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I prefer full names as well, if I am going to name a baby I prefer to stick to either names that don't sound nicknamey (e.g Sam-short for Samuel or Samantha etc) or names that can't be shortened (although I hope to name my son Nathan if I ever have one but I hate Nate and Nathaniel) My parents named me Cassie (NOT Cassandra etc) my mum told me they named me just Cassie becuase if it was Cassandra everyone would just call me Cassie anyway. It gets annoying having to explain my name (my mum's name is Sandra too so that would be even more confusing.) I went to school with a girl named Sandy and everyone just assumed that Sandy was short for Sandra when it was actually short for Alexandra. Don't get me wrong I do like SOME nn's but like I said, if it came down to actually chosing a name for my own child(ren) I prefer names that you can't shorted and names that aren't nicknamey, my daughter's name is Hayley and you can't really shorted that, maybe Hayles but no-one calls her that anyway.

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Also, I knew a sibset named Christian and Evelyn and whenever someone would call them Chris and Eve their mother would get mad, but if you name your children names that can be shortened people will shorten them no matter what. I like the name Bradley but I can't stand Brad so I wouldn't name my son Bradley (maybe as a mn or whatever)

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Mum to Hayley Anne

This message was edited 2/16/2006, 5:14 PM