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Originally posted by Demantoid:
Whatever you like, but no shortened/pet versions of real names, PLEASE!
When he or she is older, he or she will decide for him/herself whether she wants to be known as Ellie, Charlie, Libby, Jake, etc.
Or he/she might prefer the real version - Eleanor, Charles, Elizabeth, Jacob, etc.
I feel so sorry for kids who are saddled with "cute" abbreviations of real names that might be sweet on a baby, but they are then stuck with them forever!
totally agree, I called one of my sons Ian, just so it couldn't be shortened, then blow me down years later, his mates started calling him Ee!
I also knew someone who called their baby Patrick, just so they could give him the nickname paddy!