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Allie/Callie
I know a lot of little girls lately that have been names just Allie or Callie What do you think of these names? Can they stand alone?Also...do you like the name Allison?
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Personally, I think Allie or Callie sounds a bit immature. I think it's nice for women to have a more formal, professional sounding name, at least for resumes or business cards, even if everyone calls them by a nickname. People call me Laurie, but I would never want to put that on a resume. I really love the name Allison, I just wish it wasn't so popular. I also really like the name Calla, nn Callie.
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I don't mind either one as nn's, but I don't care for them as given names, esp. not Allie. They seem like little girls' nn's not a grown woman's first name. :-/ Allison is very 1980s to me. Seems dated and I also don't care much for the -son ending (even though it doesn't mean "son of" like so many others :b). Alice is gorgeous imo, though.
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Allison is fine, IMO, although I do actually (for some reason) like this name spelled differently. Usually I hate kre8yvve spellings, but for Allison I like Alison, Allysen, Allasyn, etc. That's just me though.There are a little many Allies, but I don't mind it. It's cool, girlish, cute, and can also be mature.Callie is also cute. It's very fresh and pretty. I also like the spellings Kali, Cali, Kally, & Kallie.Overall, I think Callie stands alone better than Allie, which I would prefer as a NN for Allison.
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Mine stands aloneMy name's just Allie. I don't really like Allison. A lot of people assume my name's Allison, though. I think Callie can stand alone as well.
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I don't really think Allie stands on its own very well, but Callie seems to.I also love Callie.Allison is nice but I prefer it spelled Alison.
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I think both are wonderful nicknames, but they feel juvenile as given names. I'd opt for an Al- name and Calista or Calla instead. Putting a nn on a birth certificate is something I just don't understand; it's better, in my mind, to give your child the freedom to choose whether she wants to be an Alexandra, Alex, or Lexi as she ages. As an adult Alison, nn Allie, I've always appreciated having a more formal fn with a cute nn.Oh, and I do love my name. Alison/Allison is gorgeous, in my not so humble opinion. :)
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I love them both as nicknames, but I don't think they'd age well. Could you imagine a 40year old Allie?As full names I like:
Alannah
Alexandra
Alice
Alicia
Allegra
Alyssa
...basically anything starting with Al ;)For Callie, I like Callista and Calanthe.Edit: Forgot to say that Alison is okay, but Allison feels like a surname to me.

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I love both Allie & Callie, I think if you spell it like Allie then it can stand alone, but Ali, in my opinion, is too short looking.Callie, I think, can stand by itself. I like it as a nn for Caroline, but I love Callie a lot more than Caroline, so I wouldnt want to name a child Caroline just so I can use the nickname, you know? So I'd probably just use Callie.
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I'm not thrilled about either. Callie is decent enough, though, but only as a NN for something like Calista, Calla, or Calanthe. I don't like Allie at all. I think they're both far to cutesy and weak to stand on their own.
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I love CallieI think it can stand alone, but I really think Alli/Allie/Ally needs a name that is more complete-sounding.Hmm... I like Alison better than Allison.
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I like Allie, although I can't say the same for Callie. But recently it's been getting on my nerves how many little girls are named Allie -it's making it sound trashy, I hate to say. Callie is already past the point of no return.Allison is adorable. I know a little girl named this, and all her friends call her Ally. It fits her perfectly.
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