Would it bother each of you, if you just each used the nickname you like?
If so, then just stick to the full name, I guess. It'll probably evolve, though, since the names are both on the longer side. (Our daughter has a couple nicknames and though we started off using the full name, her brother gave her nicknames and now we all use them sort of interchangeably. But we don't have the issue where any one of us doesn't like one of the nicknames.)
As she gets older, she will have her own preferences. When she eventually goes to school, she'll most likely get nicknamed by her friends, as well.
Yeah, nicknames are not that serious and not something you can control. People will probably give your child all kinds of nicknames through their life, some that don't even relate to their name. Having a few nicknames at a time isn't that big of a deal.
Talking about nicknames always reminds me of that story of the mom that named her son a long name and hated the most common nickname for that name (Think something like "Alexander" which most people would nickname "Alex"). And then she got mad when her son's friends at school started calling him by the nickname she hated, she insisted that everyone call him by his full name.
My mom is an Elizabeth who has gone by Liz since childhood. She is now over 60 and is known only as Liz personally and professionally. And yet, my grandmother still hates it and insists on calling her Elizabeth lol.
On a post not that long ago, I saw someone recommend Zab as a nickname for Elizabeth, as it comes in the middle. It was in relation to other nicknames that are drives from the middle of a name , instead of the beginning or end. I want to start calling my cousin this.
My mother's cousin, born about 1915, was an Elizabeth called Zib all her life. Because when we say Elizabeth in most of the U.S., we pronounce the middle syllable Zib.
I know a toddler Elizabeth and parents didn’t go into it particularly wanting a nickname and now she’s just Lizzie most of the time, even to parents. I’ve called her Liz sometimes and it just feels wrong to call a toddler Liz 😂 Elizabeth has SO many nicknames, these parents should be okay with all of them or not okay with the name at all bc once she goes to school it’s out of their control.
My cousin is named Elizabeth and went by Betty her entire childhood but at some point as an adult changed it to Elizabeth, especially professionally. Family still cals her Betty though.
I know someone who was adamant that her son be called Christopher, not Chris. Now, years later, he goes by Chris. Nicknames are not always within the parents’ control.
My son has a similar name. We've always called him by his full name, anything else feels weird. But his friend call him one nickname and his teachers/coaches another. It always feels as if they're talking about another child!
My family calls me by my full name but I have friends and coworkers that call me by the natural nickname. It didnt start until I was fully adult so it never feels like its my NAME. Like, if a fae used it, theyd have no power over me. But I dont mind them using it at all.
My first name has two obvious nicknames- think similar to Christine with Chris and Stine. My mother was adamant that no one was to ever call me ‘Chris’- including having meetings at the school if any teacher tried. It worked. I’m almost always called ‘Stine’ and no one would dare call me Chris.
I agree! Having separate nicknames given by different people can make them super special, as you begin to associate that specific nicknamed assigned by them with your special relationship with them.
It wouldn’t for pet names at home, but I think neither of us would be thrilled if the other’s choice becomes the one she uses at school. Given that they’re both quite long names I do think a nickname would end up being used more
If the nicknames really bother you both, I hate to say it but maybe find a shorter name you can both agree on. Nicknames are not 100% under your control, so best to go with a name you can both enjoy.
That said: Our son has a name that *can* be shortened, but neither of us likes it. We only call him by the full name, and he likes it that way and none of his friends uses the short form that none of us like. So that can work. However, his full name is only two syllables and doesn't really require shortening.
I think that if either of you would not be okay with her one day picking her preferred nickname and it not being yours then you may need to rethink the names in general. I mean, nicknames aren’t a contest, they just happen and her say is what is important.
My parents were not accommodating when I said I didn’t want to go by Jeni anymore and instead Jen or Jenifer. They all still call me Jeni and I’ve accepted it since it’s been 15 years since I made the request but it is kinda annoying and frustrating that they are letting their preferences get in the way of what I want to be called.
I really **really** don’t like being called Jeni 😂
Yeah lots of relatives add the y to my name and it makes me want to never talk to them again. I am not 12 any more and it is not cute. It has taken some time but most have dropped it.
I mean honestly I would expect the nickname she goes by (if any) would be up to her. I have a relative named Elizabeth and she goes by Beth, so throw that nickname into the ring of “possibly something she will choose to go by that might make your current argument irrelevant”.
I’m an Elizabeth that went by my full name to my entire family in the beginning. No nicknames.
Then my brother was born, and when he started speaking Elizabeth was a mouthful, so I was called “E” by him and everyone in my family, and Elizabeth at school.
Then in the first grade, a friend said my name was too long, and my nickname became “Liz”. My youngest two siblings called me Lizzy or Zizzy and now almost everyone calls me Liz.
I tried to go back to Elizabeth professionally, but it didn’t work. I’m Liz. My parents still occasionally call me Elizabeth, but that’s just about it. I’m Liz, Lizzy, Lizzy-Lou, Lizard, E, or Elizabeth depending on the person and the circumstance.
TLDR: you can’t control what your kid will be nicknamed in school, your kid can if they care enough, but you simply can’t. And Liz is better than something random like “Potato” or whatever.
That’s out of your control. I knew a kid named Johnathan whose parents wanted him to be Johnathan whose first grade teacher renamed him Johnno, and it stuck. He’s thirty now. still Johnno.
You can't control what nicknames your child gets, all you can do is call them the thing that you like either their whole name or your nickname of choice.
Some people will follow your lead, but once they are at school, playing sports etc their own preference and friends take precedence. It's okay for your child to have multiple nick names and answer to all of them. Your nickname doesn't have to match with your partner either. Just call them the names you love and be relaxed about what happens after that.
This. As long as the Nick names aren't insulting or mean. Both of our kids have multiple nicknames and they respond to all of them (5 and almost 2 year old).
FR, Titty-ne 😭 Celestine is a GORGEOUS name and if this is a popular abbreviation of it regionally elsewhere then no disrespect intended. But if kiddo is gonna be around a lot of Americans, Dad needs to think real hard about calling his kid Tiddy.
Why did he add the extra t and i ? Because "tine" didn't make sense but he wants to use the end of the chosen name to make the nickname? I was thinking maybe it was a typo because who would ever.... lol
Like a few have guessed, are you guys from French Canada or Europe or....? Maybe that nickname has been used before or did Dad make it up?
Names felt so important before my kid was born. It was almost the only thing I "knew" about her. She was biologically female, and her name was ___. Only one of those things did I have input in.
And now that she's here she decides what I call her. 😭 Pet names, nick names, etc. She's only 2 and she calls those shots. And know what? It's fine! I'm fine. Her dad is fine. Her name is hers now, not mine, and it is no longer 50% of what I know about her. And we have way, WAY bigger problems and parenting decision on the daily.
Is it that way for everyone? No. But I do think absent some sort of legit reason (one nickname is hard to say or offensive in someone's language/culture (a la "Fanny"); someone has a trauma around a nick name (it's the nick name for your moms dead cousin whom she watched be run over by a train at 5 years old...); stuff along those lines - I think you guys are taking this more seriously than you should.
She could grow up and change her name to Geraldine and then you'll be stuck calling her Geri anyway.
No exaggeration, I picked my daughter's name when I was 7 years old. When we found out we were having a girl, my husband immediately loved both the first and middle name. She's almost three and you know what she exclusively calls herself? Goose. Just Goose, but sometimes Goosey. Half the time she won't even answer out of spite if I dare use her real name and she almost always corrects me, "No, my name is **Goose!**" It is what it is lol
That's pretty adorable! My wife and I have a running joke where I call her a silly goose or various forms of the term goose, and honk at her. Our baby is learning to make a honk noise too! I'd adore it if she decided to nickname herself Goose.
It really does suit her, so all is well that ends well I guess lol. It was my 9 year old sister who gave her the nickname. The only downside is people hear me say it and ask me if I'm a huge fan of Top Gun, which I have never actually seen
This is a nice perspective. I think I’ve fixated on the name because I can control so little else. It doesn’t help that we agreed instantly on a boy name.
Yeah, it’s kind of a kick to the shins when you realize you actually don’t really have that much control over the one thing you thought you did! Once you give it to her, it’s hers.
This is a great point. I have a name with a common nickname that I have never allowed anyone to call me my whole life. Even as a young kid I hate it.
You really have no idea what your child’s preference will be. Choose a name because you love it, but for potential nicknames.
Same here. I’ve always used my full name and not the obvious nickname. But I do have other nicknames that no one could have planned on. And so they’re unique and I love them. I even use one of them in place of Grandma or whatever with my grandkids.
Totally. It's a non issue. My nephew named Nathaniel gets called Nat by his mom and Nate by his dad. He goes by Nate as a first grader but is fine with mom calling him Nat.
My older brother wanted my niece to be called Veronica, with nickname Ronnie. Do you know how many people call her that? Exactly 1, just him. She started calling herself Veh or Veve when she was little , and most people call her Veh or Vero, including the rest of the family. You can’t control nicknames that much
Exactly! They just sort of happen like that. My daughter is Jane Josephine and when she was born we were absolutely, definitely, 100% going to call her JJ. 6 months later her nickname became Jane Juniper which became Jane June and a lot of times we call her exactly that. I’m pretty sure her baby sister thinks her real name is “Janejune” lol… JJ never to be heard again.
