Comments on: What’s In A (Nick)Name?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:11:00 +0000

Stink…but, more like a little song: Stink-stink-da-dink-dink-dink. No clue why or how but, she loves it.

Also, Fatty Mcfatfat. This is because she is ginormous. She is 8 months old and weighs about 24 lbs. wears size 18 mos. clothes and size 5 diapers. Did you know they only go up to size 6? I guess we will start wrapping her in shower curtains if she doesn’t stop the madness.

By: dana

dana — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:23:00 +0000

My sister-in-law’s goddaughter is also nicknamed Budge. But her parents called her that because she’s stubborn and won’t “budge”. How cute!

I love the new header, too!

By: V-Grrrl

V-Grrrl — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:43:00 +0000

My son is called Bobie or it Bobey? I never spell it; I only say it. It has long O sound.

He's almost 12 now, and I call him the Bobe-i-lizer. I also call him "B."

And yes, we say things like, "That's such a bobey thing to do."

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:57:00 +0000

My son, Owen, is sometimes called “O-Dog” (or “O-Dawg”), his rapper name coined when he was just a baby. It still amuses me. We call our Lindsay “LuLu” – it started off as “Lindsay-Lou” and evolved. Funny, my adored grandfather was named Lou – should’ve changed her middle name to Louise. She was “Hani” for a while when she was wee little, as that was what her brother insisted her name was. (From hearing us call her “honey,” maybe? Who knows.)

By: bethiclaus

bethiclaus — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:03:00 +0000

I think ours is probably more cultural (Mexican) than nonsensical, but from the beginning we called Alliclaus “Mamas.” In the beginning we called her “Little Miss” or “the little miss,” and I have sometimes referred to her as “Missy Mae.” But “Mamas” is the name that has stuck and it is the one she knows is hers.

By: megachick

megachick — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:24:00 +0000

i have no idea where i came up with pooka for daughter #1, but it gets morphed into pooks or pooka-dook. bug has been bug ever since we decided on her name, as it comes from a misreading of the name written in cursive. bug lends itself to a host of sickeningly cute things, like stinkbug (obvious), lightning bug (in the bili-blanket), etc. pooka has in the past declared her real name to be pooka. bug isn’t old enough to have a preference.

By: Dragon

Dragon — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:53:00 +0000

No nicknames for as-yet-unemergent little one, except for the wee one, or the wee dragon, on my blog, for fear that if I assign him a nickname I might let it slip in conversation, and if it happens to sound boyish, they might guess that he is in fact, a boy. As for my brothers, I call them:

Matt (oldest): Midget, as he was always very short until he hit about 15
Sam: Monkey, or Spazhead, or Samsam.
Alex: Benjo. Don't ask me why. It doesn't make any sense, especially since Sam's middle name is Benjamin, and you'd think he'd be assigned Benjo. But somehow, it just fits alex.

And I call my former best friend's daughter Buffin, a conflagration of Baby Muffin.

As for me, I have been alternately Tanie, Peaches, Bubbles, and Klondike. yeah, wierd, I know.

By: traci b

traci b — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:26:00 +0000

My oldest, 6 year old boy, is Bug. It started when I would call him Love-Bug, and it eventually shortened to just Bug. The other day I called him that in front of his friends, by accident of course, and boy did I get “THE LOOK.” Guess I’ll work on that.
And my 2-year0 old’s daughter real name is Nia which has turned into Nini or Nini-nunu…kind of strange that a kid with a three letter name would need nicknames at all! Oh, well!
Love everyone’s name comments, though!

By: Unfit Mother

Unfit Mother — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:40:00 +0000

I have an Ivy J (because Ivy was too shorted to nick, we had to lengthen), Bumble Bea and one Chunky Beef Noodle. I know, I KNOW I wrote a post about it. I’m saving for her therapy.

By: the weirdgirl

the weirdgirl — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:52:00 +0000

My parents called me Tird Bird. Because (they said) I looked like a plucked chicken when I was born. And I pooped a lot.

“Budge” is beautifully, sweetly elegant in comparison.