I like the idea of nicknames, and that was taken into consideration when naming my daughter, [name_f]Siena[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]…we thought we’d mainly call her SJ or [name_f]Sisi[/name_f], but that hasn’t really stuck…in fact we call her by her full name 90% of the time, sometimes [name_f]Siena[/name_f], and very occasionally SJ or [name_f]Sisi[/name_f]
So. Getting to the point…if we were to have another child in the future, would it be odd to have one child who goes by their first and middle, and one that goes by either just their first name or a nickname?
For example [name_f]Siena[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] & Tehani “[name_f]Hani[/name_f]”, or [name_f]Siena[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] & [name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
Or would it be better for both to go by full name, like [name_f]Siena[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] & [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] or [name_f]Siena[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] & [name_m]Joel[/name_m] [name_m]Emrys[/name_m]?
I don’t know…it’s probably not even an important thing to consider, but I just thought about it last night and now it’s kinda bugging me haha
So thought I’d better see what other people think about it, and what others have decided to do for their own kids when it comes to nicknaming, not nicknaming or both within a sibset
No kids, but it doesn’t seem at all weird to me, especially if it’s just a short form of their name. I can think of way more siblings I know in real life where one goes by their nickname, and the others don’t have one, whereas I can only name a couple sibsets where all kids’ names follow some type of pattern.
Simply put, not every name needs a nickname.
I personally dislike nicknames inspired by initials. [name_f]Siena[/name_f] is a wonderful name, I would choose no nickname.
As for a future child, well, I haven’t really understood why siblings names should go with each other. I can imagine sisters [name_f]Siena[/name_f] and [name_f]Mary[/name_f] as well as [name_f]Siena[/name_f] and [name_f]Hani[/name_f].
I go by my middle name’s nickname and my sister goes by her first name. She has no middle. We never realised there was a problem with [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] and [name_f]Nora[/name_f]. [name_f]Nor[/name_f] were we jealous of the other one’s name.
It doesn’t matter if they have names that "don’t flow well together"or if they have nicknames or not. I wouldn’t reject a name because of this. Still, your children, your choice!
Good luck!
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
I don’t think it’s strange at all! I don’t have a nickname, as my name, [name_u]Haley[/name_u], is pretty short as it is. My sister however, does have a nickname, that she went by exclusively from the time she was born until she started high school, or so. It was never weird imo.
S/O’s family is similar, he and his older brother go exclusively by nicknames, I’ve heard S/O’s full name maybe 3 times in our whole relationship, but his younger siblings don’t have nicknames at all. It works perfectly fine.