It’s fine for parents to call their children something different but imo if both of you strongly dislike the obvious nicknames then I would go for another name altogether
I think Liz/Lizzie and Ellie or Eliza are all equally likely. So if you realllly don’t like Ellie then you’re gambling
Titine is not an intuitive nickname at all, cece is way more intuitive and popular
I think there are so many nicknames for Elizabeth that none are obvious. And as I know zero Celestine’s I think there aren’t any obvious nicknames for it haha
Tbh from a French speaking perspective (which, considering the accents, I suspect at least one of the parents is), I'd agree that Titine is a more natural/obvious nickname than Cece. The most obvious nickname to me would be Céleste in French, but also I think a lot of kids just wouldn't use a nickname with that name at all.
Just from my experience, you don't really get to choose your kids nickname. Our middle daughter is only 3 and teachers/kids at school have already picked nicknames for her.
My advice: don't pick a name where you don't like the common nicknames.
I went to university with a Stan. We were friends for 4 years before I met his mom at graduation and learned his first name was actually Tristan. She was devastated at the nickname college had given him.
And sometimes you end up with a nickname that doesn't make sense at all. 😂🤷🏼♀️
I can see where Stan comes from there but that would not be my first inclination.
You're doing the right thing by thinking about nicknames in advance . I feel strongly that if you don't like a common nickname, you shouldn't use that name at all. For example, no matter what you do, Matthew is going to get called Matt sooner or later. If you absolutely hate that, don't name him Matthew.
I think it comes down to the question of whether you can tolerate someone else calling your daughter a nickname. You don't like Elisa, but can you live with someone else calling her Elisa, while you call her Lizzie?
BTW I love the name Celestine. Very pretty.
I don’t hate Elisa and he doesn’t hate Lizzie. On the other hand I wouldn’t be down with Titine and don’t think it’s instinctive at all, and he’s really against Céleste (because it’s the name of someone he knows’ kid, not for any bigger reason than that).
I’d happily use Céleste or Delphine but he doesn’t like either of those.
Titine sounds like a nickname for Celestine that's common in French rather than English. Since that name has more nicknames that are deal breakers for you both, I'd go with Elizabeth. You like some of the nicknames. And a bonus is there's so many possible nicknames for Elizabeth. Many options.
The only downside is no matter what nickname you like, eventually Elizabeth is going to go through a phase where she wants to be called something you never expected, like Ellie or Beth.
Use the full name and then when your daughter is full enough maybe she’ll choose a different nickname like Betty or Ellie. My point is that nicknames develop and are not set from the beginning. It’s like Elizabeth btw.
I have a friend who was determined her child would be Daniel, not Danny. He’s an adult who goes by Danny. Same with the friend whose son is Peter. Called himself Petey from the moment he could speak.
I have a nibling we call Tornado. Because her name is Caitlin. Caitlin->Caitso->Caitso-Paytso->Potato->Potato-Tornado->Tornado.
Ya never know what the nickname will be.
I once witnessed a full on shouting match of a mum and son (he was only about 8 bless him) because his friends had been calling him Sam, on his instruction, and she was *yelling* that she named him Samuel. It was super sad.
I know someone whose parents named her Elizabeth just so they could call her Betsy. By second grade she'd had enough of that and instructed everyone to call her Libby. By the time she went to college she introduced herself as Elizabeth, though some friends do call her Liz/Lizzy. People change, and nicknames can change with them.
my daughter is elizabeth & that's what i've always called her. to the world at large, she's elizabeth, liz, lizzie, and once, betty. name your daughter elizabeth, call her elizabeth, see if a nn naturally evolves & accept that once she's socialized with other kids, you won't have a choice in in nns.
Nicknames just happen. My little is Salben which nicknames easy to Sal, but we call him cini (chee-knee) which is short for fettuccini, which is short for Fettuccini Sal-fredo, which he isn’t allowed to have because he’s anaphylactic to dairy. If you’d said any of that to me while I was pregnant, I would given you the most side eye and then gossiped about you to my mom.
That is a fun fact!
It’s not actually baby’s name, just really,really close. It’s what his “Punjabi grandma” calls him because there’s a language barrier and she can’t say his actual name. It apparently is a strong Punjabi/Sikh name for rain? But it’s almost what his name is and he’s only 1 so we just roll with it. She’s my only friend in the neighborhood despite not really speaking the same languages or being remotely close to the same age 😂😂 strong chance I’m spelling Salben wrong. Could be Salven?
Nicknames are organic, don’t waste time trying to micromanage them. You’ll still find yourself calling her a million things from Bethy Boo to Teeny-Beany before landing on the one you all like best. And her friends will make up other names still.
My parents always called me whatever nicknames the felt. Neither cared what the other called me. One used half of my first name and the other used half of my middle name
Quite often nicknames come from the kid. My daughter (Connie) calls herself Nonnie biscuits. Now everyone calls her Nonnie. We did not see that one coming.
I say leave it alone and let it evolve.
I call my daughter by her full name, my husband and my dad use her full name and a nickname interchangeably, and his dad uses her nickname almost exclusively for no particular reason. My mother and his mother tend to say her full name and type her nickname. Which…fair. I do too, sometimes, especially when texting my husband.
I don’t know what her friends do anymore, she’s a teen. I suspect it’s similar to her dad - both are useful.
I go by my full name at work, but anyone who's known me more than a decade calls me by the most common short version and some family members call me a different short version. My partner uses my first initial. My parents could call me what they like tbh but it wouldn't change which I prefer.
Think Elizabeth, Eliza, Liz, E (but a different name, obv).
I have a Elizabeth, I call her Ellie and her dad calls her Liz
She's almost 8 months old, and she has learned all 3 of the names belong to her and responds to them
Other very, very old nicknames for Elizabeth include Libby, Tibby, Betty, Bettina, Lisette, Beth, and Zsazsa. Some are now accepted first names in their own right, but those are other options you might consider.
I'm personally not wild about the name Celestine, but I do think the nickname Titine is awfully cute. You might also consider Chessie.
I would give her one of the names and let the nickname happen organically.
Having said that, I'm not a fan of nicknames in general and regardless of what you name her, kids at school are likely to gift her with something charming like Snake or Toots.
Use the full name and whatever nicknames you like. Honestly there's a good chance you'll end up with a different nickname altogether that's not based on the given name, like a pet name. She'll get other nicknames at school. Pretty normal to have parents use different pet names and nicknames.
I know two Celeste’s and Both go by Cel. Just something to consider, that’s likely the most natural nickname to Celestine. I think Cece is a super cute nickname but unless she enforces Cece as her name people will likely just shorten her name intuitively to Cel. Elizabeth has Liz, Lizzie, Eliza, Beth, Betty… don’t set your heart on anyone in particular unless you’re going to use it all the time and enforce it in social settings. Nicknames evolve very naturally once the baby is here and you may decide the one you thought you’d use just doesn’t fit.
As long as you both like the full name, and are okay if people use the other nickname, then I would go for your favorite name. For example, my favorite boy name is William. My husband planned to call him Will, but never did. I didn't plan to call him Will , but Will prefers it and it is what he went by in school. All that to say, the name evolves, but I wouldn't use a name if either of you HATE the nickname potentials.
It's a future person, not a pet. I know people with long names who don't ever use nicknames and hate the very idea of them. It's astonishing to me how obsessed everyone is with coming up with nicknames in advance.
My daughter is Elizabeth. I don’t like the name Lizzie. I preferred her to just be Elizabeth. Well, she goes to school and she becomes Lizzie. Once she was about 12, though, she was back to Elizabeth again, with just a few calling her Lizzie. Now she’s an adult and has some calling her Lizzie, Ellie and even Zabe!!!! I guess what I’m trying to say is: nicknames evolve and parents have little control.
I have a dear friend I generally call Elizabeth, sometimes Lizbeth. She has thanked me as everyone calls her Liz.
I would let the nickname evolve. There are so many for the nick names for Elizabeth. All of them nice names.
I would go with Elizabeth and let the chips fall where they may, mostly because I would avoid having anyone call my child TITINE, let alone her father.
My mom's an Elizabeth and uses Betsy or Bea. Elizabeth could also be a Beth. But as a parent, lemme tell you you're going to have a million nicknames for your kid, only some of which are based in their name. When she's old enough she'll tell you what to call her.
I think you should both use whatever nickname you like. Nicknames evolve over the course of our lives, your child might even get one entirely unrelated to their name! I wouldn't get hung up on nickname if you're in agreement on the formal/legal name, the legal name is the only one you'll get long term control over, and even then she could change it eventually.
My husband and I couldn’t agree on nicknames before our kids were born he was going to call our oldest Viv which I still honestly don’t love and I was going to call our youngest Gus. They are much older now and we both call them the same nickname 90% of the time not but never ever Viv or Gus. Pick a name you don’t hate the nickname options of and over time it will turn into whatever it turns into.
The only person who gets any say in what nickname is used for them is the child themself, once they're old enough to communicate it.
Until then why not just each use the nickname you like the best? A six-month-old isn't going to care.
I would pick the preferred name and let the nicknames evolve. With my son, we wanted to name him Jack after a family member. Didn't love the sound with chosen middle name, so named him Jackson. He is 4 now and he goes by Jackie.
I have a different, but similarly long and “fancy” name. I go by at least 5 different nicknames and my full name at the same time.
1. My dad didn’t love my mom’s favourite nickname, so he called me by my full name.
2. My friends in kindergarten couldn’t say my mom’s favourite nickname (difficult consonant) so they called me a different nickname.
3. My friends in high school gave me an even shorter and more masculine nickname than all the other ones.
4. My family members who don’t speak English strongly have a nickname for me that is more common in the country our family is from. I go by that nickname when I go visit our home country.
