Nn for Ophelia?

[name]Hi[/name] Berries,

My husband and I both love the name [name]Ophelia[/name] to add to our (growing, thanks to you!) list of possible girls names. But we are stumped on a nickname. I don’t care for Opie, Ofie, or [name]Finn[/name]. Can you think of something creative?

Our daughter is [name]Vivienne[/name], nn [name]Viv[/name], so we’d like something short & spunky too if possible.

Thank you! :slight_smile:

[name]Lia[/name]?

I love [name]Ophelia[/name], wish I could get my boyfriend on board!!

I love [name]Ophelia[/name]! I love it in its entirety, I have it tucked away as a MN so I can avoid this question, haha. I think [name]Fifi[/name]/[name]Fee[/name] or [name]Lia[/name] would be cute. Or even [name]Lela[/name]/[name]Leela[/name], or [name]Elia[/name], or [name]Elle[/name]? I think if you use a “V” mn (like [name]Ophelia[/name] [name]Violet[/name]) you could go for [name]Liv[/name], too, although [name]Viv[/name] and [name]Liv[/name] are probably too close. :frowning: Otherwise, I’d think [name]Liv[/name] was the perfect nn for [name]Ophelia[/name]!

Good luck!

I was going to suggest [name]Fee[/name] or Fi or [name]Fifi[/name] as well.

[name]Ophelia[/name]
O
[name]Fee[/name]
[name]Fifi[/name]
[name]Elia[/name]
[name]Elle[/name]
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Lia[/name]
[name]Lee[/name]

My favorites are [name]Fee[/name] and [name]Lia[/name].

[name]Philly[/name]! …

I’ve wondered about this too. When I was considering this name I decided “O” would be the one I would probably use.

I really [name]Fee[/name] or just “O”. the only snag with O is the slang the big O… if you know what I mean haha.

Well, I don’t think there needs to be a nickname if there isn’t an obvious one already. Like, [name]Susan[/name] is always [name]Sue[/name] and [name]Zachary[/name] is always [name]Zack[/name], but [name]Nadia[/name] doesn’t have, or need, one. [name]Ophelia[/name] is beautiful and can go without! But, if you have your heart set on needing a nickname, I like [name]Felia[/name] or [name]Lia[/name]. You might even be able to use [name]Opal[/name] as a stretch.

Thank you all :slight_smile:

@encore I completely agree, and in fact I call [name]Vivienne[/name] [name]Vivienne[/name] most times. My husband & I ([name]Janine[/name] & [name]Justin[/name]) both have non-nickname names, as does his entire family because his Mom didn’t like nicknames: [name]Justin[/name], [name]Arthur[/name] (ok that kind of has one), [name]Brian[/name], [name]Heather[/name], [name]Chelsea[/name], [name]Travis[/name]. However, my husband and my side of the family are nick-name-givers, so I’m trying to come up with something pre
emptively. Because, if I don’t, he will call her Oafy :wink:

I like [name]Fee[/name] and [name]Lee[/name] okay. And @kala, I think [name]Philly[/name] (filly?) is cute! Like a little horse :).

The nickname is pretty important to us, because it let’s me get away with a little more adventurous/frilly firsts if my husband loves the nickname, you know? His naming style is more like [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Lillian[/name]. I have [name]Dorothea[/name] & [name]Bianca[/name] on our list pretty much exclusively for the nns [name]Dot[/name] & [name]Bee[/name] :slight_smile:

@ashthedreamer It’s a bummer that [name]Viv[/name] & [name]Liv[/name] are rhymes, because that’s such a cute & creative solution! It has me thinking of ways I could use the middle spot to influence the nickname…

I’ve always had a name crush on [name]Birdie[/name], even it’s not quite our style for a first, I think it’s be such a sweet nn. [name]Do[/name] you think I could get away with it if she was [name]Ophelia[/name] [name]Wren[/name]?

[name]FiFi[/name] comes to mind quickly.

I’m considering [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] as well. I had thought of [name_f]Lily[/name_f]? It’s a bit of a stretch, but works :slight_smile:

I like [name_f]Felia[/name_f], [name_f]Fifi[/name_f], O or [name_f]Lily[/name_f] (as pp suggested).

Oh and Filly!

[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_u]Ollie[/name_u], [name_f]Fia[/name_f], or [name_f]Lia[/name_f] for [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]? I like your idea of using [name_f]Birdie[/name_f] as a nickname for [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u] – how cute!

I see someone else mentioned [name_u]Philly[/name_u], so I think you could possibly stretch [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] to [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] / [name_f]Pippy[/name_f] / [name_m]Pip[/name_m] since [name_f]Philippa[/name_f] (the feminine version of [name_u]Phil[/name_u]) lends itself to those names.