Weird? Personal pet peeve? I don’t care, I am just going to
say it.
Don’t name your child Liam, Xander, Kate, Peggy, or any
other name that is SHORT FOR SOMETHING ELSE!
Name your child William, Alexander, Katherine, and Margaret.
It sounds much more formal and professional on a business card or deed and from
there you can come up with a nickname. If you are worried that someone may try
to form their own nickname for your child, either let them because it is
adorable and you like it, or correct them and they are sure to never do it
again. Then, when your child is old enough to think for themselves, they can
decide what they want to be called. Isn’t that fair?
My husband is Steven. But people call him Steve AND Steven
and one time his mom tried to correct me and say that it was Steven… but by
this point he was 30 years old and very able to correct someone for himself. I
mostly call him Steven, but he goes by either. I digress…
Regarding this whole issue, the one that gets me the most
is naming your kid Tripp or Trey when they are not a III! If your name is, for
example, Robert Griffin, III then by all means, feel free to be nicknamed and
called Tripp or Trey, but not if you aren’t a third. It is just confusing.
Don’t even get me started on people in the south naming
their baby the woman’s weird maiden name… Anderson or Thomas, yes, but do you
really want to be named Blackwell, Schultz, or anything Polish? Didn’t think
so.
Enough ranting for now. As you were. :)
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