Three days until my due date and we still can’t choose a name! This seems to be a common thing in the boy’s names forum
We think we have narrowed it down to [name]Hudson[/name] and [name]Lachlan[/name]. I know [name]Hudson[/name] is considered super trendy and popular here on nameberry but really where I live, we’ve never heard it on another child. And I still am in love with [name]Lachlan[/name] but it is COMPLETELY unheard of here and no one knows how to pronounce it or spell it correctly. We have a last name that no one ever pronounces right either so I feel kind of guilty about saddling my kid with two names that he will have to teach people how to pronounce and spell for the rest of his life
Anyway, so my question is are there common nicknames for [name]Hudson[/name] and [name]Lachlan[/name]? I’ve never heard of one for either but I thought it might be one other thing to consider in our decision.
Of the two I personally like [name]Hudson[/name] best, i think it’s really handsome and charming, and I don’t really care if people think it’s trendy. Where nicknames are concerned I usually think it’s best just to let them develop on their own - if they do - especially for a name like [name]Hudson[/name] where nothing comes immediately to mind. Depending on how your pronouncing [name]Lachlan[/name], [name]Lockie[/name] could be a potential nickname?
I think [name]Hudson[/name] is SUPER cute, but I know someone with a young son named [name]Hudson[/name] whom she calls Huddy and I’m like… . I’d just call him [name]Hudson[/name]! Or, depending on what his middle name will be, call him by his initials for short.
[name]Hudson[/name] -
Hud (There’s a [name]Paul[/name] [name]Newman[/name] film called Hud, where he plays a character with this name. I’ve never seen the film, so I can’t say what kind of character he is, but I think it at least gives it a bit of retro charm.)
[name]Sonny[/name]
[name]Huck[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name] -
Lach / [name]Lock[/name] / [name]Locke[/name] (The Lach spelling is more intuitive, but maybe the [name]Lock[/name] / [name]Locke[/name] spelling could help clear up pronunciation issues. Or maybe it would just complicate things even further.)
None of these are really “common”, I would suppose. [name]Just[/name] options. I think that most Hudsons and Lachlans probably go by their full names. I think that both are lovely options.
I have to say I really, really prefer [name]Lachlan[/name]. [name]Lachlan[/name] doesn’t really need a nickname imo. [name]Lock[/name]/[name]Locke[/name] or possible [name]Loki[/name] would be an adorable nickname if you absolutely need one.
We definitely don’t feel like we [i]need[i] a nn…both of my other boys go by their given names ([name]Jackson[/name] and [name]Parker[/name]). I was really just wondering if there were some common nicknames for these two that I wasn’t aware of. And alzora…I agree, don’t like “Huddy” at all!
I know an adult [name]Hudson[/name] and [name]Lachlan[/name]. [name]Hudson[/name] is called “suds”- no idea how that came about. And [name]Lachlan[/name] is almost always called [name]Lockie[/name] but I’m not sure how he spells it.
I know most people like to have nicknames, but why do you need one for a short, two-syllable name? I don’t like any nicknames for [name]Hudson[/name] or [name]Lachlan[/name] and I would prefer to see them as the full name.
. I’d just call him [name]Hudson[/name]! Or, depending on what his middle name will be, call him by his initials for short.