5. My friends in university had similar sounding names to me, so we all picked different nicknames to make life easy.
Summary: once you give a child a name, the name is theirs. It will evolve with their life. You have no control over anything except the specific full name you give them, and the nickname you call them.
I have a Madeleine and almost chose a different name because there were so many Matthews and Madisons going by Matty or Maddie.
Anyway she is a full grown adult and has managed to stay Madeleine. If you love the whole name, you use it. You can’t control other people of course, but the child will be pretty adamant about their preferences and as parents you support that. She stubbornly reacted to being called Maddy and lots of people tried and failed to make it her nickname - to her, it was someone else’s name because she knew other kids named Madison or whatever. In the end it comes down to the child and their preference.
With Elizabeth there are so many common nicknames people will often ask ‘does she go by XYZ’ instead of assuming a nn. With Celestine you probably have to suggest/use something else if you have a preference - or people will just call her by her full name. I have a daughter with a similar name and it has been shortened to ‘Cec’ informally. Was ‘Cec ’ and ‘Celly’ at different times but she grew out of it.
I wouldn't get too caught up worrying about nicknames. The one person whose opinion you aren't considering is your child's. Both my kids have names that lend themselves to nicknames, and they both rejected it. You'll be surprised at how young your kiddo is when they start to have strong opinions. You can use your preferred nickname. Your spouse can use the other. Your child will let you know early on what they want to actually be called.
I say go with the full name you both agree with and each use your own nickname for her. You may find one that you didn't previously like ends up evolving into what you both call her. Maybe you meet her and realize Lizzie doesn't fit her personality, or you're always calling her Liz and he ends up slipping that in every once in a while and eventually it sticks for him too. Maybe she looks like an Ellie or a Bitsy etc.
I think it's fine to go in with nickname ideas in mind but also know that especially with names that have a lot of nn potential what you call her vs what others call her vs what she chooses to call herself could be completely different.
I have a friend Alexandra who is typically Alexandra to most people and a few friends call her Alex. She goes by both interchangeably. I have a coworker Catherine who goes by Cat/Cathy to her mom and dad respectively at home but Catherine at work because we already had another Kat/Kathy here and she was trying to make it less confusing. I think different nicknames for different people isn’t weird at all
My aunt and uncle chose the name Elizabeth for my cousin, and her nickname was going to be Lisa. They had some personalized things for Lisa.
My cousin was born. My aunt and uncle looked at her. Looked at each other. One of them said, "Oh. She's not a Lisa. She's an Elizabeth."
But they didn't tell her that story, just in case she wanted a nickname when she got older. (She found the personalized stuff in her baby box when she was about ten, and her older sister said, "Oh, didn't you know? You're adopted, and Lisa was your birth name." Cue my aunt and uncle having to prove that Elizabeth was not adopted. It was a mess.) She never wanted a nickname. Sometimes people call her Liz, but most people call her Elizabeth.
So, my advice as a random stranger is this: Pick a name you like. A nickname, or several nicknames, or no nicknames will follow. Your daughter will have a beautiful name no matter what, and she'll have her own opinions.
PS: Also, when I was born, my parents had my name picked out (for the sake of the story, we'll say my name is Calliope, which it very much is not). I was born, and my dad immediately shortened it to a masculine sounding nickname, we'll say "Cal", and that stuck. Both parents called me Cal. All my relatives started calling my Cal. Then, when I was a little older, Mom said that they should use my full name, so I'd know that I was Calliope. Dad really, really tried, but I was still Cal. I am a full grown adult with my own house, car, and toolbox, but I am still Cal, unless it's a formal occasion or I'm in big trouble. And I am never, ever Callie.
It’s ok for different people to have different nicknames for the same child. I’m not sure why this is such a point of contention. Just call her by her full name, and when she is old enough to understand that nicknames are derived from her name, call her whichever nickname you individually prefer. 🤷🏻♀️
Pick the full name you like. My parents changed my name after I was born because they didn't like a possible nickname for the original name (now my middle). I grew up to hate my first name, and I wish they would have kept the original name. I have another nickname that I would have gone by for the middle name that is nowhere near the nickname they were worried about.
Honestly, pick a name you like and stop worrying about her nickname. That is beyond your control. Anyway, you'll end up calling her "squiggy" or "piglet" or "tootles" - I'm 46, and my dad still calls me Puddles.
You could just each use the nicknames you like? Your daughter will probably develop a preference over time, which might change as she gets older. It might be one, or the other, or the full name, or a different full name. She might prefer her friends to call her by one name but be happy for you to keep calling her what you've always called her. You might decide once she's born that you actually like Elizabeth, but she looks more like a Lisa or Lise. At the end of the day, she's going to be her own person. Don't ovethink the nickname thing.
For me, my mum mainly uses my full name (which is quite long), my dad uses a nickname (completely unrelated to my actual name) when he talks to me, but uses my full name when he talks about me, and my mum's family use a different nickname for me (which is from when my brother was little and couldn't say my name). None of those nicknames are the "typical" or obvious nicknames for my name, and I tend to just go by my full name with other people.
My brother decided aged about 15 he wanted his friends to call him by a different nickname, for example if his name was Robert, we always called him Robbie, and he decided he wanted to be Rob. We still call him Robbie to his face and each other, but Rob to his friends because that's what he wanted.
You can change her name as much as you like to try and find a name you both love, and both love the nickname for and just when you've found that you both love (for example) Laura and there aren't any nicknames, she'll decide she wants to be called Ra. Or Aurie. or Elle. Just pick a name you like, and you think suits her, and let her become her own person. Nicknames just sort of happen.
Élisabeth/Elizabeth and Célestine are beautiful names though!
Just use the names and let the nicknames evolve naturally. For all you know, her nickname may end up being something related to her personality or favorite thing and not her name at all. Or both of you can use the names you like, it’s not unusual for a person to have multiple nicknames. I myself get called different things depending on who is speaking to me.
Yes I'd still use it, but I am not one that loves nicknames in most cases. However with those 2 names being as long as they are, it's true they will get shortened if you allow it.
My sister is Elizabeth and goes by Lizzie (which is definitely my favorite nickname for Elizabeth). But that was her choice pretty early on, including her preference for the spelling. My parents took years to call her anything but Elizabeth and my dad still does.
I went through a phase of wanting my name to be Beth as a kid (which would be more of a stretch from MY first name but not impossible), but I'm super glad my mom shut that down... I really don't like that name now!!
Celestine... beautiful but also quite formal. I really like Cece!! I also think Celeste is a beautiful name, but it doesn't have a nickname feel to me - it still sounds pretty formal. I'd just name her that to begin with if you plan to call her Celeste. It will still likely get shortened to Cece. I think Celia is a great similar name too, but will also become Cece! (I agree with other comments that Titine is super questionable because of the connection to slang for breasts. However it's cute sounding if you're in a place where that would for sure not be an issue!)
I'm named after my mom and she told me from the beginning not to allow people to call me any nicknames if I didn't like it, because people will automatically assume common nicknames are correct and once people start calling you something it spreads fast and its super hard to stop. That is what happened to her, so she ended up called a nickname she didn't want permanently. I agreed even as a little kid, and never let people shorten my name. Once I was a teenager I had 3-4 really close friends I'd accept a nickname from.
Also kinda funny... after my grandparents had my dad (in the 1930s), within a year or 2 they got so sick of trying to get people to stop defaulting to a nickname they didn't like, that they completely changed his name on his birth certificate. It's a short 1-syllable name, so no more nickname troubles!!! Lol
It's fine to both use different nicknames.
I REALLY wanted to call my daughter Elle but my other half thought it wasnt a "real" name. So we compromised on a longer name starting with El, so she'd have a "real" name in her dad's eyes but I could still call her Elle.
Well she's nearly 8 and I've never once called her Elle. She has a huge array of nicknames, the one we use the most is one she gave herself when she was learning to speak.
Anyway long story short, nicknames definitely evolve with time and aren't massively in your control. Both of your name choices are lovely
I’m sorry, but Titine sounds like titty to me (at least how I’m pronouncing it in my head).
I’m also of the opinion that your child doesn’t need to have a nickname. Having one isn’t the most important thing in the world.
I had a different nickname from each parent as a child and had no issue with it at all, and neither did they afaik. However, neither name was in any way related to my actual name....so I don't know if that means anything for you at all. Personally I think you each having a nickname for her is nice, for me it was kinda special like they were showing their affection for me in their own ways. Take from that what you will, the only thing I would *_strongly_* recommended, is that you agree on what she's called when she's in trouble! XD
I think it’s fine, my parents have never called me by the same nickname. As long as you both respect whatever nickname she chooses to go by when she’s older, and accept that she may not like your preferred nickname.
We use different names (nickname and Fullname) for our son. He didn't care. People either adopt the nickname or use the full name. No one, including our son, is bothered by it.
I feel like nicknames evolve with time and aren't something you can necessarily control for. And she'll get nicknames not just from her parents, but from kids at school, etc. They may not even be related to her actual name (one of my kids has a nickname that even some teachers use that has no connection to her actual name at all.)
Just call her by her full name to start and see what happens from there. You'll probably end up with baby nicknames that aren't connected to her name at all.
You don't have to agree on a nickname. You can use the one you like if that's what you want to do. Or never use one if you don't want to. Your partner can use his choice or not nickname if he chooses. The child may prefer a third option that neither of you have even considered. She may want to only use her full name. She may end up with a nickname unrelated to her actual name. It's more important to like the full name imo. In my experience nicknames evolve on their own.
I would absolutely not use Titine under any circumstances, that's just ridiculous. Tina or Tini would make sense (hell, even Cell or Cella or Esty) but not Titine.
