I once briefly met a young woman known as Nonny and was extremely disappointed to find out that she had shortened her beautiful name of Rhiannon.

I've also just finished my second go at working at Births Deaths & Marriages and some of the names are pretty silly, IMHO.

I really can't relate to calling a girl Mckenzie or Bailey or Taylah or Jaime (pronounced Jamie) or boys called BJ or Prince Michael, or whatever other silly names people come up with.

Or calling the poor kids by shortened/nicknames rather than offically giving them the full name and then just using the shortened form for everyday use. There are a lot of Jacks, Bobs, Mollys and Jamies who, when they are more mature, are going to want to change their names to something more adult, something that can be taken seriously in the boardroom or the lecture halls or or in relationships or whatever.

Just my little peeve-rant. Sorry!

And Nellie - interesting thread. Thanks for starting this serious discussion about names.

Helen
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