boys' names with good nickname

[Woofie]

Ds2 is on the way, and we're trying to find a name with both a full version and nn that we like (Ds1 is Oscar - Os). Any strong feelings on the following?

Laurence - Laurie
Edward - Ned
Wilfred - Wilf

I think we're veering towards Laurie atm, as love the shortened versions of the other two, but not convinced about the full names...

Opinions gratefully received

[BessieBoots]

Wilf! Wilf! That is so cool!

What about Stan?

[Woofie]

Wilf is lovely... Know a couple of little Stans too well to copy - it seems to be quite a 'now' name. Like it though.

[Bessie123]

They are all quite posh names. Are you posh? If so, Algie is a good posh name, there was an Algie on little princess this morning

[thisisyesterday]

Laurie is a fabulous name

also what about
Gabriel- Gabe
Nathaniel- Nate/Nat

[LilyBolero]

Solomon - Sol

[Woofie]

Great suggestions, thanks! Nathaniel is my brother's name, and dh has an anti-biblical name thing which would probably preclude Gabriel and Solomon, though they're lovely names.

we're not posh, just middle middle class! Interesting to hear the associations that names have for others though...

[jellybeans]

Laurence - Laurie NOT KEEN
Edward - Ned NOT KEEN, LIKE TED THOUGH
Wilfred - Wilf NOT KEEN

How about

Joseph.. Joe/Joey
Zachary....Zac
Nathan... Nate
Sebastian..Seb

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

I like Edward best - Eddie/Ned/Ted are great nn
Also like Laurie

What about

Daniel - Dan/Danny
Patrick - Paddy/Patch
Matthew - Matt

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

James - Jamie/Jim
Alexander - Alex/Xander/Sandy

[Vinegartits]

Johnathon/Jonny
Michael/Mickey
James/Jamie

[Fel1x]

Like Laurie
Also Teddy for Edward as well as Ned
sandy for Alexander
Ollie for Oliver

[milly987]

Oliver - Ol, Ollie, Olly
William - Will, Willie, Wills
Alexander - Al, Alex, Sandy, Xander
Nathaniel - Nate, Nathan
Robert - Rob, Robbie, Bob, Bobby, Bert

My bro is called Maximillian - Max for short. Maxwell is also a good alternative if the longer is a bit too much!

From your OP, I like Laurie the best. Little Women flashbacks swoons

[milly987]

Sorry Fel1x - x-post! (Great minds eh!)

[Fel1x]

I thought of Nathanial - Nat/Nate after I posted too - great minds indeed

You can also have Woody as a nn from Edward, which I think is fab

[boodleboot]

i reckon you should go for Jeremiah nn Jem

great names BTW

[5DollarShake]

Isn't 'ned' the Scottish equivalent of 'chav'?

[Woofie]

Yep,milly - Laurie says Little Women to me too, plus Laurie Lee, which are both good associations I think.

5Dollar - dh and I have discussed Ned's chav association extensively, and I don't think it bothers me since we don't live in Scotland, but when I've mentioned it to Scottish friends they've been a bit

boodleboot - LOVE Jem, but not sure I could live with Jeremiah...

Nathaniel seems to be a popular choice. Shame it's my brother's name, or I'd definitely consider it. Nat is great.

Thanks for all the suggestions, ladies

[Takver]

Laurence - Laurie - Good, def. Little Women
Edward - Ned - Good, but prefer Ted (Teddy for a baby)
Wilfred - Wilf - good, no special associations

I like names with lots of shortenings too. Christopher has good nnames - Christy, Kit, Kester all good . . .

The Jems that I've known have been short for Jerome or Jeremy, either of which might be easier than Jeremiah?

[HelenDoula]

Ted & Ned are fab ! also love Kip or Kit (for Christopher)

[Tillyscoutsmum]

We had Laurence on our list for boys - love Laurie but was a teeny bit concerned he may become a Lozza at some point

Love Jem as a nn for Jeremy (but Jezza is vile obviously)

Like Edward nn Ted/Ned but not keen on Eddie

In the end, we tried to think of names where we liked all possible nicknames because even though you may choose one particular nickname, other people may chose something else.

We ended up with Fergus (nn Ferg or Gus)

[lottiejenkins]

Wilf(red) is a cool name but im biased cos of my wonderful Wilf!! (Pics on profile!!) My niece was eighteen months old when Wilf was born, she had great fun with our names. My late dh's name was Frank.
Granny "Meg who's on the picture?"
Meg "Chart,(her attempt at Charlotte) Wif (Wilf) and W.nk!!!!
Cue one red faced Granny!!

[MinnieMalone]

Albert - Alby / Al / Bertie / Bert
Robert - Bertie/Bert/Robbie/Bobby
Jed (Jared)
Seb (Sebastian)
Cal (Callum)
Cass (Cassius)
Kolya (Nikolai - very Russian!)
Hal (Harold)
Iggy (Ignatias)
Richie (Richard)

[BessieBoots]

Kit is excellent

[Pasiphae]

Wilf or Laurie are brilliant. Quite fun but not "silly".

Bertram- Bertie
Ezekiel -Zeke
Arthur- Artie
Tobias -Toby
Rudyard - Rudy
Arnold- Arno
Nicolas -Nico
Herbert /Herb,Herbie or Bertie.

I do admit to love certain nicknames more than the full name it is related to.

[liliputlady]

Laurie is cool and goes well with Oscar. I like Edward too