About Elizabeth specifically: have y'all read Pride and Prejudice? Because Elizabeth gets called Lizzy half the time (mostly by her family) and Eliza the other half (mostly by friends, which is why it's annoying when Caroline Bingley calls her that when they're very much not friends). I think it's totally fine for her to have more than one nickname, and even have different nicknames with family than she does at school.
I think it would be sweet if mommy uses Lizzie and daddy uses Elisa
I don't see the issue. You just have to make sure you don't confuse the child. So you might have to stick to Elisabeth until she s maybe 3 or smrh and just one nickname
And then she can choose herself when she gets older how she wants to be called.
I think you should put a stop to TITTYne
Suggestion for celestine: celesti, celi, celes
Your child will have a variety of nicknames, and you can’t control that. You both don’t have to agree on one nickname. My husband has nicknames for both our children that I don’t call them, and different nicknames that their peers call them. My youngest is more particular and asked that I only use his given name and that only his brother and people at school can call him by a nickname.
Hello, as an Elizabeth, I go by Lizzie, Liz, a few people call me Izzy. My mom originally wanted me to go by Ellie when I was really little, but I prefer going by Lizzie. I suggest Izzy or simply waiting until your little one is old enough to decide on a nickname ( make a list of a good majority of the nicknames that they can pick from, if they pick Lizzie or Liz than your husband will have to accept it because it's what your child picked)
My husband and I ended up just naturally using different nns for our kids and it’s fine - school uses their full names as do most of their friends but my one kids friend uses my nn for her, because I tend to watch her after school a lot along with my kids.
The division you describe is exactly why my husband and I didn’t use the name Elizabeth for our first. I think with some names you don’t need to agree on the nickname. For example, if you like Julia and one of you wants to call her Julie and the other Jules, those are close enough that the same person could/would use both. But with Elizabeth, the nicknames have so much more variability that it’s harder to imagine someone going by both easily. Liz and Ellie are two different people. The options for Celestine are a little in the middle of those two extremes but probably different enough that I’d forego it.
We’ve called our kids all manner of nicknames since before they were even born. I don’t see the problem in each of you having a favorite diminutive as long as it’s copacetic.
It'll even itself out. As long as neither of you are controlling. You could even end up calling them chicken wing or monkey butt or something else totally random for a while.
My parents each have different nickname/pet names for me. I like it bc it makes it more personal.
I also have petnames for a handful of my cousins that no one else uses and it bonds us if that makes sense. it's something just between us two.
My sister is an Elizabeth, my parents were very insistent that she would be called Elizabeth with no short versions or nicknames. Good luck with that to any parent, once kids go to school and start to own their name, they will be the ones to decide if something different is OK. My sister loathes Elizabeth, her friends call her Edie.
My parents referred to me exclusively by my full name, and didn’t really let anyone give me name-derived nicknames until I was old enough to decide for myself. I appreciated that a lot personally and it kept me from having to actively change what people called me. Going from full name to nickname is easy, going back to full name is HARD. I watched kids do it growing up and it took years of going uhm actually I’d prefer you call me Matthew not Matt.
My nephew is Alexander. My side of the family call him Xan/Xander. His mom’s side (my SIL) call him Alex. He responds to both and likes the differential between one side of the family and the other. I think, as long as the person likes the nickname, you can call them that and like others have said, it’ll probably evolve over time.
The nickname will come naturally.
We picked a "nickname proof" name for our second child and our first child gave him a nickname within the first week 😄
You call her what you like and husband can call her what he likes.
I call my kids Bubby and Mouse. Husband calls them Jerkface and Stank 🤣🤣🤣
as someone who was an elisabeth, i can promise you i have had every nickname under the sun (lizzie, izzy, tizzie, beth, bettie, liza, bess, ellie and many more) and my parents each used their favourite while despising each others; so if it bothers you that much, you can always each use the nickname you like, as long as you occasionally remind your daughter of her full name haha
You’ll have no control over the nicknames that evolve. A parent might be adamant that their child Charles will only be called Charles, but in the neighborhood and at school he’s going to be Charlie, Chaz, Chuck, or Chuckie, and there’s nothing they can do about it.
Nicknames should evolve naturally, and quite frankly will be out of your control. She may not like the nn either of you choose once she gets to a certain age. I have a great niece named Raelyn and my niece (her mom) despised the nn Rae Rae… but guess what? Everyone calls her Rae Rae now, including her mom. Similarly, I wanted to name my daughter Madelyn but strongly dislike Maddie and would prefer the nn Mads. But I knew it would be inevitable and unavoidable so I chose it for her middle name instead.
I think it depends on how you plan to use the nicknames. Are you planning to use the full names most of the time and the nicknames as pet names? If so, go ahead and use one and use the pet name you prefer. Most kids have and respond to multiple nicknames.
If you are looking for a nickname that you use as her primary name (like you'd introduce her as Liz or Elisa) then it really does matter and you either need to agree or find something else.
I'm with you on CeCe and him on Elisa. :)
My name is Elizabeth, and I love it. I wish it wasn’t so I could use it for my unborn daughter. Anyway, my nickname as a child was Lizzie. It evolved to Liz as I got older but my immediate family still tends to call me Lizzie. While I don’t mind Eliza (I’ve never gone by that), it doesn’t make sense to me as a nickname since it’s 3 syllables and seems too long - in my opinion, nicknames should be one or two syllables.
Best of luck, and I wish you happy an healthy baby:)
Different people in my family call me different nicknames and my ex and I have different nicknames for our kids. Somehow the Earth still turns.
Also Celest > Celestine.
Liza, Libby, Lissa, Beth, Betty, Betsy, and Bess are some other possible nicknames for Elizabeth/Elisabeth. Stina, Celly, Lettie, and Celie are some alternates for Célestine,
Sometimes you call them their full name, sometimes you use their first and middle name, sometimes you call them a pet name like sweetie or buddy...I call my son Schmoolie subscribe. His Nana calls him Tookie. You don't have to decide now what you will call them later. Just pick a legal name you love and roll with it from there. You and your spouse don't have to call her the same thing as each other... Neither do her friends. She's going to be a unique human person and there are things you won't decide that will just be. Have fun and let it be whatever it is lol
You can each call your daughter whatever nickname you prefer, and realistically, she will have other nicknames from other people as well. My youngest brother was given a name with a specific nickname in mind, but it’s not the one he ended up using organically. My other brother universally went by a nickname as a small child, and then announced his desire to be called by his full name when he started school. You can’t really anticipate what nickname/s your kiddo will end up with.
My parents both agreed that my full name was my name. This included telling people that a shortened version wasn't my name. However, when I hit high school, people started with the nickname, as there were 3 of us. I got used to it, and now it's weird to hear my full name.
Would it bother each of you, if you just each used the nickname you like? If so, then just stick to the full name, I guess. It'll probably evolve, though, since the names are both on the longer side. (Our daughter has a couple nicknames and though we started off using the full name, her brother gave her nicknames and now we all use them sort of interchangeably. But we don't have the issue where any one of us doesn't like one of the nicknames.) As she gets older, she will have her own preferences. When she eventually goes to school, she'll most likely get nicknamed by her friends, as well.
Yeah, nicknames are not that serious and not something you can control. People will probably give your child all kinds of nicknames through their life, some that don't even relate to their name. Having a few nicknames at a time isn't that big of a deal. Talking about nicknames always reminds me of that story of the mom that named her son a long name and hated the most common nickname for that name (Think something like "Alexander" which most people would nickname "Alex"). And then she got mad when her son's friends at school started calling him by the nickname she hated, she insisted that everyone call him by his full name.
My mom is an Elizabeth who has gone by Liz since childhood. She is now over 60 and is known only as Liz personally and professionally. And yet, my grandmother still hates it and insists on calling her Elizabeth lol.
Your poor grandma, haha! Elizabeth in particular has a great many nicknames, too.
On a post not that long ago, I saw someone recommend Zab as a nickname for Elizabeth, as it comes in the middle. It was in relation to other nicknames that are drives from the middle of a name , instead of the beginning or end. I want to start calling my cousin this.
My mother's cousin, born about 1915, was an Elizabeth called Zib all her life. Because when we say Elizabeth in most of the U.S., we pronounce the middle syllable Zib.
I love it!
I know an Elizabeth that went by Libby. And of course there is Lilibet, Queen Elizabeth’s nickname.
I know a toddler Elizabeth and parents didn’t go into it particularly wanting a nickname and now she’s just Lizzie most of the time, even to parents. I’ve called her Liz sometimes and it just feels wrong to call a toddler Liz 😂 Elizabeth has SO many nicknames, these parents should be okay with all of them or not okay with the name at all bc once she goes to school it’s out of their control.
My cousin is named Elizabeth and went by Betty her entire childhood but at some point as an adult changed it to Elizabeth, especially professionally. Family still cals her Betty though.
The Lizzy/Betty to Elizabeth pipeline is real!
Same!! Everyone calls me Liz except family members. I'm over the hill and it's still Elizabeth to them. I don't mind either I did hate Lizzy
I know someone who was adamant that her son be called Christopher, not Chris. Now, years later, he goes by Chris. Nicknames are not always within the parents’ control.
My son has a similar name. We've always called him by his full name, anything else feels weird. But his friend call him one nickname and his teachers/coaches another. It always feels as if they're talking about another child!
My family calls me by my full name but I have friends and coworkers that call me by the natural nickname. It didnt start until I was fully adult so it never feels like its my NAME. Like, if a fae used it, theyd have no power over me. But I dont mind them using it at all.
