciation

The [name]Hermione[/name] that I know uses the nn of of Mynee.

I suggest [name]Mia[/name]

[name]Minnie[/name]
[name]Minna[/name]
[name]Mina[/name]
[name]Min[/name]

I think Mio is cute!

I was going to suggest [name]Mia[/name], too. Or what about [name]Onnie[/name], kind of like [name]Annie[/name]?

My rabbit’s name is [name]Hermione[/name]…and her nn’s are [name]Herm[/name] & [name]Hermie[/name]. Not the most feminine, but it still works!!

I like [name]Minnie[/name]

[name]Mona[/name] - outhip the hipsters!
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Remy[/name]
[name]Romy[/name]

Of the names on my list, I love [name]Remy[/name] and [name]Romy[/name] the most.

[name]Hero[/name].

i know a [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] that uses the nn [name_f]Minnie[/name_f].

[name_f]Hermione[/name_f] is a pretty name. :slight_smile:

[name_f]Mini[/name_f]
Monie
[name_u]Hero[/name_u]
Hemie
[name_f]Mona[/name_f]
Heri (Hare-ry)
Hon
Hona (Hun-a)
Hia (High-a)

[name_f]Mimi[/name_f] or [name_u]Mio[/name_u], maybe?

Edited to add: I just noticed this is a really old thread! I wonder what op chose :slight_smile:

I live in [name_f]France[/name_f] and I see what you mean. Would you want people from your family to try for a more [name_f]English[/name_f] style (something like Hermaïonie), or would you lean into the [name_u]French[/name_u] version? If the latter, maybe [name_u]Mio[/name_u] (pronounced in [name_u]French[/name_u], mee-yoh) as a nickname?

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]? I think it works well in both languages, and has a similar origin/sound. (For non-French speakers it is pen-nay-lope—ay as in hay, lope as in elope).