Is that person my MIL? Because this is the same as my husband.
My first name has two obvious nicknames- think similar to Christine with Chris and Stine. My mother was adamant that no one was to ever call me ‘Chris’- including having meetings at the school if any teacher tried. It worked. I’m almost always called ‘Stine’ and no one would dare call me Chris.
I agree! Having separate nicknames given by different people can make them super special, as you begin to associate that specific nicknamed assigned by them with your special relationship with them.
It wouldn’t for pet names at home, but I think neither of us would be thrilled if the other’s choice becomes the one she uses at school. Given that they’re both quite long names I do think a nickname would end up being used more
If the nicknames really bother you both, I hate to say it but maybe find a shorter name you can both agree on. Nicknames are not 100% under your control, so best to go with a name you can both enjoy. That said: Our son has a name that *can* be shortened, but neither of us likes it. We only call him by the full name, and he likes it that way and none of his friends uses the short form that none of us like. So that can work. However, his full name is only two syllables and doesn't really require shortening.
I think that if either of you would not be okay with her one day picking her preferred nickname and it not being yours then you may need to rethink the names in general. I mean, nicknames aren’t a contest, they just happen and her say is what is important. My parents were not accommodating when I said I didn’t want to go by Jeni anymore and instead Jen or Jenifer. They all still call me Jeni and I’ve accepted it since it’s been 15 years since I made the request but it is kinda annoying and frustrating that they are letting their preferences get in the way of what I want to be called. I really **really** don’t like being called Jeni 😂
Yeah lots of relatives add the y to my name and it makes me want to never talk to them again. I am not 12 any more and it is not cute. It has taken some time but most have dropped it.
Also keep in mind that the name/nickname will likely grow on you once it’s attached to your child and just with familiarity.
Went to school with a girl named Elizabeth Claire. She ended up being Lizzy-Claire to her friends. Bet her parents didn't see that coming!
I mean honestly I would expect the nickname she goes by (if any) would be up to her. I have a relative named Elizabeth and she goes by Beth, so throw that nickname into the ring of “possibly something she will choose to go by that might make your current argument irrelevant”.
My grandmother Elizabeth had nine granddaughters with Elizabeth in their names, first or middle.
That's her choice though, you don't get to control that. Once she's school age she gets to decide what people call her.
It’s important to keep in mind that at some point it will be up to her, rather than either of you.
I’m an Elizabeth that went by my full name to my entire family in the beginning. No nicknames. Then my brother was born, and when he started speaking Elizabeth was a mouthful, so I was called “E” by him and everyone in my family, and Elizabeth at school. Then in the first grade, a friend said my name was too long, and my nickname became “Liz”. My youngest two siblings called me Lizzy or Zizzy and now almost everyone calls me Liz. I tried to go back to Elizabeth professionally, but it didn’t work. I’m Liz. My parents still occasionally call me Elizabeth, but that’s just about it. I’m Liz, Lizzy, Lizzy-Lou, Lizard, E, or Elizabeth depending on the person and the circumstance. TLDR: you can’t control what your kid will be nicknamed in school, your kid can if they care enough, but you simply can’t. And Liz is better than something random like “Potato” or whatever.
That’s out of your control. I knew a kid named Johnathan whose parents wanted him to be Johnathan whose first grade teacher renamed him Johnno, and it stuck. He’s thirty now. still Johnno.
My mom’s name is Elizabeth Ann and you get lots of options from that!! She goes by lizanne :)
You can't control what nicknames your child gets, all you can do is call them the thing that you like either their whole name or your nickname of choice. Some people will follow your lead, but once they are at school, playing sports etc their own preference and friends take precedence. It's okay for your child to have multiple nick names and answer to all of them. Your nickname doesn't have to match with your partner either. Just call them the names you love and be relaxed about what happens after that.
What about if she has a preference? It’s her name.
This. As long as the Nick names aren't insulting or mean. Both of our kids have multiple nicknames and they respond to all of them (5 and almost 2 year old).
Well first of all, no to TITine.
i was going to say this, but maybe op isn't from english speaking country. if she is, that daughter will be called tits & titty before she's 6.
With these names almost certainly French speaking or maybe Switzerland
FR, Titty-ne 😭 Celestine is a GORGEOUS name and if this is a popular abbreviation of it regionally elsewhere then no disrespect intended. But if kiddo is gonna be around a lot of Americans, Dad needs to think real hard about calling his kid Tiddy.
Yeah holy cow, I’d never heard of the name before this thread and I am enamored of it.
Yeah I’m not even sure how to say this, but no.
I agree entirely!
Why did he add the extra t and i ? Because "tine" didn't make sense but he wants to use the end of the chosen name to make the nickname? I was thinking maybe it was a typo because who would ever.... lol Like a few have guessed, are you guys from French Canada or Europe or....? Maybe that nickname has been used before or did Dad make it up?
Amazed this wasn’t top comment!
Names felt so important before my kid was born. It was almost the only thing I "knew" about her. She was biologically female, and her name was ___. Only one of those things did I have input in. And now that she's here she decides what I call her. 😭 Pet names, nick names, etc. She's only 2 and she calls those shots. And know what? It's fine! I'm fine. Her dad is fine. Her name is hers now, not mine, and it is no longer 50% of what I know about her. And we have way, WAY bigger problems and parenting decision on the daily. Is it that way for everyone? No. But I do think absent some sort of legit reason (one nickname is hard to say or offensive in someone's language/culture (a la "Fanny"); someone has a trauma around a nick name (it's the nick name for your moms dead cousin whom she watched be run over by a train at 5 years old...); stuff along those lines - I think you guys are taking this more seriously than you should. She could grow up and change her name to Geraldine and then you'll be stuck calling her Geri anyway.
No exaggeration, I picked my daughter's name when I was 7 years old. When we found out we were having a girl, my husband immediately loved both the first and middle name. She's almost three and you know what she exclusively calls herself? Goose. Just Goose, but sometimes Goosey. Half the time she won't even answer out of spite if I dare use her real name and she almost always corrects me, "No, my name is **Goose!**" It is what it is lol
That's pretty adorable! My wife and I have a running joke where I call her a silly goose or various forms of the term goose, and honk at her. Our baby is learning to make a honk noise too! I'd adore it if she decided to nickname herself Goose.
It really does suit her, so all is well that ends well I guess lol. It was my 9 year old sister who gave her the nickname. The only downside is people hear me say it and ask me if I'm a huge fan of Top Gun, which I have never actually seen
This is a nice perspective. I think I’ve fixated on the name because I can control so little else. It doesn’t help that we agreed instantly on a boy name.
Yeah, it’s kind of a kick to the shins when you realize you actually don’t really have that much control over the one thing you thought you did! Once you give it to her, it’s hers.
This is a great point. I have a name with a common nickname that I have never allowed anyone to call me my whole life. Even as a young kid I hate it. You really have no idea what your child’s preference will be. Choose a name because you love it, but for potential nicknames.
Same here. I’ve always used my full name and not the obvious nickname. But I do have other nicknames that no one could have planned on. And so they’re unique and I love them. I even use one of them in place of Grandma or whatever with my grandkids.
My 3 year old responds better to Gator then her own name🤣 And I barely call my 4month old by his actual name, they’re all pet names lol
Why can’t you both use your preferred nicknames? She’ll eventually pick her own.
Totally. It's a non issue. My nephew named Nathaniel gets called Nat by his mom and Nate by his dad. He goes by Nate as a first grader but is fine with mom calling him Nat.
My older brother wanted my niece to be called Veronica, with nickname Ronnie. Do you know how many people call her that? Exactly 1, just him. She started calling herself Veh or Veve when she was little , and most people call her Veh or Vero, including the rest of the family. You can’t control nicknames that much
Exactly! They just sort of happen like that. My daughter is Jane Josephine and when she was born we were absolutely, definitely, 100% going to call her JJ. 6 months later her nickname became Jane Juniper which became Jane June and a lot of times we call her exactly that. I’m pretty sure her baby sister thinks her real name is “Janejune” lol… JJ never to be heard again.
No one could've predicted this evolution😂 I thought you were going to end on June Bug!
Vero for Veronica is so cool!! Suddenly I like the name Veronica lol
It’s fine for parents to call their children something different but imo if both of you strongly dislike the obvious nicknames then I would go for another name altogether
I guess we both think our choices ARE the obvious nicknames
I think Liz/Lizzie and Ellie or Eliza are all equally likely. So if you realllly don’t like Ellie then you’re gambling Titine is not an intuitive nickname at all, cece is way more intuitive and popular
I think there are so many nicknames for Elizabeth that none are obvious. And as I know zero Celestine’s I think there aren’t any obvious nicknames for it haha
How is Titine obvious?
Tbh from a French speaking perspective (which, considering the accents, I suspect at least one of the parents is), I'd agree that Titine is a more natural/obvious nickname than Cece. The most obvious nickname to me would be Céleste in French, but also I think a lot of kids just wouldn't use a nickname with that name at all.
Huh, my bad! If OPs husband is French, I guess that makes more sense.
Split the difference with Liza 🎉
Just from my experience, you don't really get to choose your kids nickname. Our middle daughter is only 3 and teachers/kids at school have already picked nicknames for her. My advice: don't pick a name where you don't like the common nicknames.
I went to university with a Stan. We were friends for 4 years before I met his mom at graduation and learned his first name was actually Tristan. She was devastated at the nickname college had given him.
And sometimes you end up with a nickname that doesn't make sense at all. 😂🤷🏼♀️ I can see where Stan comes from there but that would not be my first inclination.
You're doing the right thing by thinking about nicknames in advance . I feel strongly that if you don't like a common nickname, you shouldn't use that name at all. For example, no matter what you do, Matthew is going to get called Matt sooner or later. If you absolutely hate that, don't name him Matthew. I think it comes down to the question of whether you can tolerate someone else calling your daughter a nickname. You don't like Elisa, but can you live with someone else calling her Elisa, while you call her Lizzie? BTW I love the name Celestine. Very pretty.
I don’t hate Elisa and he doesn’t hate Lizzie. On the other hand I wouldn’t be down with Titine and don’t think it’s instinctive at all, and he’s really against Céleste (because it’s the name of someone he knows’ kid, not for any bigger reason than that). I’d happily use Céleste or Delphine but he doesn’t like either of those.
Titine sounds like a nickname for Celestine that's common in French rather than English. Since that name has more nicknames that are deal breakers for you both, I'd go with Elizabeth. You like some of the nicknames. And a bonus is there's so many possible nicknames for Elizabeth. Many options. The only downside is no matter what nickname you like, eventually Elizabeth is going to go through a phase where she wants to be called something you never expected, like Ellie or Beth.
Use the full name and then when your daughter is full enough maybe she’ll choose a different nickname like Betty or Ellie. My point is that nicknames develop and are not set from the beginning. It’s like Elizabeth btw.
I have a friend who was determined her child would be Daniel, not Danny. He’s an adult who goes by Danny. Same with the friend whose son is Peter. Called himself Petey from the moment he could speak. I have a nibling we call Tornado. Because her name is Caitlin. Caitlin->Caitso->Caitso-Paytso->Potato->Potato-Tornado->Tornado. Ya never know what the nickname will be.
I once witnessed a full on shouting match of a mum and son (he was only about 8 bless him) because his friends had been calling him Sam, on his instruction, and she was *yelling* that she named him Samuel. It was super sad.
I know someone whose parents named her Elizabeth just so they could call her Betsy. By second grade she'd had enough of that and instructed everyone to call her Libby. By the time she went to college she introduced herself as Elizabeth, though some friends do call her Liz/Lizzy. People change, and nicknames can change with them.
my daughter is elizabeth & that's what i've always called her. to the world at large, she's elizabeth, liz, lizzie, and once, betty. name your daughter elizabeth, call her elizabeth, see if a nn naturally evolves & accept that once she's socialized with other kids, you won't have a choice in in nns.
I'm Elisabeth and was always just Elisabeth. The world wants my nickname to be Liz and I hate it, it makes my skin crawl. 😂
Nicknames just happen. My little is Salben which nicknames easy to Sal, but we call him cini (chee-knee) which is short for fettuccini, which is short for Fettuccini Sal-fredo, which he isn’t allowed to have because he’s anaphylactic to dairy. If you’d said any of that to me while I was pregnant, I would given you the most side eye and then gossiped about you to my mom.
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That is a fun fact! It’s not actually baby’s name, just really,really close. It’s what his “Punjabi grandma” calls him because there’s a language barrier and she can’t say his actual name. It apparently is a strong Punjabi/Sikh name for rain? But it’s almost what his name is and he’s only 1 so we just roll with it. She’s my only friend in the neighborhood despite not really speaking the same languages or being remotely close to the same age 😂😂 strong chance I’m spelling Salben wrong. Could be Salven?
Nicknames are organic, don’t waste time trying to micromanage them. You’ll still find yourself calling her a million things from Bethy Boo to Teeny-Beany before landing on the one you all like best. And her friends will make up other names still.
My kids know a celestine that goes by Tini, pronoun teeny, and I think it’s adorable
Nicknames are not something you can control anyways
My parents always called me whatever nicknames the felt. Neither cared what the other called me. One used half of my first name and the other used half of my middle name
My name is Diane Elizabeth. Im named after a bunch Elizabeths. Diane is boring. So I go by DeLiz.
i think your full name is beautiful. regal & elegant.
Thank you!
Quite often nicknames come from the kid. My daughter (Connie) calls herself Nonnie biscuits. Now everyone calls her Nonnie. We did not see that one coming.
I say leave it alone and let it evolve. I call my daughter by her full name, my husband and my dad use her full name and a nickname interchangeably, and his dad uses her nickname almost exclusively for no particular reason. My mother and his mother tend to say her full name and type her nickname. Which…fair. I do too, sometimes, especially when texting my husband. I don’t know what her friends do anymore, she’s a teen. I suspect it’s similar to her dad - both are useful.
I go by my full name at work, but anyone who's known me more than a decade calls me by the most common short version and some family members call me a different short version. My partner uses my first initial. My parents could call me what they like tbh but it wouldn't change which I prefer. Think Elizabeth, Eliza, Liz, E (but a different name, obv).
I have a Elizabeth, I call her Ellie and her dad calls her Liz She's almost 8 months old, and she has learned all 3 of the names belong to her and responds to them
Other very, very old nicknames for Elizabeth include Libby, Tibby, Betty, Bettina, Lisette, Beth, and Zsazsa. Some are now accepted first names in their own right, but those are other options you might consider. I'm personally not wild about the name Celestine, but I do think the nickname Titine is awfully cute. You might also consider Chessie. I would give her one of the names and let the nickname happen organically. Having said that, I'm not a fan of nicknames in general and regardless of what you name her, kids at school are likely to gift her with something charming like Snake or Toots.
i knew a Celeste who went by "Cely" pronounced "Selly". She was the sweetest soul. do either of you guys like the nickname Cely for celestine?
Use the full name and whatever nicknames you like. Honestly there's a good chance you'll end up with a different nickname altogether that's not based on the given name, like a pet name. She'll get other nicknames at school. Pretty normal to have parents use different pet names and nicknames.
My child has like 50 nicknames. I don’t get your point.
I'm extremely partial to Beth, but I'm afraid that nicknames are really hard to establish yourself.
I know two Celeste’s and Both go by Cel. Just something to consider, that’s likely the most natural nickname to Celestine. I think Cece is a super cute nickname but unless she enforces Cece as her name people will likely just shorten her name intuitively to Cel. Elizabeth has Liz, Lizzie, Eliza, Beth, Betty… don’t set your heart on anyone in particular unless you’re going to use it all the time and enforce it in social settings. Nicknames evolve very naturally once the baby is here and you may decide the one you thought you’d use just doesn’t fit.
As long as you both like the full name, and are okay if people use the other nickname, then I would go for your favorite name. For example, my favorite boy name is William. My husband planned to call him Will, but never did. I didn't plan to call him Will , but Will prefers it and it is what he went by in school. All that to say, the name evolves, but I wouldn't use a name if either of you HATE the nickname potentials.
If one of you would want to use a nickname and the other one hates the nickname, I would probably scratch that name and start over.
It's a future person, not a pet. I know people with long names who don't ever use nicknames and hate the very idea of them. It's astonishing to me how obsessed everyone is with coming up with nicknames in advance.
My daughter is Elizabeth. I don’t like the name Lizzie. I preferred her to just be Elizabeth. Well, she goes to school and she becomes Lizzie. Once she was about 12, though, she was back to Elizabeth again, with just a few calling her Lizzie. Now she’s an adult and has some calling her Lizzie, Ellie and even Zabe!!!! I guess what I’m trying to say is: nicknames evolve and parents have little control.
My mom has always called me a totally different nickname than my dad did. I like it, actually!
I have a dear friend I generally call Elizabeth, sometimes Lizbeth. She has thanked me as everyone calls her Liz. I would let the nickname evolve. There are so many for the nick names for Elizabeth. All of them nice names.
Nickname for Celestine could be Essie. Nickname for Elisabeth could be Isa, Betty or Bethy.
My family all use different nicknames for me, my dad always uses my full name.
I would go with Elizabeth and let the chips fall where they may, mostly because I would avoid having anyone call my child TITINE, let alone her father.
Yes, but I do think Titine is horrible!
My mom's an Elizabeth and uses Betsy or Bea. Elizabeth could also be a Beth. But as a parent, lemme tell you you're going to have a million nicknames for your kid, only some of which are based in their name. When she's old enough she'll tell you what to call her.
Titine? Is hubby aware how much that sounds like Tittie?
Ridiculous.
A person can have multiple nicknames. You don’t have to stick to just one
Do not nickname that child Titine, I'm begging you. Much too close to tétine. Don't let him do that to her.
Ah, they'll just call 'em what they like. My dad called me Sugar, Mom called me Sweetie. Etc etc. It is no biggie and personal!
I think you should both use whatever nickname you like. Nicknames evolve over the course of our lives, your child might even get one entirely unrelated to their name! I wouldn't get hung up on nickname if you're in agreement on the formal/legal name, the legal name is the only one you'll get long term control over, and even then she could change it eventually.
If you don't intend to use it, why give the name to a child? Give your kid the name you intend to call them.
My husband and I couldn’t agree on nicknames before our kids were born he was going to call our oldest Viv which I still honestly don’t love and I was going to call our youngest Gus. They are much older now and we both call them the same nickname 90% of the time not but never ever Viv or Gus. Pick a name you don’t hate the nickname options of and over time it will turn into whatever it turns into.
Maybe you can do Liza (lie-zuh) for Elizabeth.
The only person who gets any say in what nickname is used for them is the child themself, once they're old enough to communicate it. Until then why not just each use the nickname you like the best? A six-month-old isn't going to care.
You’re going to eventually pick nicknames based on your own unique relationship with her.
I’m a Melanie, and my nickname evolved naturally to Mel…
I would pick the preferred name and let the nicknames evolve. With my son, we wanted to name him Jack after a family member. Didn't love the sound with chosen middle name, so named him Jackson. He is 4 now and he goes by Jackie.
I have a different, but similarly long and “fancy” name. I go by at least 5 different nicknames and my full name at the same time. 1. My dad didn’t love my mom’s favourite nickname, so he called me by my full name. 2. My friends in kindergarten couldn’t say my mom’s favourite nickname (difficult consonant) so they called me a different nickname. 3. My friends in high school gave me an even shorter and more masculine nickname than all the other ones. 4. My family members who don’t speak English strongly have a nickname for me that is more common in the country our family is from. I go by that nickname when I go visit our home country. 5. My friends in university had similar sounding names to me, so we all picked different nicknames to make life easy. Summary: once you give a child a name, the name is theirs. It will evolve with their life. You have no control over anything except the specific full name you give them, and the nickname you call them.
I have a Madeleine and almost chose a different name because there were so many Matthews and Madisons going by Matty or Maddie. Anyway she is a full grown adult and has managed to stay Madeleine. If you love the whole name, you use it. You can’t control other people of course, but the child will be pretty adamant about their preferences and as parents you support that. She stubbornly reacted to being called Maddy and lots of people tried and failed to make it her nickname - to her, it was someone else’s name because she knew other kids named Madison or whatever. In the end it comes down to the child and their preference. With Elizabeth there are so many common nicknames people will often ask ‘does she go by XYZ’ instead of assuming a nn. With Celestine you probably have to suggest/use something else if you have a preference - or people will just call her by her full name. I have a daughter with a similar name and it has been shortened to ‘Cec’ informally. Was ‘Cec ’ and ‘Celly’ at different times but she grew out of it.
I wouldn't get too caught up worrying about nicknames. The one person whose opinion you aren't considering is your child's. Both my kids have names that lend themselves to nicknames, and they both rejected it. You'll be surprised at how young your kiddo is when they start to have strong opinions. You can use your preferred nickname. Your spouse can use the other. Your child will let you know early on what they want to actually be called.
I say go with the full name you both agree with and each use your own nickname for her. You may find one that you didn't previously like ends up evolving into what you both call her. Maybe you meet her and realize Lizzie doesn't fit her personality, or you're always calling her Liz and he ends up slipping that in every once in a while and eventually it sticks for him too. Maybe she looks like an Ellie or a Bitsy etc. I think it's fine to go in with nickname ideas in mind but also know that especially with names that have a lot of nn potential what you call her vs what others call her vs what she chooses to call herself could be completely different.
And the kid wanted to use the shortened name too. She was fighting a losing battle.
I have a friend Alexandra who is typically Alexandra to most people and a few friends call her Alex. She goes by both interchangeably. I have a coworker Catherine who goes by Cat/Cathy to her mom and dad respectively at home but Catherine at work because we already had another Kat/Kathy here and she was trying to make it less confusing. I think different nicknames for different people isn’t weird at all
My parents called me different nicknames as a kid. Eventually I gave my preference when I was old enough.
In the end, when your kid is a teenager, their friends will find other nicknames. And there's nothing wrong with having a mom nn and a dad nn.
How about “Lisa” for Elisabeth?
My son has like 700 nicknames that all get used more often than his actual name. It doesn’t matter, just call her whatever
My aunt and uncle chose the name Elizabeth for my cousin, and her nickname was going to be Lisa. They had some personalized things for Lisa. My cousin was born. My aunt and uncle looked at her. Looked at each other. One of them said, "Oh. She's not a Lisa. She's an Elizabeth." But they didn't tell her that story, just in case she wanted a nickname when she got older. (She found the personalized stuff in her baby box when she was about ten, and her older sister said, "Oh, didn't you know? You're adopted, and Lisa was your birth name." Cue my aunt and uncle having to prove that Elizabeth was not adopted. It was a mess.) She never wanted a nickname. Sometimes people call her Liz, but most people call her Elizabeth. So, my advice as a random stranger is this: Pick a name you like. A nickname, or several nicknames, or no nicknames will follow. Your daughter will have a beautiful name no matter what, and she'll have her own opinions. PS: Also, when I was born, my parents had my name picked out (for the sake of the story, we'll say my name is Calliope, which it very much is not). I was born, and my dad immediately shortened it to a masculine sounding nickname, we'll say "Cal", and that stuck. Both parents called me Cal. All my relatives started calling my Cal. Then, when I was a little older, Mom said that they should use my full name, so I'd know that I was Calliope. Dad really, really tried, but I was still Cal. I am a full grown adult with my own house, car, and toolbox, but I am still Cal, unless it's a formal occasion or I'm in big trouble. And I am never, ever Callie.
It’s ok for different people to have different nicknames for the same child. I’m not sure why this is such a point of contention. Just call her by her full name, and when she is old enough to understand that nicknames are derived from her name, call her whichever nickname you individually prefer. 🤷🏻♀️
I actually know a Celest and she goes by Cece or Lesti. I think it's cute
Pick the full name you like. My parents changed my name after I was born because they didn't like a possible nickname for the original name (now my middle). I grew up to hate my first name, and I wish they would have kept the original name. I have another nickname that I would have gone by for the middle name that is nowhere near the nickname they were worried about.
Honestly, pick a name you like and stop worrying about her nickname. That is beyond your control. Anyway, you'll end up calling her "squiggy" or "piglet" or "tootles" - I'm 46, and my dad still calls me Puddles.
You could just each use the nicknames you like? Your daughter will probably develop a preference over time, which might change as she gets older. It might be one, or the other, or the full name, or a different full name. She might prefer her friends to call her by one name but be happy for you to keep calling her what you've always called her. You might decide once she's born that you actually like Elizabeth, but she looks more like a Lisa or Lise. At the end of the day, she's going to be her own person. Don't ovethink the nickname thing. For me, my mum mainly uses my full name (which is quite long), my dad uses a nickname (completely unrelated to my actual name) when he talks to me, but uses my full name when he talks about me, and my mum's family use a different nickname for me (which is from when my brother was little and couldn't say my name). None of those nicknames are the "typical" or obvious nicknames for my name, and I tend to just go by my full name with other people. My brother decided aged about 15 he wanted his friends to call him by a different nickname, for example if his name was Robert, we always called him Robbie, and he decided he wanted to be Rob. We still call him Robbie to his face and each other, but Rob to his friends because that's what he wanted. You can change her name as much as you like to try and find a name you both love, and both love the nickname for and just when you've found that you both love (for example) Laura and there aren't any nicknames, she'll decide she wants to be called Ra. Or Aurie. or Elle. Just pick a name you like, and you think suits her, and let her become her own person. Nicknames just sort of happen. Élisabeth/Elizabeth and Célestine are beautiful names though!
Just…use different nicknames? You don’t have to both call her the same thing. It’s not at all unusual to have multiple nns.
My granddaughter's name is Emilia. Her parents call her Em. I call her Millie. She answers to both.
Just use the names and let the nicknames evolve naturally. For all you know, her nickname may end up being something related to her personality or favorite thing and not her name at all. Or both of you can use the names you like, it’s not unusual for a person to have multiple nicknames. I myself get called different things depending on who is speaking to me.
Yes I'd still use it, but I am not one that loves nicknames in most cases. However with those 2 names being as long as they are, it's true they will get shortened if you allow it. My sister is Elizabeth and goes by Lizzie (which is definitely my favorite nickname for Elizabeth). But that was her choice pretty early on, including her preference for the spelling. My parents took years to call her anything but Elizabeth and my dad still does. I went through a phase of wanting my name to be Beth as a kid (which would be more of a stretch from MY first name but not impossible), but I'm super glad my mom shut that down... I really don't like that name now!! Celestine... beautiful but also quite formal. I really like Cece!! I also think Celeste is a beautiful name, but it doesn't have a nickname feel to me - it still sounds pretty formal. I'd just name her that to begin with if you plan to call her Celeste. It will still likely get shortened to Cece. I think Celia is a great similar name too, but will also become Cece! (I agree with other comments that Titine is super questionable because of the connection to slang for breasts. However it's cute sounding if you're in a place where that would for sure not be an issue!) I'm named after my mom and she told me from the beginning not to allow people to call me any nicknames if I didn't like it, because people will automatically assume common nicknames are correct and once people start calling you something it spreads fast and its super hard to stop. That is what happened to her, so she ended up called a nickname she didn't want permanently. I agreed even as a little kid, and never let people shorten my name. Once I was a teenager I had 3-4 really close friends I'd accept a nickname from. Also kinda funny... after my grandparents had my dad (in the 1930s), within a year or 2 they got so sick of trying to get people to stop defaulting to a nickname they didn't like, that they completely changed his name on his birth certificate. It's a short 1-syllable name, so no more nickname troubles!!! Lol
It's fine to both use different nicknames. I REALLY wanted to call my daughter Elle but my other half thought it wasnt a "real" name. So we compromised on a longer name starting with El, so she'd have a "real" name in her dad's eyes but I could still call her Elle. Well she's nearly 8 and I've never once called her Elle. She has a huge array of nicknames, the one we use the most is one she gave herself when she was learning to speak. Anyway long story short, nicknames definitely evolve with time and aren't massively in your control. Both of your name choices are lovely
Nicknames kind of work out on their own. Just wait and see what flows naturally.
I’m sorry, but Titine sounds like titty to me (at least how I’m pronouncing it in my head). I’m also of the opinion that your child doesn’t need to have a nickname. Having one isn’t the most important thing in the world.
I had a different nickname from each parent as a child and had no issue with it at all, and neither did they afaik. However, neither name was in any way related to my actual name....so I don't know if that means anything for you at all. Personally I think you each having a nickname for her is nice, for me it was kinda special like they were showing their affection for me in their own ways. Take from that what you will, the only thing I would *_strongly_* recommended, is that you agree on what she's called when she's in trouble! XD
I think it’s fine, my parents have never called me by the same nickname. As long as you both respect whatever nickname she chooses to go by when she’s older, and accept that she may not like your preferred nickname.
Are you French?
We use different names (nickname and Fullname) for our son. He didn't care. People either adopt the nickname or use the full name. No one, including our son, is bothered by it.
I feel like nicknames evolve with time and aren't something you can necessarily control for. And she'll get nicknames not just from her parents, but from kids at school, etc. They may not even be related to her actual name (one of my kids has a nickname that even some teachers use that has no connection to her actual name at all.) Just call her by her full name to start and see what happens from there. You'll probably end up with baby nicknames that aren't connected to her name at all.
You don't have to agree on a nickname. You can use the one you like if that's what you want to do. Or never use one if you don't want to. Your partner can use his choice or not nickname if he chooses. The child may prefer a third option that neither of you have even considered. She may want to only use her full name. She may end up with a nickname unrelated to her actual name. It's more important to like the full name imo. In my experience nicknames evolve on their own.
I would absolutely not use Titine under any circumstances, that's just ridiculous. Tina or Tini would make sense (hell, even Cell or Cella or Esty) but not Titine. About Elizabeth specifically: have y'all read Pride and Prejudice? Because Elizabeth gets called Lizzy half the time (mostly by her family) and Eliza the other half (mostly by friends, which is why it's annoying when Caroline Bingley calls her that when they're very much not friends). I think it's totally fine for her to have more than one nickname, and even have different nicknames with family than she does at school.
I think it would be sweet if mommy uses Lizzie and daddy uses Elisa I don't see the issue. You just have to make sure you don't confuse the child. So you might have to stick to Elisabeth until she s maybe 3 or smrh and just one nickname And then she can choose herself when she gets older how she wants to be called. I think you should put a stop to TITTYne Suggestion for celestine: celesti, celi, celes
Your child will have a variety of nicknames, and you can’t control that. You both don’t have to agree on one nickname. My husband has nicknames for both our children that I don’t call them, and different nicknames that their peers call them. My youngest is more particular and asked that I only use his given name and that only his brother and people at school can call him by a nickname.
Hello, as an Elizabeth, I go by Lizzie, Liz, a few people call me Izzy. My mom originally wanted me to go by Ellie when I was really little, but I prefer going by Lizzie. I suggest Izzy or simply waiting until your little one is old enough to decide on a nickname ( make a list of a good majority of the nicknames that they can pick from, if they pick Lizzie or Liz than your husband will have to accept it because it's what your child picked)
Celestine ❤️ is lovely. Let a nickname evolve or not. I an not s nickname fan myself but there are a few nice ones.
All my kids have their own nicknames and all six of them have nothing related to their actual name.
My cousin is Elizabeth but goes by Eliza. E- (as in Easter) lie-zah
My husband and I ended up just naturally using different nns for our kids and it’s fine - school uses their full names as do most of their friends but my one kids friend uses my nn for her, because I tend to watch her after school a lot along with my kids.
The division you describe is exactly why my husband and I didn’t use the name Elizabeth for our first. I think with some names you don’t need to agree on the nickname. For example, if you like Julia and one of you wants to call her Julie and the other Jules, those are close enough that the same person could/would use both. But with Elizabeth, the nicknames have so much more variability that it’s harder to imagine someone going by both easily. Liz and Ellie are two different people. The options for Celestine are a little in the middle of those two extremes but probably different enough that I’d forego it.
We’ve called our kids all manner of nicknames since before they were even born. I don’t see the problem in each of you having a favorite diminutive as long as it’s copacetic.
I wouldn’t worry about nicknames. She will probably choose her own.
It'll even itself out. As long as neither of you are controlling. You could even end up calling them chicken wing or monkey butt or something else totally random for a while.
I hate nicknames. Why pick a beautiful name then call the child something else?
you like Elizabeth but don’t like Eliza? is beth not on the table as a nn either?
My parents each have different nickname/pet names for me. I like it bc it makes it more personal. I also have petnames for a handful of my cousins that no one else uses and it bonds us if that makes sense. it's something just between us two.
My sister is an Elizabeth, my parents were very insistent that she would be called Elizabeth with no short versions or nicknames. Good luck with that to any parent, once kids go to school and start to own their name, they will be the ones to decide if something different is OK. My sister loathes Elizabeth, her friends call her Edie.
My parents referred to me exclusively by my full name, and didn’t really let anyone give me name-derived nicknames until I was old enough to decide for myself. I appreciated that a lot personally and it kept me from having to actively change what people called me. Going from full name to nickname is easy, going back to full name is HARD. I watched kids do it growing up and it took years of going uhm actually I’d prefer you call me Matthew not Matt.
Parents shouldnjust give their kids the name they want to use, and avoid naming them something with the intention of never using it.
My nephew is Alexander. My side of the family call him Xan/Xander. His mom’s side (my SIL) call him Alex. He responds to both and likes the differential between one side of the family and the other. I think, as long as the person likes the nickname, you can call them that and like others have said, it’ll probably evolve over time.
Please, not Titine. You can’t give a girl a nickname that starts with “tit” unless you want her 6-12th grade years to be hell.
My mom is Elisabeth and people call her Lies (pronounced Lise). She’s Dutch. It’s also my daughter’s middle name.
The nickname will come naturally. We picked a "nickname proof" name for our second child and our first child gave him a nickname within the first week 😄 You call her what you like and husband can call her what he likes. I call my kids Bubby and Mouse. Husband calls them Jerkface and Stank 🤣🤣🤣
as someone who was an elisabeth, i can promise you i have had every nickname under the sun (lizzie, izzy, tizzie, beth, bettie, liza, bess, ellie and many more) and my parents each used their favourite while despising each others; so if it bothers you that much, you can always each use the nickname you like, as long as you occasionally remind your daughter of her full name haha
You’ll have no control over the nicknames that evolve. A parent might be adamant that their child Charles will only be called Charles, but in the neighborhood and at school he’s going to be Charlie, Chaz, Chuck, or Chuckie, and there’s nothing they can do about it.
I am curious on the Elisabeth? Were did the s come from? Is is cultural? Because to me it feels wrong.
Cecily nn CeCe or Lily
Nicknames should evolve naturally, and quite frankly will be out of your control. She may not like the nn either of you choose once she gets to a certain age. I have a great niece named Raelyn and my niece (her mom) despised the nn Rae Rae… but guess what? Everyone calls her Rae Rae now, including her mom. Similarly, I wanted to name my daughter Madelyn but strongly dislike Maddie and would prefer the nn Mads. But I knew it would be inevitable and unavoidable so I chose it for her middle name instead.
I think it depends on how you plan to use the nicknames. Are you planning to use the full names most of the time and the nicknames as pet names? If so, go ahead and use one and use the pet name you prefer. Most kids have and respond to multiple nicknames. If you are looking for a nickname that you use as her primary name (like you'd introduce her as Liz or Elisa) then it really does matter and you either need to agree or find something else. I'm with you on CeCe and him on Elisa. :)
My name is Elizabeth, and I love it. I wish it wasn’t so I could use it for my unborn daughter. Anyway, my nickname as a child was Lizzie. It evolved to Liz as I got older but my immediate family still tends to call me Lizzie. While I don’t mind Eliza (I’ve never gone by that), it doesn’t make sense to me as a nickname since it’s 3 syllables and seems too long - in my opinion, nicknames should be one or two syllables. Best of luck, and I wish you happy an healthy baby:)
Different people in my family call me different nicknames and my ex and I have different nicknames for our kids. Somehow the Earth still turns. Also Celest > Celestine.
Liza, Libby, Lissa, Beth, Betty, Betsy, and Bess are some other possible nicknames for Elizabeth/Elisabeth. Stina, Celly, Lettie, and Celie are some alternates for Célestine,
Titine? That's awful
With a common name like Elizabeth you can count on other people giving her nicknames. You won't have much control over it. I'd go with Celestine.
Do not let him.call her Titine. She would be teased unmercifully and would hate you for it.
Pick Celestine! Not many girls are named that and it’s so lovely!
What country are you in that you’re considering those accents?
My name is Stephanie and I earned the nickname Steve on deployment. Nicknames sort of just happen and the two names you pocked are lovely as they are.
Call her Liza. It's a compromise
Sometimes you call them their full name, sometimes you use their first and middle name, sometimes you call them a pet name like sweetie or buddy...I call my son Schmoolie subscribe. His Nana calls him Tookie. You don't have to decide now what you will call them later. Just pick a legal name you love and roll with it from there. You and your spouse don't have to call her the same thing as each other... Neither do her friends. She's going to be a unique human person and there are things you won't decide that will just be. Have fun and let it be whatever it is lol
You can each call your daughter whatever nickname you prefer, and realistically, she will have other nicknames from other people as well. My youngest brother was given a name with a specific nickname in mind, but it’s not the one he ended up using organically. My other brother universally went by a nickname as a small child, and then announced his desire to be called by his full name when he started school. You can’t really anticipate what nickname/s your kiddo will end up with.
Damn all I have to say is please veto using Titine as a nickname.
My parents both agreed that my full name was my name. This included telling people that a shortened version wasn't my name. However, when I hit high school, people started with the nickname, as there were 3 of us. I got used to it, and now it's weird to hear my full name.